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GoFrogs: TCU Pummels Pepperdine
FORT WORTH –No. 5 TCU men's tennis (8-3) proved their mettle on Sunday afternoon, winning three three-set singles matches to take down Pepperdine, 4-2, at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu, Calif.
TCU won the doubles point with room to spare before a nearly three-hour singles session featuring wins from Sander Jong, Tomas Jirousek and Luc Fomba, gave TCU it's eighth win of the campaign.
"We knew it was going to be a battle, and that's exactly what we got," head coach David Roditi said. "Their coaches have done a great job with the program. They have a bunch of really good players, so credit to them. I'm proud of our team for winning the way we did. We found a way to get to four points, which is really hard to do. It was tough conditions, on the road with the wind. And with us coming off a loss to USC, it was really awesome to see our guys pull out these incredible matches. We showed a lot of grit. It was as close of a dual as I've ever been involved in. Every match could have gone either way. Getting the doubles point was huge. Really great to get that doubles point and help us get this road win."
TCU got off to a strong start in singles play, winning four of six opening sets. Pepperdine responded in the second, winning five and forcing five matches into a third set. From there, TCU showed its muscle, taking three of four completed matches to secure the win.
DOUBLES QUICK HITS
1. Luc Fomba/Alastair Gray (TCU) vs. Adrian Oetzbach/Guy Den Ouden (Pepp): 3-4
2. Jake Fearnley/Bertus Kruger (TCU) def. Corrado Summaria/Robert Shelton (Pepp): 6-1
3. #24 Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) def. Pietro Fellin/Daniel De Jonge (Pepp): 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES QUICK HITS
Up Next
The Horned Frogs return to Fort Worth to face Texas Tech in a non-conference match next Saturday (March 7). First serve is set for 3 p.m. at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and the all new men's tennis Instagram.
GoFrogs: TCU Pummels Pepperdine
FORT WORTH –No. 5 TCU men's tennis (8-3) proved their mettle on Sunday afternoon, winning three three-set singles matches to take down Pepperdine, 4-2, at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu, Calif.
TCU won the doubles point with room to spare before a nearly three-hour singles session featuring wins from Sander Jong, Tomas Jirousek and Luc Fomba, gave TCU it's eighth win of the campaign.
"We knew it was going to be a battle, and that's exactly what we got," head coach David Roditi said. "Their coaches have done a great job with the program. They have a bunch of really good players, so credit to them. I'm proud of our team for winning the way we did. We found a way to get to four points, which is really hard to do. It was tough conditions, on the road with the wind. And with us coming off a loss to USC, it was really awesome to see our guys pull out these incredible matches. We showed a lot of grit. It was as close of a dual as I've ever been involved in. Every match could have gone either way. Getting the doubles point was huge. Really great to get that doubles point and help us get this road win."
TCU got off to a strong start in singles play, winning four of six opening sets. Pepperdine responded in the second, winning five and forcing five matches into a third set. From there, TCU showed its muscle, taking three of four completed matches to secure the win.
DOUBLES QUICK HITS
- The Horned Frogs won the doubles point with a pair of 6-1 wins from Fearnley/Kruger and Jong/Paroulek.
- Jake Fearnley and Bertus Kruger improve to 2-2 as a pairing with the win today.
- Fearnley is now 2-2 in doubles play this season while Kruger improves to 4-4.
- Sander Jong and Tadeas Paroulek improve to 6-3 as a pairing.
- It was the seventh doubles win and 15th overall victory of the season for Jong.
- Jong won both his singles and doubles matches today, marking his second 2-0 performance of the year.
- TCU is now 21-14 in doubles matches this season.
1. Luc Fomba/Alastair Gray (TCU) vs. Adrian Oetzbach/Guy Den Ouden (Pepp): 3-4
2. Jake Fearnley/Bertus Kruger (TCU) def. Corrado Summaria/Robert Shelton (Pepp): 6-1
3. #24 Sander Jong/Tadeas Paroulek (TCU) def. Pietro Fellin/Daniel De Jonge (Pepp): 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES QUICK HITS
- Sander Jong collected the first win of the day at No. 3, coming back from a second set loss to win: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
- The win moves him to 6-3 this season.
- It was his fifth three-set match of the season. Jong is now 3-2 in matches that go the distance.
- All three of Jong's three-set wins have come in dominant fashion: 6-2, 6-1 and 6-2.
- Tomas Jirousek battled back from down, 15-40, in his final game to win the match: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
- It was his third singles win of the season.
- This was Jirousek's first collegiate three-set win. He is now 1-1 in three-setters.
- Luc Fomba clinched the match on court two, in dramatic fashion.
- The first two sets were settled by tiebreakers, before Fomba won the final four games of his third set, erasing a 3-5 deficit, to win the match: 7-6, 6-7, 7-5.
- This was the longest match of Fomba's career and the second longest any college tennis match can go.
- Fomba has now won six matches this season at No. 2 singles, boosting his overall singles record to 8-2.
- Fomba split his tiebreak sets. He is now to 5-2 in tiebreakers this season and 13-5 over his career.
- Fomba improves to 3-1 in three set matches this season and 8-4 over his career.
- TCU is now 33-17 in singles matches this dual season after posting a 3-2 record tonight.
- #21 Alastair Gray (TCU) vs. Adrian Oetzbach (Pepp)L 6-7, 6-4, 6-6 unfinished
- 47 Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Guy Den Ouden (Pepp): 7-6, 6-7, 7-5
- #113 Sander Jong (TCU) def. Daniel De Jonge (Pepp): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Tomas Jirousek (TCU) def. Robert Shelton (Pepp): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- #90 Corrado Summaria (Pepp) def. Juan Martín (TCU): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Pietro Fellin (Pepp) def. Tadeas Paroulek (TCU): 6-1, 6-4
Up Next
The Horned Frogs return to Fort Worth to face Texas Tech in a non-conference match next Saturday (March 7). First serve is set for 3 p.m. at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
For more information on TCU men's tennis, visit gofrogs.com and follow the team on social media: @TCUMensTennis on twitter, Facebook and the all new men's tennis Instagram.
