TCU Falls to No. 2 Florida

Wednesday, March 17

Gainesville, Fla

4 PM

TCU

Florida

TCU Falls to No. 2 Florida

3/17/2021 8:02:00 PM | Men's Tennis

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –No. 6 TCU men's tennis (9-4) suffered a 7-0 loss to No. 2 Florida on Wednesday afternoon at Linder Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. The Horned Frogs had match points to clinch the doubles point but couldn't overcome the Gators.

The Frogs went with a new lineup in doubles play only to fall in a very competitive tiebreaker on court two and drop the match, 6-4, on three to lose the doubles point. Alastair Gray and Jake Fearnley recorded the win in their first match together since March 1, 2020 in the No. 1 position. It was their fifth win together overall. Gray leads the team with 10 doubles wins this season while Fearnley improved to 4-2 playing in his first No. 1 doubles match since recovering from an injury.

Florida claimed all six matches in singles play. Sander Jong recorded the lone set win for TCU, at No. 4. He is now 7-4 in dual singles matches, three of his four losses have come in three sets and the lone two-setter was the result of two lost tiebreakers.

Doubles Results
1. #15 Jake Fearnley/Alastair Gray (TCU) def. Will Grant/Johannes Ingildsen (UF) 6-2
2. #45 Sam Riffice/Duarte Vale (UF) def. #53 Luc Fomba/Bertus Kruger (TCU) 7-6 (10-8)
3. Andy Andrade/Ben Shelton (UF) def. #24 Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles Results
1. #12 Duarte Vale (UF) def. #47 Luc Fomba (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
2. #8 Sam Riffice (UF) def. #21 Alastair Gray (TCU) 6-1, 6-3
3. #85 Andy Andrade (UF) def. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) 6-3, 6-3
4. #68 Blaise Bicknell (UF) def. #113 Sander Jong (TCU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
5. Ben Shelton (UF) def. Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Josh Goodger (UF) def. #125 Jake Fearnley (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 4

Up Next
The Horned Frogs return for their first home match since January, when they host No. 50 SMU on Saturday, March 20, at 2 p.m.

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