TCU Topples No. 1 Florida

Friday, January 14

Fort Worth, Texas

6 PM

TCU

Florida

TCU Topples No. 1 Florida

1/15/2022 12:01:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Horned Frogs defeat No. 1 Florida, 4-3

FORT WORTH – No. 5 TCU men's tennis (2-0) defeated No. 1 Florida, 4-3, on Friday night inside the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. It was the first time in program history TCU has upset the No. 1 team in the nation at home.

"This was a historical win for us," head coach David Roditi said. "Beating the No. 1 team in the country here at home for the first time. I'm so proud of our team. We've had a lot of challenges this season and for these guys to believe and come out here and get the win, it was really amazing. For Jake Fearnley to wait for two hours to get out on the court and show so much poise and maturity, he's so tough mentally and I'm really happy for him to get to clinch. Our performance at the top of the lineup was incredible. We beat Florida today because we won No. 1 and No. 2 doubles and then won No. 1 and No. 2 singles. It's just amazing. They have so many good players. We all know how well coached they are and how well disciplined they are. I'm so happy for all of us in this program that we achieved this result. The highlight of the match for me was the support we had from our fans and specifically the other student-athletes here at TCU from the Beach Volleyball team, women's tennis team and women's soccer team. This was so fun. A great day for TCU tennis. Our challenge now is to get back to work and prepare for another humongous match on Sunday against No. 4 Tennessee. I want to thank our athletic trainer Maxx Akel for working with Jake over these last four months to get him recovered from his injuries and get him ready to come out here and clinch this win for us. Go Frogs!"

TCU won the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2. In. singles play, Luc Fomba defeated 2021 singles national champion Sam Riffice in straight sets at No. 1 to put TCU in front, 2-0, before Juan Carlos Aguilar defeated No. 2 ranked Ben Shelton in a thrilling second-set tiebreaker (6-2, 7-6). Florida won the next three singles matches to tie the dual score, 3-3, before Jake Fearnley defeated No. 111 Josh Goodger with a late break (7-6, 6-4) to clinch the victory for TCU.

DOUBLES QUICK HITS

TCU won its second doubles point of the season with victories at No. 1 and No. 2
Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley improved to 2-0 this season as TCU's top pairing, clinching the doubles point with a 6-4 victory.
The duo got an early break, holding serve for the rest of the way to secure the victory.
Fomba improves his career record at No. 1 doubles to 14-7 while Fearnley progresses to 8-7.
Lui Maxted and Sander Jong collected their second win of the season together, breaking Florida's serve to go in front, 5-3, and holding serve for the final game to win, 6-3.
Maxted is now a perfect 2-0 in doubles in his budding collegiate career.
Jong improves his doubles record to 25-9 in dual matches over the last three seasons and 34-19 in dual matches over his career.
TCU is 4-1 in doubles matches this season and is outscoring opponents 24-15.

Doubles Results
1. Jake Fearnley/Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Sam Riffice/Ben Shelton (UF) 6-4
2. Sander Jong/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Duarte Vale/Abedallah Shelbayh (UF) 6-3
3. #51 Mattias Siimar/Andy Andrade (UF) def. Juan Carlos Aguilar/Tim Ruehl (TCU) 6-0

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

SINGLES QUICK HITS

TCU won matches at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 6.
The Horned Frogs won all three of their singles matches in straight sets and won at least one set on five of the six singles courts.
Luc Fomba recorded a 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles to improve his career record at No. 1 to 8-3.
The junior defeated 2021 NCAA singles national champion, Sam Riffice, in straight sets, getting a break at 5-5 in the opening set before successfully serving for the set in the next game. Fomba would break Riffice's serve once more to go in front, 5-3, before holding serve to win the set.
Fomba has not had his serve broken this season.
Juan Carlos Aguilar made his dual singles debut for TCU after transferring from Texas A&M over the summer.
Aguilar put the Frogs in front, 3-0, with a 6-2, 7-6(5) victory at No. 2 singles.
It was the highest ranked victory of Aguilar's career (No. 2 Shelton).
Jake Fearnley showed his mettle at No. 6 singles. The Scotland native began his match after Aguilar put TCU in front, 3-0, and managed to handle the pressure to the tune of a 7-6, 6-4 match clinching victory over No. 111 Goodger.
He improves his dual singles record to 16-8 as a Horned Frog.
Fearnley held serve for the entirety of his match, winning the first-set tiebreaker before collecting a break in the second set at 5-4 to clinch the break, game, set, match and dual for TCU.
TCU outscored Florida 76-72 and are now 8-3 in singles matches this dual season.

Singles Results
1. #68 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Sam Riffice (UF) 7-5, 6-3
2. #19 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TCU) def. #2 Ben Shelton (UF) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
3. Duarte Vale (UF) def. Sander Jong (TCU) 6-4, 6-7, 7-5
4. #107 Andy Andrade (UF) def. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
5. #61 Mattias Siimar (UF) def. #33 Lui Maxted (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
6. #76 Jake Fearnley (TCU) def. #111 Josh Goodger (UF) 7-6, 6-4

Order of finish – 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6

Up Next
The Horned Frogs host another Top 5 opponent when they take on No. 4 Tennessee on Sunday at 12 p.m. inside Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. Admission to the match is free to the public. Free pizza will be provided courtesy of Buffalo Bros.

For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and Instagram.