The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
10.17.2020 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns claimed five singles and three doubles victories on day two in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth – The Texas Men's Tennis team collected eight more wins, including five in singles and three in doubles, on day two of the TCU Invitational on Saturday in Fort Worth.
For the second straight day, the Longhorns got things going by taking three out of four matches in doubles, including wins against TCU by the pairs of senior Payton Holden and sophomore Siem Woldeab (8-3), and junior Nevin Arimilli and sophomore Eshan Talluri (8-4). Junior Chih Chi Huang and sophomore Cleeve Harper provided the third victory, 8-3, against Oklahoma State.
Holden was first to take the court in singles and earned a win over Sebastian Nothhaft of Baylor, while the rest of the group followed and won four of seven matches against players from Oklahoma. Those included Woldeab over Nathan Han, Huang over Justin Schlageter, freshman Micah Braswell over Alex Martinez, sophomore Jacob Bullard over Jonathan Sheehy.
The Longhorns will close play at the tournament on Sunday with another round each of doubles and singles. There are no live stats, but fans can watch a video stream at https://web.playsight.com/facility/tcu/home
Day Two Texas Results
Singles
Payton Holden (UT) def. Sebastian Nothhaft (BU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Micah Braswell (UT) def. Alex Martinez (OU), 6-3, 6-4
Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Nathan Han (OU), 6-3, 6-2
Chih Chi Huang (UT) def. Justin Schlageter (OU), 6-1, 6-1
Jacob Bullard (UT) def. Jonathan Sheehy (OU), 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
Mason Beiler (OU) def. Cleeve Harper (UT), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
Welsh Hotard (OU) def. Nevin Arimilli (UT), 7-5, 6-3
Matt Rodriguez (OU) def. Leighton Allen (UT), 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
Payton Holden/Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Jake Fearnley/Juan Martín (TCU), 8-3
Cleeve Harper/Chih Chi Huang (UT) def. Emile Hudd/Etienne Donnet (OSU), 8-3
Nevin Arimilli/Eshan Talluri (UT) def. Luc Fomba/Max Kurzban (TCU), 8-4
Barnaby Smith/Pierce Rollins (TAM) def. Micah Braswell/Jacob Bullard (UT), 8-6
