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Waco Invite
10.25.2026 | Men's Tennis
Sophomore Mariano Dedura-Palomero won all three of his singles matches and combined with sophomore Jeremiah Braswell to win two of three in doubles.
Waco, Texas – Texas Men's Tennis sophomores Mariano Dedura-Palomero and Jeremiah Braswell completed three days of play at the Waco Invite on Sunday.
Dedura-Palomero swept his three singles matches with victories over Jorge Aza Casaseca of Abliene Christian on Friday (6-2, 6-2), Louis Bowden of Baylor on Saturday (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 [5]), and Dmitri Goubin of UTSA on Sunday (6-4, 4-6, 6-3).
An informal superbreaker tournament was held following that to determine a champion, however Dedura-Palomero was just slipped past by Christopher Bennett of UT-Arlington, 1-0 (9).
Braswell prevailed in his Sunday match over Griffin Lovern of Abilene Christian (6-3, 6-1), however he had fallen in his matches on Friday and Saturday to Drew Hedgecoe of Baylor (6-3, 6-2) and Alejandro Verdasco of ACU (6-3, 6-1), respectively.
In doubles, Dedura-Palomero and Braswell combined to win two of their three matches, first over Lovern and Jonas Keck of ACU (8-5) on Friday, and then against Victor Rocha and Dmitri Goubin of UTSA (8-3) on Sunday. They had been downed on Saturday by Drew Hedgecoe and Calvin Baierl of Baylor (8-2).
2026 Waco Invite
Singles – Friday, October 23
Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) def. Jorge Aza Casaseca (ACU), 6-2, 6-2
Drew Hedgecoe (BAY) def. Jeremiah Braswell (TEX), 6-3, 6-2
Singles – Saturday, October 24
Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) def. Louis Bowden (BAY), 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
Alejandro Verdasco (ACU) def. Jeremiah Braswell (TEX), 6-3, 6-1
Singles – Sunday, October 25
Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) def. Dmitri Goubin (UTSA), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Jeremiah Braswell (TEX) def. Griffin Lovern (ACU), 6-3, 6-1
Doubles – Friday, October 23
Mariano Dedura-Palomero/Jeremiah Braswell (TEX) def. Jonas Keck/Griffin Lovern (ACU), 8-5
Doubles – Saturday, October 24
Drew Hedgecoe/Calvin Baierl (BAY) def. Mariano Dedura-Palomero/Jeremiah Braswell (TEX), 8-2
Doubles – Sunday, October 25
Mariano Dedura-Palomero/Jeremiah Braswell (TEX) def. Victor Rocha/Dmitri Goubin (UTSA), 8-3
