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No. 3 Men’s Tennis downs No. 14 Texas A&M, 4-1
02.14.2025 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Indoors for the seventh-straight year.
Dallas – No. 3 Texas Men's Tennis downed No. 14 Texas A&M, 4-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships on Friday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas. It marked the seventh-straight trip to the quarterfinals for the Longhorns.
Texas rallied in doubles to take the point with wins at Nos. 2 and 3, and then followed with singles victories by senior No. 121 Pierre-Yves Bailly at No. 3, freshman No. 11 Timo Legout at No. 1, and sophomore Lucas Brown at No. 6.
Following doubles, Bailly produced an efficient 6-0, 6-1 win over Luke Casper. Bailly won the first eight games of the match with Casper only reaching 40 in the last of those, which was a deuce-point hold for Bailly. Casper then got his only game on a deuce-point hold before Bailly won the last four with two of those going to deuce to take the match and provide a 2-0 lead..
Legout was next off the court with a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 60 Theo Papamalamis. Legout was the first to break for a 2-1 lead, however Papamalamis got the break back for 3-3. Legout then broke again, this time at deuce, to regain a 5-4 lead before serving out at deuce for the set. Legout broke to open the second set, and after Papamalamis held his next service game to pull within 2-1, Legout closed out the match on a 4-0 run with the last three of at deuce.
Just seconds before the clinch, junior No. 10 Sebastian Gorzny fell to No. 71 JC Roddick, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 2. Roddick broke first for a 3-2 lead, but Gorzny broke right back and then held, both at deuce, to take the lead back, 4-3. Two games later, Roddick broke at deuce for a 5-4 lead before serving out the set. In the second, the players exchanged holds and then exchanged deuce-point breaks for 2-2. Later they exchanged deuce-point holds for 4-4, and after Gorzny took a 5-4 lead on his next serve, Roddick took the last three games for the match.
The clinch then came from Brown, who defeated Ritesh Patil, 7-6 (4), 6-3, at No. 6. After Brown held his first serve at deuce for 1-1, he later was the first to break, which also came at deuce, for a 4-3 lead before he consolidated on another deuce point for 5-3. Patil then went on a 3-0 run for the lead, but Brown was able to hold to send it to a tiebreakers. Despite three ties, Brown would never trail in that frame, moving out to a 4-2 lead before the last of the ties, which was 4-4. However, Brown then captured the breaker with a 3-0 run. In the second set, Brown broke first for a 2-0 lead, and after the players traded deuce-point breaks, the set was on serve the rest of the way to Brown's and the Longhorns' victories.
Two matches were left unfinished, including junior No. 21 Jonah Braswell trailing Tiago Pires, 3-6, 6-5, at No. 4. Although five games went to deuce in the first set, only one resulted in a break, which would also be the only one of that frame, giving Pires the win. The last game was one of the ones that went to deuce to give Braswell a chance to get back on serve, but Pires held to win. In the second set, Pires broke first for a 3-2 lead that he consolidated for 4-2 on a deuce point, but Braswell got the break back for 4-4. The rest of the set was then on serve, including a deuce point in the last game.
The other match was freshman Sebastian Eriksson leading Togan Tokac, 7-5, 5-5, at No. 5. The first set stayed on serve all the way to 5-5 when Eriksson broke for the lead and then held at deuce for the win. Eriksson then broke at love to start the second set and held for a 2-0 lead. Tokac eventually got the break back, also at love, for 4-4, and after he held for a 5-4 lead, the last two games went to deuce, which is where the match stopped at 5-5 when play halted.
Earlier in doubles, Texas A&M picked up the first match as the No. 5 duo of Legout and Brown were downed by Tokac and Papamalamis, 6-3, at No. 1. The Aggies grabbed the only break of the match for a 3-1 lead, and the match stayed on serve from there despite the final three games reaching deuce.
Needing the to win the last two matches, Gorzny and Bailly came through with a 6-4 win over Casper and Roddick at No. 2. The Longhorns broke first for a 2-1 lead that they consolidated to 3-1, but the Aggies won consecutive deuce points to even it. Texas broke again for a 4-3 lead, and after the teams exchanged deuce-point holds, the Longhorns served out the win.
That left it to No. 3, where Braswell and freshman Olive Ojakaar mirrored the 6-4 score to defeat Patil and Pires. After the first three games were holds to give Texas A&M a 2-1 lead, the next four were all breaks with the last three of those at deuce. The final one of those was also the beginning of a 4-0 run for Texas to the win and the doubles clinch.
The Longhorns will next face 2 seed No. 5 Virginia in the quarterfinals at 12 p.m. CT on Saturday. It will be the second meeting between the teams this season after the Cavaliers claimed a 4-3 home win on February 2.
#3 Texas 4, #14 Texas A&M 1
Singles – Order of Finish (3,1,2,6)
1. #11 Timo Legout (TEX) def. #60 Theo Papamalamis (TAMU) 6-4, 6-1
2. #71 JC Roddick (TAMU) def. #10 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 6-4, 7-5
3. #121 Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. Luke Casper (TAMU) 6-0, 6-1
4. #21 Jonah Braswell (TEX) vs. Tiago Pires (TAMU) 3-6, 6-5, unf.
5. Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) vs. Togan Tokac (TAMU) 7-5, 5-5, unf.
6. Lucas Brown (TEX) def. Ritesh Patil (TAMU) 7-6 (4), 6-3
Doubles – Order of Finish (1,2,3)
1. Togan Tokac/Theo Papamalamis (TAMU) def. #5 Lucas Brown/Timo Legout (TEX) 6-3
2. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. Luke Casper/JC Roddick (TAMU) 6-4
3. Oliver Ojakaar/Jonah Braswell (TEX) def. Ritesh Patil/Tiago Pires (TAMU) 6-4
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