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TCU Opens ITA All-American Championships with Four Qualifying Victories - TCU Athletics
TULSA, Okla. – TCU took care of business on day one of qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships on Monday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
GoFrogs: TCU Opens ITA All-American Championships with a Trio of Qualifying Victories
TULSA, Okla. – TCU took care of business on day one of qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships on Monday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
The Horned Frogs emerged victorious in two-of-three singles tilts and split a pair of doubles matches.
Lui Maxted helped account for two of TCU's triumphs. Maxted, No. 123 in the ITA singles rankings, got the day started with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Middle Tennessee State's Leo Raquin in the qualifying round of 128.
The junior followed up the straight set singles win with a doubles sweep of Alex Bulte and Louis Pourroy of Florida State, 7-5, 6-2, alongside Duncan Chan in the qualifying round of 32. The victory was Maxted and Chan's first as doubles partners. He and Chan, a freshman from Markham, Ontario, were tabbed the nation's No. 38 doubles tandem in the preseason ITA rankings.
Maxted, Chan and Jack Pinnington have each tallied a team-leading five fall victories through two tournaments.
Pedro Vives rounded out TCU's opening day showing at the first of two national fall championship events with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Utah's Berk Bugarikj. The nation's No. 82 singles player, Vives is as hot as any player nationally. He has won 10 of his last 12 matches since Sept. 3 when including ATP results. Vives currently boasts the fourth-highest universal tennis rating (14.11) among all active collegians.
Maxted moves on to meet JC Roddick of Texas A&M in the qualifying round of 64 on Tuesday. He last battled Roddick during TCU's 4-0 win over the Aggies in the round of 32 of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Maxted led Roddick 6-3, 5-5 at the time of the Horned Frogs' clinch.
Vives draws No. 114 Zsombor Velcz of Baylor with a spot in the 64-man main draw on the line.
Maxted and Chan are set to face Arizona's Jay Friend and Nick Lagaev in the qualifying round of 16 in doubles.
The Horned Frogs will qualify a Big 12 era record five players to the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships with a victory from Chan and Maxted on Tuesday.
TCU came three points shy of a perfect day one doubles showing. Playing together for the first time, Tomas Jirousek and Pinnington battled Holden Koons and Dhakshineswar Suresh to a narrow 4-6, 6-1, [10-7] tiebreaker loss. The match marked the first time Jirousek, a fifth year senior, has played doubles collegiately since 2021.
Jirousek fell in singles to No. 79 Magnus Johnson of Florida, 4-6, 6-4, 0-6.
Pinnington has already secured a spot in the main singles draw, which begins on Wednesday. He'll be joined by fellow sophomore Sebastian Gorzny, who was a main draw selection in both singles and doubles. Pinnington and Gorzny boast respective ITA singles rankings of No. 26 and No. 43. Gorzny will do battle in the 32-team doubles main draw alongside Vives.
ITA All-American Championships
Michael D. Case Tennis Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sept. 30-Oct. 8, 2023
Singles – Qualifying
RD64 – No. 82 Pedro Vives (TCU) def. Berk Bugarijk (UTAH): 6-4, 6-4
RD64 – No. 123 Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Leo Raquin (MTSU): 6-4, 6-4
RD64 –No. 79 Magnus Johnson (UF) def. Tomas Jirousek (TCU): 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Doubles – Qualifying
RD32 – No. 38 Duncan Chan / Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Alex Bulte / Louis Pourroy (FSU): 7-5, 6-2
RD32 –Holden Koons / Dhakshineswar Suresh (WFU) def. Tomas Jirousek / Jack Pinnington (TCU): 6-4, 1-6, [10-7]
