No. 3 TCU Falls to No. 7 UVA

Friday, February 12

Champaign, Ill

9 AM

TCU

Virginia

No. 3 TCU Falls to No. 7 UVA

2/12/2021 12:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis

The Horned Frogs fall just short in singles to drop the first match of ITA Indoor Nationals

FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU men's tennis (6-1) suffered its first defeat of the season on Friday morning, dropping a 4-3 dual to No. 7 Virginia in the opening round of the ITA Indoor National Championships inside the Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Ill.

TCU won the doubles point but dropped three of four three-set matches, in the loss. This snaps a 15-match winning streak dating back to the 2020 Indoor Nationals (Feb. 14, 2020).

"What a battle!" Head Coach David Roditi said. "We just happened to be on the wrong side this time. Credit to UVA for hanging tough and coming back in some matches to beat us. I felt they were just better at critical moments in some of the matches we lost. They played with a little more belief than we did in some instances and it paid off. We must learn from that and comeback strong again tomorrow. We are playing the best teams in the country back-to-back-to back and we will be ready to take those matches. Congratulations to UVA. Now we will wait to see which team we play between Tennessee or North Carolina. Either one will be as tough as today. Go Frogs!"

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2.
Alastair Gray and Luc Fomba continued their remarkable run as a pairing, collecting their eighth win of the season (8-1) and fifth as the Frogs' No. 1 doubles team.
Gray/Fomba have worked quickly all season, they have now recorded TCU's first win in doubles competition in five of seven matches this year.
This was just the fourth time in nine matches that Gray/Fomba have allowed their opponents to win three or more games.
Shortly after the win at No. 1, Tadeas Paroulek and Sander Jong clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 victory at No. 2.
They improve to 5-2 this season and 4-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Paroulek/Jong lead the Horned Frogs with three clinching doubles wins this year, all coming at No. 2.
TCU is now 17-8 in doubles matches this season and 6-1 in the last three matches.
The Horned Frogs have won the doubles point in five of seven matches this season.

Doubles Results
1. Luc Fomba/Alastair Gray (TCU) def. Carl Soderlund/William Woodall (UVA) 6-3
2. Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) def. Ryan Goetz/Chris Rodesh (UVA) 6-3
3. Bertus Kruger/Jake Fearnley (TCU) vs. Inaki Montes/J vd Schulenburg (UVA) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU collected wins from Luc Fomba (No. 2) and Tomas Jirousek (No. 4).
Fomba delivered his second-straight three-set win when he took down Montes, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
Fomba improves to 2-0 in three-set matches this season, winning both of his third sets by a combined score of 12-1.
This was his third win of the season at No. 2 singles, boosting his overall singles record to 5-1.
This was Fomba's first 6-0 set of the season and his first since last season's Indoor Nationals, when he won a remarkable 19 of 20 games over the course of two matches against NC State and Texas A&M.
Fomba improves to 5-2 over his career at Indoor Nationals, tying Sander Jong for the most career singles wins at the tournament on the active roster.
Tomas Jirousek recorded his first singles victory of the dual season, collecting a straight-set win at No. 4: 6-1, 7-6(7).
The second-year Frog defended three set points in his second set tiebreak to earn his first win in two completed matches.
Jirousek improves to 2-1 overall this season after he defeated No. 33 Aguilar from Texas A&M at a preseason tournament back in January.
This was Jirousek's first career victory at National Indoors after he was sidelined last year due to illness.
TCU falls to 23-7 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1. No. 29 Carl Soderlund (UVA) def. No. 21 Alastair Gray (TCU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. No. 47 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Inaki Montes (UVA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
3. No. 105 Jeffrey Von Der (UVA) def. No. 113 Sander Jong (TCU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
4. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) def. Ryan Goetz (UVA) 6-1, 7-6
5. Chris Rodesh (UVA) def. Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Gianni Ross (UVA) def. Juan Martin (TCU) 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
Order of finish – 5, 4, 2, 1, 6, 3

Up Next
The Horned Frogs will get the night to recover before playing their second-round dual against the loser of No. 2 North Carolina and No. 10 Tennessee. First serve is set for 9 a.m. CT.

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