Thursday, March 10
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TCU Collects Road Win at UCLA
3/10/2022 6:43:00 PM | Men's Tennis
TCU records first victory in program history at UCLA
LOS ANGELES – No. 3 TCU men's tennis (14-2) delivered its second road win of the season on Thursday afternoon, taking down UCLA, 4-2, at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. TCU won the doubles point with a pair of convincing victories, before winning three straight set singles matches. Freshman Pedro Vives defended five set points in his match at No. 5, winning five of the last six points to win his tiebreaker, 9-7, and clinch the victory for the Horned Frogs.
TCU is now 2-0 in road matches and 6-0 in matches away from the purple courts. This was TCU's first-ever victory at UCLA after dropping the first three opportunities in 1977, '78 and '80.
"Great road win," head coach David Roditi said. "We made history today, beating UCLA at UCLA. It took great effort. We knew it was going to be a battle. It's always so hard to beat good teams on the road. It's a young team for UCLA and they've lost a bit lately, but we know that, as a highly ranked team, we're going to get everyone's best shot. Charlie did a great job playing at No. 1 and we played one of our most complete doubles points from start to finish. I'm proud of our guys there. Lui and Pedro did a great job of closing out their matches. As we can all see, it's so easy to lose. You have to keep playing, keep competing and keep fighting for every point. We're happy to get this win but we have to continue to get better. We had a great TCU crowd out here today, with a lot of Southern California Frogs and family out here to support us. We're so thankful to have that support. It means a lot, especially on the road. Go Frogs!"
The Horned Frogs made an early push in doubles play, going up a break on all three courts within the first five games. Sander Jong and Lui Maxted proved their No. 4 national ranking with a 6-1 victory at No. 2. Juan Carlos Aguilar and Pedro Vives played their best match of the season together, winning 6-2 at No. 3 to clinch the doubles point. This was TCU's first doubles point outdoors (1-1) and their 14th of the season (14-2).]
DOUBLES QUICK HITS
Doubles Results
1. Drew Baird/A. Hoogmartens (UCLA) vs. #6 Jake Fearnley/Luc Fomba (TCU) 3-5, unfinished
2. #4 Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. #53 Bryce Pereira/Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) 6-1
3. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Karl Lee/Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3
All five completed matches today were decided in straight sets, with TCU claiming three points from Aguilar, Vives and Maxted. Aguilar dominated his match in his first start at No. 1 as a Horned Frog: 6-2, 6-1. Aguilar's quick victory put TCU up, 2-0, before UCLA finished up wins at No. 2 and No. 4, to tie the dual, 2-2.
With the match tied up and momentum in danger of slipping out of TCU's hands, Maxted held serve for a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 6, putting TCU back in front, 3-2. While Maxted was closing out his win, Vives lost his lead in his second set and battled off two set points to force a tiebreak, where he would win five of the final six points, erasing a 4-6 deficit, to win the breaker, 9-7, clinching the dual for the Frogs.
SINGLES QUICK HITS
Singles Results
1. #12 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. Drew Baird (UCLA) 6-2, 6-1
2. #77 A. Hoogmartens (UCLA) def. #14 Luc Fomba (TCU) 6-2, 6-2
3. #105 Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) vs. #89 Sander Jong (TCU) 7-6 (7-1), 3-4, unfinished 4. Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) def. #49 Jake Fearnley (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Karl Lee (UCLA) 6-4, 7-6 (7)
6. #73 Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Stefan Leustian (UCLA) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish – 4, 5, 2, 6, 3
Up Next
The Horned Frogs return to Fort Worth next Saturday, March 19, for a Saturday match against No. 65 South Florida. The match will be free to attend.
For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
TCU is now 2-0 in road matches and 6-0 in matches away from the purple courts. This was TCU's first-ever victory at UCLA after dropping the first three opportunities in 1977, '78 and '80.
"Great road win," head coach David Roditi said. "We made history today, beating UCLA at UCLA. It took great effort. We knew it was going to be a battle. It's always so hard to beat good teams on the road. It's a young team for UCLA and they've lost a bit lately, but we know that, as a highly ranked team, we're going to get everyone's best shot. Charlie did a great job playing at No. 1 and we played one of our most complete doubles points from start to finish. I'm proud of our guys there. Lui and Pedro did a great job of closing out their matches. As we can all see, it's so easy to lose. You have to keep playing, keep competing and keep fighting for every point. We're happy to get this win but we have to continue to get better. We had a great TCU crowd out here today, with a lot of Southern California Frogs and family out here to support us. We're so thankful to have that support. It means a lot, especially on the road. Go Frogs!"
