Men’s Tennis: TCU Gets Nonconference Win over Baylor
TCU freshman Duncan Chan had a great day on the purple courts in Fort Worth on Sunday. The Horned Frogs played a nonconference dual with Baylor and were able to win it 4-2 in large part due to Chan’s efforts both on the doubles and singles courts.
TCU men's tennis player Duncan Chan celebrates winning his singles match in a third-set tiebreaker. His win clinched the dual for TCU against Baylor on Sunday, March 10.
Chan and his doubles partner Lui Maxted won their set 6-1, moments after teammates Sebastian Gorzny and Pedro Vives won their set. Then Chan clinched the dual after winning a third-set tiebreaker in his singles match.
Chan was facing Baylor’s Marko Miladinovic on Court Six. Chan won the first set 6-3 but then lost the second set 4-6. In the third set, Chan was down 3-5. He faced a match point before he broke Miladinovic and then won three straight games to send the match to the decisive tiebreaker. He would gain a double break in the tiebreaker and win it 7-4. Winning his match clinched the dual for the Horned Frogs.
TCU played the dual without three-time All-American Jake Fearnley.
TCU improved to 11-1 with the win, while Baylor dropped to 14-4.
The Horned Frogs have claimed four straight matches and five of their last seven vs. the Bears. TCU improved to 40-26 all-time and 20-10 at home opposite its Interstate-35 rival.
TCU has won eight of its last nine matches, all of which have been against opponents featured in the Top 25 of the ITA team rankings.
Doubles Play – TCU Won
The doubles play was over quickly. If you blinked, you may have missed it.
- Gorzny and Vives, on Court One, got a quick win at 6-1.
- Moments later, Chan and Maxted, on Court Two, won their set by the same 6-1 score.
- On Court Three, Tomas Jirousek and Jack Pinnington were up 5-1 when the doubles point was clinched.
Singles Play – TCU 3 – Texas 2
- Pinnington earned his second career start on Court One in place of Fearnley. He easily won his match in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, which put the Frogs up 2-0. Pinnington is now 19-5 in singles play this season, with 13 of his wins coming against ranked opponents.
- Maxted, playing on Court Four, also won in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, putting the Frogs comfortably up 3-0.
- Baylor would make the dual competitive with wins on Courts Two and Three. Gorzny, on Court Three, lost 4-6, 4-6. Then Vives lost on Court Two 6-3, 5-7, 1-6. TCU was then up 3-2 with two courts still playing.
- Chan would clinch the dual with his performance on Court Six, winning 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4).
- Jirousek was up in the third set tiebreaker on Court Five when the dual was clinched. He lost his first set 4-6, won the second set 6-2, and was up 6-4 in the tiebreaker in the third.
Next up: The Horned Frogs travel to southern California for three matches to close out nonconference play. TCU will play No. 31 UCLA on Wednesday, March 13 in Pasadena, No. 32 USC on Friday, March 15, and No. 51 Pepperdine on Sunday. TCU will open Big 12 play on March 22 with a rematch against Baylor, this time in Waco.
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