The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
11.07.2020 | Men's Tennis
Three Longhorns doubles pairs reached the finals of two flights, while two players made the semifinals in singles on Saturday.
Austin – The Texas Men's Tennis Team had three pairs reach the finals of the two doubles flights of the Big 6 Fall Invitational, along with two players making the singles semifinals on Saturday in North Richland Hills, Texas.
In flight one, the duo of sophomores Eliot Spizzirri and Siem Woldeab downed Luc Fomba and Max Kurzban of TCU, 8-3, while sophomore Cleeve Harper and junior Chih Chi Huang topped Sven Lah and Stachowiak of Baylor, 8-6, to set up an all Longhorn final on Sunday. In the second flight, freshman Micah Braswell and senior Payton Holden defeated Justin Bloss and Franco Ribero of Texas Tech, 8-4, to reach that final.
In singles, Spizzirri advanced to the semifinals of flight one after a walkover, while Braswell earned a straight-sets win over Parker Wynn of Texas Tech, 6-4, 7-5, to do the same. They'll each face an opponent from TCU on Sunday with Spizzirri playing Jacob Fearnley and Braswell playing Fomba. In addition, sophomore Eshan Talluri picked up a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over Francisco Vittar of Texas Tech in round robin play. He'll take on another Red Raider in Bloss in the final round on Sunday.
The tournament features Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas Tech in three singles draws, including two compass and one round robin, along with three doubles draws with the same formats.
Fans can follow scores throughout the tournament at https://courthive.com/t/36535
Big 6 Fall Invitational
Texas Results (Saturday, Nov. 7)
Doubles
Compass 1 - East
Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Luc Fomba/Max Kurzban (TCU), 8-3
Cleeve Harper/Chih Chi Huang (UT) def. Sven Lah/Nick Stachowiak (BU), 8-6
Compass 2 - East
Micah Braswell/Payton Holden (UT) def. Justin Bloss/Franco Ribero (TT), 8-4
Sander Jong/Juan Martin (TCU) def. Jacob Bullard/Evin McDonald (UT), 8-7 (5)
Round Robin
Ilgiz Valiev/Parker Wynn (OU) def. Nevin Arimilli/Eshan Talluri (UT), 8-3
Singles
Compass 1 - East
Eliot Spizzirri (UT) adv. Cleeve Harper (UT), Walkover
Micah Braswell (UT) def. Parker Wynn (TT), 6-4, 7-5
Luc Fomba (TCU) def. Evin McDonald (UT), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8)
Compass 2 - East
Nick Stachowiak (BU) def. Jacob Bullard (UT), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Eduardo Roldan (TCU) def. Nevin Arimilli (UT), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Sebastian Nothhaft (BU) def. Payton Holden (UT), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Compass 2 - West
Connor Johnson (TT) def. Chih Chi Huang (UT), 6-3, 6-4
Reed Collier (TT) def. Leighton Allen (UT), 6-1, 6-3
Round Robin
Eshan Talluri def. Francisco Vittar (TT), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
Texas Schedule (Sunday, Nov. 8)
Doubles
Compass 1 - East
Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab (UT) vs. Cleeve Harper/Chih Chi Huang (UT)
Compass 2 - East
Micah Braswell/Payton Holden (UT) vs. Sander Jong/Juan Martin (TCU)
Compass 2 - North
Jacob Bullard/Evin McDonald (UT) vs. Justin Bloss/Franco Ribero (TT)
Round Robin
Nevin Arimilli/Eshan Talluri (UT) vs. Leighton Allen (UT)/Francisco Vittar (TT)
Singles
Compass 1 - East
Eliot Spizzirri (UT) vs. Jacob Fearnley (TCU)
Micah Braswell (UT) vs. Luc Fomba (TCU)
Compass 1 - North
Evin McDonald (UT) vs. Parker Wynn (TT)
Compass 2 - North
Jacob Bullard (UT) vs. Nevin Arimilli (UT)
Payton Holden (UT) vs. Juan Martin (TCU)
Compass 2 - South
Chih Chi Huang (UT) vs. Justin Schlageter (OU)
Leighton Allen (UT) vs. Franco Ribero (TT)
Round Robin
Eshan Talluri (UT) vs. Justin Bloss (TT)
