TCU Powers Past No. 18 Oklahoma State

Friday, April 9

Fort Worth, Texas

5:30 PM

TCU

Oklahoma State

TCU Powers Past No. 18 Oklahoma State

4/9/2021 10:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis

TCU sweeps Oklahoma State, 4-0, stays perfect at home

FORT WORTH – No. 6 TCU men's tennis (13-5, 2-0) made a statement on Friday night, sweeping No. 18 Oklahoma State, 4-0, at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Horned Frogs have swept all four home matches this season, winning by a combined score of 17-0. Tadeas Paroulek only lost three games across three sets in both singles and doubles play.

"It's so nice to play at home on such a beautiful day," head coach David Roditi said. "I can tell the guys really enjoy playing here at it showed today. I felt that this was one of our better performances of the year. Everyone contributed, beginning with doubles. We had a bit of a hiccup with lighting pushing back the start, but the guys still came out with such great energy. Max Kurzban played at a very high level in doubles. I'm so happy for him. He's one of those guys that keeps stepping up when we need him. In singles, it was just what you would want. We won a bunch of first sets, Teddy got us a quick point and then Jake handled himself so professionally, moving around so well and winning a critical match at four. It's good to see Jake moving like that and being aggressive with his feet, great energy and great maturity from him to get us the win. Alastair, another win. You know Alastair is always going to show up, there's no doubt, he just loves to compete. It was a battle of the Brits at No. 2 and Alastair did a great job of handling the humidity. I'm happy for us. We have another Big 12 battle on Sunday against OU. We love the support we got at home today and hopefully we'll see even more on Sunday. Go Frogs!"

The Horned Frogs continued their strong run of form in doubles play, winning the doubles point for the third dual in a row without dropping a match. The strong performances have been due in large part to Max Kurzban and Jake Fearnley. TCU's newest doubles team is 3-0 since joining forces at Stanford and have won a match in each of the last three duals. Sander Jong and Tadeas Paroulek were back at the top of their games at No. 2 doubles, winning easily, 6-2.

TCU caried that momentum into the early stages of singles, going up a break on five courts after the first four games. The Frogs managed to collect four opening sets before Paroulek put the team in front with a quick win over his countryman, 6-1, 6-0. Paroulek was aggressive is his play on court five, dictating points and forcing his opponent into near impossible situations to take control of his match.

Fearnley showed tremendous poise in his second set, breaking back to regain the lead and holding serve for a straight set win at No. 4, setting up Alastair Gray for the clinch at No. 2. Fearnley was active on the baseline throughout the match in one of his best singles performances since coming back from injury.

Gray seemed to be able to make every shot he wanted in a hard-fought match between ranked opponents on two. The match featured plenty of long rallies and difficult points to win, but Gray was always able to deliver the finishing blows. Whether it came from his forehand, backhand slices, backhand winners or lob shots, Gray used his full toolbox to give TCU the sweep.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3.
Paroulek and Jong won the first match of the day, 6-2.
They improve to 9-4 as a pairing this season and 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.
Paroulek/Jong are 4-1 together in their last five completed matches.
Fearnley and Kurzban recorded the clinching victory on court three, 6-4.
It was their third victory in their third match together.
Fearnley improves to 8-3 in doubles competition this season while Kurzban jumps up to 5-2.
Fearnley/Kurzban have now cinched doubles points in all three of their appearances together.
The Horned Frogs clinched the doubles point without dropping a match for the third match in a row and the seventh time this season.
TCU is now 27-18 in doubles matches this season.

Doubles Results
1. #11 Alastair Gray/Luc Fomba (TCU) vs. Matej Vocel/Emile Hudd (OSU) 6-5, unfinished
2. Tadeas Paroulek/Sander Jong (TCU) def. Henrik Korsgaard/Dominik Kellovsky (OSU) 6-2
3. Jake Fearnley/Max Kurzban (TCU) def. Mathieu Scaglia/Etienne Donnet (OSU) 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3

SINGLES QUICK HITS

Paroulek secured the first singles point of the day today, winning a masterful 6-1, 6-0 match at No. 5 singles.
He earned his sixth singles win of the year and his third straight set victory.
Paroulek only dopped one game today, his most dominant singles win as a Horned Frog.
This was the first 6-0 set of his collegiate dual career.
Fearnley broke back late to win his match on court four: 6-2, 6-4.
He improves to 4-2 this dual season and 1-1 at the No. 4 spot.
This was his second straight set singles win pf the season, both coming at home.
Gray clinched the match with yet another ranked victory in straight sets.
He is now 11-5 this season with an 8-4 mark against ranked opponents.
Five of his ranked victories have come in straight sets, including both of his ranked matches in Big 12 play.
Two Frogs posted wins in both singles and doubles, Fearnley and Paroulek. It was the third perfect day for both of them.
TCU is now 51-34 in singles matches this dual season and 6-3 in Big 12 action.

Singles Results
1. #18 Luc Fomba (TCU) vs. #38 Matej Vocel (OSU) 3-6, 5-3, unfinished
2. #10 Alastair Gray (TCU) def. #107 Emile Hudd (OSU) 6-4, 6-1
3. #47 Sander Jong (TCU) vs. Henrik Korsgaard (OSU) 5-7, 3-3, unfinished
4. #99 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. Mathieu Scaglia (OSU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) def. Dominik Kellovsky (OSU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Juan Martin (TCU) vs. Etienne Donnet (OSU) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 5, 6

Up Next
The Horned Frogs will hope to sweep the weekend when they welcome in No. 21 Oklahoma on Sunday for a 1 p.m. contest at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

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