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No. 7 Men’s Tennis tops No. 5 TCU, 4-3, in ITA Indoors quarterfinals
02.14.2026 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns rallied to advance to the semifinals of the tournament for the second-straight year and third time in the last four.
Waco, Texas – No. 7 Texas Men's Tennis topped No. 5 TCU, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships in Waco on Saturday. The win sends the Longhorns to the semifinals of the tournament for the second-straight year and third time in the last four.
For the second-straight match, the Longhorns found themselves in a 2-0 deficit after dropping the doubles point via matches at Nos. 1 and 2, along with the first singles contest at No. 5. However, they again responded with four singles wins, starting with a top-five victory for senior No. 10 Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and a win by freshman Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 to even it, 2-2.
The Horned Frogs briefly retook the lead with a win at No. 3, but Texas completed the comeback with wins by sophomores No. 51 Sebastian Eriksson at No. 4 and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 6 to clinch it. The match for Ojakaar was just his second singles match in the 2025-26 year with the other coming in fall play, making it first in a dual match since March 2 of last year.
After TCU won doubles, senior Jonah Braswell fell to Albert Pedrico, 6-2, 6-2. At that point, Gorzny began the rally with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over No. 5 Duncan Chan at No. 1. Ivanovski then produced efficient second and third sets to overcome dropping a first-set tiebreaker to No. 49 Cosme Rolland De Ravel, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2, at No. 2.
Freshman Abel Forger had won a first-set tiebreaker in his match against Cooper Woestendick at No. 3, and even though Forger had a late break chance in the third set, Woestendick was able to hold and later broke, himself, for the 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-5 win, retaking the lead for TCU, 3-2.
Eriksson won his first set and had a second-set tiebreaker against Oliver Bonding, and although Bonding emerged with that, Eriksson responded with a deuce-point break in the final game of the third set for a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4 win.
That left it to Ojakaar, whose match against Roger Pascual at No. 6 had started later than the other singles contests with only five courts being used for singles. Ojakaar had a solid 6-3 win in his first set, and although the second set was pushed to a tiebreaker, he emerged victorious in that, 7-6 (5), to send his teammates streaming onto his court.
Earlier in doubles, Ivanovski and Forger had dropped their match to Bonding and Woestendick, 6-3, at No. 1, while Gorzny and freshman Lucas Marionneu did the same to No. 22 Chan and Rolland De Ravel at No. 2. The match at No. 3 was left unfinished with the No. 27 duo of Ojakaar and Eriksson trailing Pedrico and Filip Apltauer, 4-5, with the match on serve when play halted.
Texas will next transition from Waco to Dallas for the semifinals and play the winner of No. 3 Wake Forest and No. 19 Baylor on Monday at 6:30 p.m. CT.
#7 Texas 4, #5 TCU 3
Singles – Order of Finish (5,1,2,3,4,6)
1. #10 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. #5 Duncan Chan (TCU) 7-6 (2), 6-4
2. Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) def. #49 Co Rolland De Ravel (TCU) 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2
3. Cooper Woestendick (TCU) def. Abel Forger (TEX) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-5
4. #51 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def. Oliver Bonding (TCU) 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4
5. Albert Pedrico (TCU) def. Jonah Braswell (TEX) 6-2, 6-2
6. Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def. Roger Pascual (TCU) 6-3, 7-6 (6)
Doubles – Order of Finish (2,1)
1. Cooper Woestendick/Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. Abel Forger/Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) 6-3
2. #22 Co Rolland De Ravel/Duncan Chan (TCU) def. Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) 6-3
3. Filip Apltauer/Albert Pedrico (TCU) vs. #27 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) 5-4, unf.
Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)
Doubles No. 1: Bonding/Woestendick (TCU) def. Ivanovski/Forger (TEX) vs. 6-3
Match: TCU picked up the only break for 3-1. Texas had a chance to break back on a deuce point, but TCU held.
