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No. 15 Men's Tennis defeats Oklahoma, 4-0
04.24.2009 | Men's Tennis
April 24, 2009
NORMAN, Okla. -- Third-seeded Texas (18-5) took the doubles point and added three singles wins in a 4-0 win over host Oklahoma (12-10) Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Big 12 Championships at OU's Headington Family Tennis Center.
The Longhorns advance to Saturday's semifinals, where they will take on second-seeded Texas A&M, who defeated Texas by a 4-3 count on April 16 in College Station.
Texas opened the match with a dominant doubles performance to take a 1-0 lead. UT opened with a win at third doubles, where senior Miguel Reyes Varela and junior Olivier Sajous posted an 8-1 win over Blake Boswell and George Chanturia. Texas clinched the doubles point at the second slot, where juniors Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala hung an 8-3 defeat on Andrei Daescu and David Pultr. The remaining match at first doubles was suspended after the doubles point had been clinched.
Texas senior Jonah Kane-West quickly dispatched OU's Boswell at sixth singles, 6-3, 6-1 to push the Longhorns' lead to 2-0. UT's Damico dealt OU's Ionut Beleleu a 6-2, 6-1 defeat at second singles, and Zavala closed out the victory for Texas with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over Chanturia at fifth singles. The remaining matches were suspended, given that Texas had clinched the team victory.
Texas 4, Oklahoma 0
Doubles - Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
1 Corrie/Damico (UT) vs. Beleleu/Avdeyev (OU) - 7-4, susp.
2 Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT) def. Daescu/Pultr (OU) - 8-3
3 Sajous/Reyes Varela (UT) def. Boswell/Chanturia (OU) - 8-1
Singles - Order of Finish: 6, 3, 5
1 Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) vs. Andrei Daescu (OU) - 6-4, 5-6, susp.
2 Ed Corrie (UT) vs. Sergey Avdeyev (OU) - 6-4, 3-6, susp.
3 Kellen Damico (UT) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU) - 6-2, 6-1
4 Olivier Sajous (UT) vs. David Pultr (OU) - 6-7, 5-2, susp.
5 Josh Zavala (UT) def. George Chanturia (OU) - 7-6 (6), 6-3
6 Jonah Kane-West (UT) def. Blake Boswell (OU) - 6-3, 6-1
POST-MATCH QUOTES
Texas coach Michael Center
We got off to a great start today in doubles. Our energy level was particularly good and we got the momentum. I thought we had a great start in singles, so we had the pressure on them pretty much the entire match today.
On Saturday's match against Texas A&M: We've got to play the Aggies, and we just lost to them in College Station last week. They've got a great team. They've got some All-America caliber players, and we know we'll have to bring our 'A' game tomorrow.