The Horned Frogs made an early push in doubles play, going up a break on all three courts within the first five games. Sander Jong and Lui Maxted proved their No. 4 national ranking with a 6-1 victory at No. 2. Juan Carlos Aguilar and Pedro Vives played their best match of the season together, winning 6-2 at No. 3 to clinch the doubles point. This was TCU's first doubles point outdoors (1-1) and their 14th of the season (14-2).]
DOUBLES QUICK HITS
- TCU won the doubles point with wins from the No. 2 and No. 3 pairings.
- No. 4 Jong/Maxted improved to 11-1 with the win at No. 2 today.
- They took down No. 53 Pereira/Zahraj, 6-1, for their fourth ranked win of the season. They remain perfect against ranked opponents (4-0).
- Their 6-1 victory today ties their largest margin of victory together this season (also vs. Abilene Christian 1/27) and stands as their biggest victory over a ranked opponent.
- Jong/Maxted have won five straight completed matches together.
- Juan Carlos Aguilar and Pedro Vives clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory at No. 3.
- This was their third match paired together they have won their last two in a row and hold a 2-1 record as a duo.
- Vives is now 3-1 in doubles while Aguilar improves to 8-4.
- TCU improves to 26-6 in doubles matches this season, outscoring opponents 220-161.
- TCU has won 14 of 16 doubles points this season.
- This was only the third time TCU has won a doubles point without a win at the No. 1 position.
Doubles Results
1. Drew Baird/A. Hoogmartens (UCLA) vs. #6 Jake Fearnley/Luc Fomba (TCU) 3-5, unfinished
2. #4 Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. #53 Bryce Pereira/Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) 6-1
3. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Karl Lee/Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3
All five completed matches today were decided in straight sets, with TCU claiming three points from Aguilar, Vives and Maxted. Aguilar dominated his match in his first start at No. 1 as a Horned Frog: 6-2, 6-1. Aguilar's quick victory put TCU up, 2-0, before UCLA finished up wins at No. 2 and No. 4, to tie the dual, 2-2.
With the match tied up and momentum in danger of slipping out of TCU's hands, Maxted held serve for a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 6, putting TCU back in front, 3-2. While Maxted was closing out his win, Vives lost his lead in his second set and battled off two set points to force a tiebreak, where he would win five of the final six points, erasing a 4-6 deficit, to win the breaker, 9-7, clinching the dual for the Frogs.
SINGLES QUICK HITS
- Aguilar tied his season-best for largest margin of victory in his first start at No. 1 singles for TCU, taking down Baird 6-2, 6-1.
- He is now 8-5 in dual play this year, winning each of his last two matches.
- Seven of his eight singles wins this year have come in straight sets.
- This was his first No. 1 singles victory as a Horned Frog and his first since March 8, 2020 while playing for Texas A&M.
- Maxted collected his seventh victory of the dual season (7-3) with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 6
- He improves to 3-0 from the No. 6 position as a Horned Frog.
- This was Lui's first victory that did not include a tiebreak or a 12th game in a set since January 29 (vs. Portland) – he was 3-1 in that stretch with four unfinished matches.
- Vives clinched the win at No. 5 with a 6-4, 7-6(7) victory.
- He improves to 8-2 this season with just four of those wins coming in straight sets.
- He won his second set tiebreaker, 9-7, marking his first tiebreaker victory as a Frog, in his second attempt.
- TCU is 14-2 this season and 8-2 vs. Top 25 teams.
- The Horned Frogs are 50-23 in singles matches this dual season.
Singles Results
1. #12 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. Drew Baird (UCLA) 6-2, 6-1
2. #77 A. Hoogmartens (UCLA) def. #14 Luc Fomba (TCU) 6-2, 6-2
3. #105 Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) vs. #89 Sander Jong (TCU) 7-6 (7-1), 3-4, unfinished 4. Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) def. #49 Jake Fearnley (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Karl Lee (UCLA) 6-4, 7-6 (7)
6. #73 Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Stefan Leustian (UCLA) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish – 4, 5, 2, 6, 3
Up Next
The Horned Frogs return to Fort Worth next Saturday, March 19, for a Saturday match against No. 65 South Florida. The match will be free to attend.
For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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