Doubles No. 2: Chan/Rolland De Ravel (TCU) def. Gorzny/Marionneau (TEX) 6-3
Match: TCU took the only break for 2-0 on a deuce point.
Doubles No. 3: Ojakaar/Eriksson vs. Pedrico/Apltauer (TCU) 4-5, unf.
Match: The teams exchanged breaks, first for TCU for 3-1 then 3-2 for Texas, and the rest of the match was on serve until play stopped.
Singles No. 5: Pedrico (TCU) def. Braswell (TEX) 6-2, 6-2
Set One: The first three games were breaks until Pedrico held for 3-1. The next two games were held at deuce until Pedrico broke again for 5-2.
Set Two: Pedrico had the only breaks for 1-0 and 5-2.
Singles No. 1: Gorzny (TEX) def. Chan (TCU) 7-6 (2), 6-4
Set One: The first five games were breaks with the first two and last one at deuce until Gorzny held at deuce for 4-2. Chan got the break back for 4-4 and the set stayed on serve to a tiebreaker.
Set One Tiebreaker: Gorzny started with a mini-break and moved out to 4-1 before winning 7-2.
Set Two: Gorzny secured the only break of the first eight games for a 2-0 lead. Chan got it back to get within 5-4, but Gorzny broke again at deuce for the match.
Singles No. 2: Ivanovski (TEX) def. Rolland De Ravel (TCU) 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2
Set One: Rolland De Ravel broke at deuce in the second game for 2-0 and broke again for 4-1 on the way to 5-1. Ivanovski responded with a 4-0 run starting and finishing with deuce point wins. Both players held at love for a tiebreaker.
Set One Tiebreaker: Rolland De Ravel used a 4-0 run for a 6-2 lead, and although Ivanovski answered it for 6-6, Rolland De Ravel grabbed the last two points.
Set Two: Ivanovski won the first five games en route to a 6-1 win.
Set Three: Ivanovski broke at deuce to start a 4-0 run and surrendered just two holds for 6-2.
Singles No. 3: Woestendick (TCU) def. Forger (TEX) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-5
Set One: Woestendick broke first on a deuce point for 4-2 and consolidated at deuce for 5-2 before Forger went on a 3-0 run with the last two also at deuce. Woestendick then held at deuce and Forger held to the tiebreaker.
Set One Tiebreaker: Forger bolted to a 6-0 lead on the way to 7-3.
Set Two: Woestendick had the only breaks for 2-1 and then at deuce for 5-2.
Set Three: Although Forger had two break points while leading 4-3, Woestendick held and then earned the only break for 6-5 before serving out.
Singles No. 4: Eriksson (TEX) vs. Bonding (TCU) 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4
Set One: Eriksson won the first two games at deuce, including the only break of the set for 2-0. Three other games went to deuce with two holds by Bonding and one by Eriksson.
Set Two: Eriksson again won the first two games with a break and a deuce-point hold. That was the first of four-straight games going to deuce with all others held. Bonding got the break back for 3-3 and then held at deuce for the lead and the set stayed on serve to the tiebreaker including the last two games at deuce.
Set Two Tiebreaker: Bonding won the first two points and extended to a 5-1 lead on the way to 7-2.
Set Three: Bonding won the first two games, but Eriksson got the break back for 2-2 on a deuce point. The rest of the set was on serve until Eriksson broke on a deuce point for the match.
Singles No. 6: Ojakaar (TEX) def. Pascual (TCU) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Set One: Pascual broke at deuce and held for 2-0, and three of the next four games also went to deuce with Ojakaar winning all three on two holds and a break for 3-3. He also broke at deuce for 5-3 to finish on a 5-0 run.
Set Two: Despite three deuce-point break chances for Ojakaar, the set stayed on serve to the tiebreaker.
Set Two Tiebreaker: Ojakaar used a 5-0 run for a 6-1 lead, and although Pascual got back within 6-5, Ojakaar clinched on a mini-break.
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