No. 3 TCU Secures Road Win at Mississippi State

Friday, February 5

Starkville, Miss.

4:00 p.m.

TCU

Mississippi State

No. 3 TCU Secures Road Win at Mississippi State

2/5/2021 8:32:00 PM | Men's Tennis

The Horned Frogs collect their 14th straight dual win, improve to 5-0 this season.

FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU men's tennis (5-0) showcased its depth of talent in a 4-1 road victory over Mississippi State on Friday evening at the Rula Tennis Pavilion in Starkville, Miss. Alastair Gray earned his 100^th career victory as a Horned Frog in the win.

"Very good road win for the men on our team," head coach David Roditi said. "Mississippi State is known for always having very good players, well coached, gritty and good competitors that defend their home turf. Coach Bowen and Coach Siddiqui did a great job getting our doubles teams ready to battle and better prepared. I also felt Gray and Martin winning some critical first set tie-breakers in singles gave us nice momentum and confidence. Bertus was exceptional today with a quick point in singles. Mississippi State showed again what a classy program and school they are as hosts. They went out of their way to make us feel welcomed and allowed us unlimited time on their beautiful, new indoors facility. Now we prepare for a very tough road match against a highly ranked and well coached team in Ole Miss. GoFrogs!"

TCU has now won 14 consecutive dual matches dating back to last season. It has been 357 days since TCU's last defeat.

The Horned Frogs singles winning streak ended at 16 straight matches to start the new season, tied for the third-best start to singles play in program history (also 1996) and the best since 1981. TCU won three of four completed singles contests tonight, the team is now 18-1 this season.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won the doubles point for the third time this season, with wins at No. 1 and No. 2.
Alastair Gray and Luc Fomba earned their third consecutive win over a ranked opponent when they ousted No. 28 Broska/Ocana, 6-2.
Gray/Fomba remain undefeated since becoming a doubles team, improving to 7-0, including four wins over ranked opponents.
They have now won six of their seven matches in nine games or less.
The win marked career victory No. 100 for Alastair Gray. His overall career record now stands at 101-47 in all matches as a Horned Frog.
Sander Jong and Tadeas Paroulek secured the doubles point with a 6-2 victory at No. 2 doubles.
It was their third dual victory together and fourth overall this season.
TCU is now 13-7 in doubles matches this season.
The Horned Frogs have won the doubles point in three of five matches this season.

Doubles Results
1. Luc Fomba/Alastair Gray (TCU) def. #28 Florian Broska/Nicolas Ocana (MS) 6-2
2. #24 Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) def. #47 Alberto Colas/Gregor Ramskogler (MS) 6-2
3. Nemanja Malesevic/Giovanni Oradini (MS) vs. Bertus Kruger/Juan Martin (TCU) 4-5, unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU clinched the dual victory with wins at No. 5, No. 6 and No. 1.
Bertus Kruger recorded his first dual win of the 2021 season in convincing fashion: 6-3, 6-2 - his two previous singles starts were left unfinished.
It was his 30^th-career dual singles victory and his eighth from the No. 5 position.
Kruger is now 8-1 over his career while playing No. 5.
Juan Martín recorded the third point for TCU, claiming a 7-5, 6-3 victory at No. 6.
He improves to 3-0 in dual singles play this season and 4-1 overall.
All three of his dual singles wins have come in straight sets.
Alastair Gray won his match at No. 1 singles, improving his season record to 5-0.
He defeated No. 36 Oradini for his third ranked win of the year and second in as many matches.
Gray has proven himself to be a clutch winner, claiming his first set in a tiebreak: 7-6(3). He improves to 2-0 in tiebreak opportunities this spring season.
He is a perfect, 4-0 at No. 1 singles this season and 14-2 at the top spot in his career.
Gray has recorded a singles point for TCU in all five matches this season, the only Horned Frog to have done so.
Gray clinched the match for TCU for the second time this season, also vs. Oklahoma.
TCU improves to 18-1 in singles matches this dual season, tied for the third-best start in program history and the best since 1981.

Singles Results
1. #21 Alastair Gray (TCU) def. #36 Giovanni Oradini (MS) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2. #87 Florian Broska (MS) def. #47 Luc Fomba (TCU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Nemanja Malesevic (MS) vs. #113 Sander Jong (TCU) 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 1-2, unfinished
4. Alberto Colas (MS) vs. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) 6-4, 5-6, unfinished
5. Bertus Kruger (TCU) def. Carles Hernandez (MS) 6-3, 6-2
6. Juan Martin (TCU) def. Gregor Ramskogler (MS) 7-5, 6-3
Order of finish – 5, 2, 6, 1

Up Next
The Horned Frogs play in their final match before the ITA Indoor National Championships this Sunday, Feb. 7 at No. 20 Ole Miss. First serve is set for 11 a.m. from Oxford, Miss.

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