Frogs Open 2026 Dual Season with Shutout vs. ACU

Sunday, January 11

Fort Worth, Texas

1 PM

TCU

Abilene Christian

Frogs Open 2026 Dual Season with Shutout vs. ACU

1/11/2026 9:46:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

No. 3 TCU cruises past Wildcats 7-0 ahead of showdown vs. fifth-ranked Virginia

FORT WORTH – No. 3 TCU commenced the 2026 season in trademark fashion, shutting out Abilene Christian 7-0 on Sunday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

The Horned Frogs dropped just one set all afternoon. TCU's seven active players all played at least one match.

TCU won its 16^th straight home opener under head coach David Roditi and extended its NCAA-leading home winning streak to 35 matches.

The Frogs locked up the doubles point with comfortable wins on the top courts. Freshmen Oliver Bonding and Maximus Dussault played the one in their first collegiate dual and secured the clincher with a 6-3 takedown of ACU's Luis Jose Nakamine and Ethan Scribner.

Bonding and Dussault were two of four Frogs to put a pair of victories on the board.

Albert Pedrico earned the match-clincher on court three in singles, downing Dennis Dutine, 6-3-6-4. Filip Apltauer rolled to a 6-3, 6-0 win in the sixth position for TCU's final point. The duo was victorious on court two in doubles in their first time playing as partners.

Sunday's victory marked TCU's 20^th shutout on the indoor courts over the last four seasons. TCU is now 43-4 indoors since 2022.

Doubles Rundown
Pedrico and Apltauer landed a double break vs. Dutine and Tomas Quesada and rolled to a 6-2 win before Bonding and Dussault served out their match.

Roger Pascual and Cooper Woestendick teamed up on court three and faced Jorge Aza and Merse Deli. They led 5-4 when play was paused.

All three TCU pairs were new.

Pedrico, who qualified for the NCAA doubles championships in November, improved to 16-7 in duals for his career.

He and Woestendick, whom TCU opted to rest in singles, are two of three ranked doubles players.

TCU moved to 30-5 overall and 13-1 at home in indoor doubles since 2023.

Doubles Results

Oliver Bonding / Maximus Dussault (TCU) def. Luis Jose Nakamine / Ethan Scribner (ACU): 6-3
Filip Apltauer / Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Dennis Dutine / Tomas Quesada (ACU): 6-2
Roger Pascual / Cooper Woestendick (TCU) vs. Jorge Aza / Merse Deli (ACU): 5-4, unfinished

Order of finish: 2, 1

Singles Rundown
Even while resting two of its top-four players, TCU had little difficulty in singles.

Pascual, Dussault and Apltauer all bageled their opponents.

Pascual was the first Horned Frog off the courts. The ITA No. 77 singles player, Pascual battled Deli on court four. He blanked Deli in the opening frame and won four straight games to end set two and polish off a 6-0, 6-2 win.

The Dussault also scored a bagel in set one. He faced Scribner in the fifth flight and scored a late break tied 4-4 in set two to sew up his first collegiate dual singles victory.

Pedrico's win was his fifth straight in duals dating back to TCU's run to the 2025 NCAA Championships final.

Duncan Chan got the nod on court one following a fall season in which defeated 10 ITA top-100 players and achieved the No. 6 overall singles ranking. He made quick work of Nakamine, he claimed four straight games to open the match and coasted to a 6-3, 6-3 win to put TCU in front 5-0.

Chan played the No. 1 for the second time in his career. He improved to 13-2 in singles play in 2025-26.

Bonding drew a game opponent in Quesada on court two. Quesada broke Bonding, the former ITF No. 3 world junior, late in set one to steal a 6-4 first frame. He then pushed Bonding to a tiebreaker in set two. Bonding outlasted Quesada 7-4 to extend the match. It was all Bonding in the winner-take-all third set, as the freshman rolled to a 6-1 set and match win.

Apltauer capped the day with a bagel, downing Aza, 6-3, 6-0.

Singles Results

#6 Duncan Chan (TCU) def. Luis Jose Nakamine (ACU): 6-3, 6-3
Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. Tomas Quesada (ACU): 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Dennis Dutine (ACU): 6-3, 6-4
#77 Roger Pascual (TCU) def. Merse Deli (ACU): 6-0, 6-2
#114 Maximus Dussault (TCU) def. Ethan Scribner (ACU): 6-0, 6-4
Filip Apltauer (TCU) def. Jorge Aza (ACU): 6-3, 6-0

Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6

Up Next
TCU hosts No. 5 Virginia at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday in a rematch of its NCAA quarterfinal victory over the Cavaliers in May. It will be the first time TCU has hosted a top-five matchup indoors since 2022. TCU and Virginia have combined to win three of the last four NCAA championships.