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No. 1 Men’s Tennis advances to NCAA Tournament second round
05.01.2026 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns swept Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-0, on Friday to move to the second round for the 13th-straight year.
Austin – No. 1 Texas Men's Tennis advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 sweep over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center on Friday. It marks the 13th-straight year the Longhorns have reached at least the second round where they will next face No. 32 SMU on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT at the Texas Tennis Center.
Texas took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 3 and 2 and followed with singles victories by freshmen Lucas Marionneau at No. 5 and Mariano Dedura-Palomero at No. 6, along with senior No. 3 Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1 for the clinch.
During doubles, the combo of sophomores Oliver Ojakaar and Evan Burnett were first off the court with a 6-3 win over Ethan Dasset and Josef Zapletal at No. 3. The No. 21 duo of Gorzny and Marionneau then clinched the point with a 6-4 victory over Mikel Garmendia and Maxime Salesses at No. 2. In the unfinished match at No. 1, freshmen Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger led their match, 5-4, against Omar Suarez and Etienne Marty when play stopped.
Marionneau made quick work of his match to start singles with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Zapletal at No. 5. Just minutes after that, Dedura-Palomero was almost as efficient with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Salesses at No. 6. In an even shorter time following that, Gorzny clinched the overall victory with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Nicholas Niox at No. 1.
The Longhorns held leads in all of the remaining matches, including No. 41 Ivanovski over Suarez, 6-3, 2-1 at No. 2, No. 102 Forger over Marty, 6-5, at No. 3, and senior Jonah Braswell, 6-3, 2-0, over Dasset at No. 4.
#1 Texas 4, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
Singles – Order of Finish (5,6,1)
1. #3 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. Nicholas Niox (AMCC) 6-1, 6-3
2. #41 Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) vs. Omar Suarez (AMCC) 6-3, 2-1, unf.
3. #102 Abel Forger (TEX) vs. Etienne Marty (AMCC) 6-5, unf.
4. Jonah Braswell (TEX) vs. Ethan Dasset (AMCC) 6-3, 2-0, unf.
5. Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Josef Zapletal (AMCC) 6-0, 6-1
6. Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) def. Maxime Salesses (AMCC) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles – Order of Finish (3,2)
1. Kalin Ivanovski/Abel Forger (TEX) vs. Omar Suarez/Etienne Marty (AMCC) 5-4, unf.
2. #21 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Mikel Garmendia/Maxime Salesses (AMCC) 6-4
3. Oliver Ojakaar/Evan Burnett (TEX) def. Ethan Dasset/Josef Zapletal (AMCC) 6-3
Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)
Doubles No. 3: Ojakaar/Burnett (TEX) def. Dasset/Zapletal (AMCC) 6-3
Match: Texas picked up the only break of the match on a deuce point for 2-0. After the Longhorns extended to 3-0, the next three games all went to deuce but all were held en route to the 6-3 win.
Doubles No. 2: Gorzny/Marionneau (TEX) def. Garmendia/Salesses (AMCC) 6-4
Match: Texas secured the only break of the match for a 3-2 lead on the way to the 6-4 win.
Doubles No. 1: Ivanovski/Forger (TEX) vs. Suarez/Marty (AMCC) 5-4, unf.
Match: Although Texas had a break chance at deuce in the second game, the whole match stayed on serve until play stopped.
Singles No. 5: Marionneau (TEX) def. Zapletal (AMCC) 6-0, 6-1
Set One: Marionneau swept the set with only the third game reaching deuce, which was a break for Marionneau.
Set Two: Marionneau won the first four games to complete a 10-0 total run, including a deuce-point break to start the set.
Singles No. 6: Dedura-Palomero (TEX) def. Salesses (AMCC) 6-1, 6-2
Set One: Dedura-Palomero won the first four games and only allowed a hold for 4-1.
Set Two: Dedura-Palomero took the first three games and the last three games in the 6-2 win.
Singles No. 1: Gorzny (TEX) def. Niox (AMCC) 6-1, 6-3
Set One: Gorzny held at deuce to start, and after Niox also held, Gorzny swept the rest of the set with deuce wins for 3-1 and 6-1.
Set Two: Gorzny captured the only breaks for a 3-2 lead and the 6-3 win. Niox won the only two deuce points to lead 2-1 and trail 3-4.
Singles No. 2: Ivanovski (TEX) vs. Suarez (AMCC) 6-3, 2-1, unf.
Set One: After Suarez held at deuce to start, Ivanovski later secured the only breaks for a 3-2 lead and to win 6-3.
Set Two: The first three games were on serve for a 2-1 lead for Ivanovski.
Singles No. 3: Forger (TEX) vs. Marty (AMCC) 6-5, unf.
Set One: Both of Marty's first two service games went to deuce with Forger breaking the second one for a 2-1 lead. Marty broke back at deuce and the rest of the set was on serve until Forger broke for a 6-5 lead.
Singles No. 4: Braswell (TEX) vs. Dasset (AMCC) 6-3, 2-0, unf.
Set One: Braswell broke first at deuce for a 2-1 lead and then again for 5-2. Dasset got one break back at deuce for 5-3, but Braswell broke again for the set.
Set Two: Braswell held and broke at deuce before play stopped.
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