The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men’s Tennis’ Spizzirri advances to quarterfinals of ITA National Fall Championships
11.03.2022 | Men's Tennis
Junior Eliot Spizzirri moved on in the singles main draw on Thursday.
San Diego – Texas Men's Tennis junior Eliot Spizzirri advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA National Fall Championships in San Diego on Thursday.
The fourth-seeded No. 35 Spizzirri posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kristof Minarik of Wichita State to move on and will next face 5-8 seed No. 65 Jacob Fearnley of TCU at 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT on Friday.
In doubles, the top seed No. 16 duo of Spizzirri and junior Cleeve Harper were edged in both a first-set tiebreaker and third-set superbreaker to fall to No. 20 Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu of Penn, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 1-0 (13). The Longhorns had match points at 9-7 in the superbreaker before the Quakers rallied.
Live scoring can be found on the Tennis Ticker app, with live video streaming on Track Tennis, while select matches will have commentary from Cracked Racquets.
2022 ITA National Fall Championships
Tournament Information
Tournament Home Page
Live Scoring
Live Video
Cracked Racquets Broadcast
Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 3 (Rounds of 16)
Singles
4 seed No. 35 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. Kristof Minarik (Wich St), 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 20 Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu (Penn) def. 1 seed No. 16 Eliot Spizzirri/Cleeve Harper (UT), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 1-0 (13)
Friday, Nov. 4 (Quarterfinals)
Singles
4 seed No. 35 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) vs. 5-8 seed No. 65 Jacob Fearnley (TCU), 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT
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