TCU Outclasses Stanford, 4-1

Friday, March 26

Stanford, Calif.

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TCU

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TCU Outclasses Stanford, 4-1

3/26/2021 6:27:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Fomba and Fearnley post 2-0 days to lead TCU to its seventh road win of the year

PALO ALTO, Calif. – No. 5 TCU men's tennis (11-5) delivered another strong performance on the road to defeat Stanford, 4-1, on Friday afternoon in Stanford, Calif. Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley led the way, winning both their doubles and singles matches in the win.

"I'm very proud of the team for overcoming a very tough challenge," head coach David Roditi said. "We have asked a lot from our players with our schedule. Guys had to move up and play higher than they are used to and players had to jump in and compete. Playing at Stanford is always special and I believe that helped our guys get fired up. Due to Covid It's been very hard for Stanford to get into competition mode and be able to prepare for the level they are used to. I hope they can get going and be able to compete at the level they are capable. They have great coaches and very good players. Very good wins for Fomba, Fearnley and Martín in singles and a huge doubles point for Kurzban and Jirousek. We get some rest and get ready to play our Big 12 schedule."

This was TCU's seventh road win of the season, the most since the Elite 8 team of 2016.

TCU fought for victories from two doubles pairings playing together for the first time. Tomas Jirousek, regularly a singles only player, was thrust into doubles play at No. 3 with Fomba while Max Kurzban, making his third dual doubles start, was paired with Fearnley at No. 2. Both players showed no signs of discomfort, helping TCU clinch the all-important road doubles point.

Fomba, playing in his first match since receiving his career-high No. 10 singles ranking, was unbreakable at No. 1 singles, holding serve in all 10 games to take down Stanford's No. 1: 6-4, 6-4.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won the doubles point with 6-4 wins at both No. 2 and No. 3.
Both winning pairs were playing in their first matches together as Horned Frogs.
Fomba and Jirousek recorded the initial victory on court three, 6-4.
It was their first victory in their first match together.
Fomba improves to 9-8 in doubles matches this season with a 7-8 record in duals.
Jirousek is now 2-1 in doubles matches, this was his first dual doubles win in just his second start.
Fearnley and Kurzban recorded the clinching victory on court two, 6-4.
It was their first victory in their first match together.
Fearnley improves to 6-3 in doubles competition this season while Kurzban jumps up to 3-2.
This was Kurzban's highest doubles win of the year, at No. 2. His previous dual doubles matches both came at No. 3.
The Horned Frogs clinched the doubles point without dropping a match for the fifth time this season. This was the first time they have done so without a win coming from No. 1.
TCU is now 23-18 in doubles matches this season.

Doubles Results
1) Boyer/Geller (STAN) vs. Jong/Paroulek (TCU) 5-5, susp.
2) Fearnley/Kurzban (TCU) d. Fery/Sridhar (STAN) 6-4
3) Fomba/Jirousek (TCU) d. Rajesh/Timothy Sah (STAN) 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2

SINGLES QUICK HITS

Fomba recorded the first singles win of the day after Stanford collected a point via retirement on four.
He has tied Gray for the team lead with nine dual victories this season.
It was his third No. 1 singles win of the season and the fourth of his career.
This was his fifth straight set win of the season and his first since Feb. 14.
Fearnley put the Frogs in front, 3-1, with a three-set victory on court five.
This was his third straight singles win, he is now 3-1 since coming back from his injury.
Fearnley has won both of his last two singles matches in three-sets.
He won his first set today, 6-3, winning the final six games to overcome an early break.
This was his first victory at No. 5.
Juan Martín clinched the match with a three-set victory at No. 6.
He improves to 6-3 in dual matches this season and 5-1 at the No. 6 slot.
This was his first dual clinching victory of the season.
Two Frogs posted wins in both singles and doubles: Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley.
Fomba leads the team with five 2-0 days this season (tied with Gray)
This was the second 2-0 dual for Fearnley.
TCU is now 45-30 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1) No. 10 Luc Fomba (TCU) d. Axel Geller (STAN) 6-4, 6-4
2) No. 121 Tomas Jirousek (TCU) led Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) 1-6, 7-5, 4-1, susp.
3) Tristan Boyer (STAN) led No. 37 Sander Jong (TCU) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 2-0, susp.
4) Arthur Fery (STAN) d. Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) 6-2, 2-1, ret. (injury)
5) No. 95 Jake Fearnley (TCU) d. Neel Rajesh (STAN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
6) Juan Martin (TCU) d. Sangeet Sridhar (STAN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 5, 6

Up Next
The Horned Frogs begin Big 12 Conference play with a road trip to Austin to battle No. 7 Texas on Saturday, April 3 at 2 p.m.

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