TCU Sweeps SMU

Saturday, March 20

Fort Worth, Texas

2 PM

TCU

SMU

3/20/2021 6:24:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Gray, Fearnley and Paroulek turn in 2-0 days with 4-0 sweep over No. 50 SMU

FORT WORTH – No. 6 TCU men's tennis (10-4) bounced back with a quick, 4-0 sweep of No. 50 SMU on Saturday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs won a tight doubles point before winning three singles matches in convincing fashion to improve to 3-0 at home this season.

"I felt coming into this match our team's character would be tested and I am very proud of the way our team responded," head coach David Roditi said. "It started with a very good comeback at No. 1 doubles to win the doubles point and then very good performances in all singles courts. SMU is a tough team and it is always difficult to play since we know each other so well and we see each other a lot. It was great to finally play at home in front of our fans and I'm sure our players were excited to do that. Now we get ready for another tough road match Tuesday night in Aggieland against a top 10 team. Go Frogs!"

TCU claimed the doubles point with wins from Sander Jong / Tadeas Paroulek and Jake Fearnley / Alastair Gray. Jong and Paroulek used a late break to win their match, 6-3, before Gray and Fearnley clinched the doubles point by winning six of the final seven games, erasing a 1-4 deficit, to win their match, 7-5.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

The Horned Frogs won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2
TCU is now 6-1 after winning the doubles point.
Jong and Paroulek improve to 8-3 as a pairing in duals this season.
It was the ninth doubles win and 17^th overall victory of the season for Jong.
Paroulek won both his singles and doubles matches today, marking his second 2-0 day of the season and second in his last three matches.
Gray and Fearnley improve to 2-0 this season since reuniting as a doubles team earlier this week.
This is the sixth win for Gray/Fearnley over their careers.
Gray leads the team with 11 doubles victories this season, playing with Luc Fomba and Fearnley.
Fearnley improves to 5-2 in doubles matches this season, 2-0 at No. 1.
TCU is now 26-17 in doubles matches this season.

Doubles Results
1. #15 Alastair Gray/Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Tomas Vaise/Juan Jose Bianchi (SMU) 7-5
2. #24 Tadeas Paroulek/Sander Jong (TCU) def. Caleb Chakravarthi/Liam Krall (SMU) 6-3
3. Huntley Allen/Julian Steinhausen (SMU) def. Luc Fomba/Max Kurzban (TCU) 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

SINGLES QUICK HITS

Fearnley recorded a tidy 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6, his first singles win of 2021.
This was his second start in the singles lineup after recovering from an injury.
Gray is now 9-4 in dual singles matches this season after winning, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 2.
Six of those wins have come in straight sets.
This was his second 6-0 set of 2021.
Paroulek clinched the match at No. 5 with a 6-1, 6-3 victory.
This was his first straight set victory of 2021 and his fourth overall.
TCU is now 40-25 in singles matches this dual season after posting a 3-0 record today.

Singles Results
1. #47 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (SMU) 6-3, 3-3, unfinished
2. #21 Alastair Gray (TCU) def. Tomas Vaise (SMU) 6-0, 6-3
3. Liam Krall (SMU) vs. #113 Sander Jong (TCU) 6-2, 3-4, unfinished
4. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) def. Clarke Wilson (SMU) 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
5. Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) def. Julian Steinhausen (SMU) 6-1, 6-3
6. #125 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Jordi Redelijk (SMU) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 2, 5

Up Next
The Horned Frogs travel to College Station for a Tuesday evening dual against No. 10 Texas A&M. First serve is set for 6 p.m.

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