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TCU Men’s Tennis: No. 1 Frogs Keep on Winning

The Horned Frogs get two more victories this past week; Top 10 showdown is coming to the purple courts.
Barry Lewis|
TCU Athletics

Another week, another couple of wins by the No. 1 ranked TCU Horned Frogs men’s tennis team. The team hosted USF on Saturday afternoon, winning 6-1. Then on Monday, the team traveled across the Metroplex to take on SMU. The Frogs won that match 4-1. TCU is now 16-2 on the year.

The Frogs open Big 12 Conference play this weekend with a match against No. 9 Baylor on Friday.

Here is a recap of the dual matches with USF and SMU

TCU 6 – USF 1 – March 19 – Fort Worth, Texas

The No. 65 USF Bulls came to Fort Worth last weekend and went back to Florida with a defeat after facing the top program in the nation. TCU won hard-fought doubles point before winning four straight set matches and one of two 10-point super sets for the first outdoor win of the season on the purple courts.

Service breaks were hard to come by in the doubles matches, thus pushing the Frogs hard to get the point. Juan Carlos Aguilar and Pedro Vives, playing at No. 2, were the first to win their match, 6-4. They are now 3-1 as a duo.

When the first set was one, the other two matches were tied 5-5. Luc Fomba and Jake Fearnley got a late service break to go up 6-5 before Fearnley held serve to win the set 7-5 and clinch the doubles point.

Then, TCU quickly won four singles matches in succession to clinch the win for the Frogs. They held USF to three or fewer total games won at No. 1, No. 4, and No. 6. Vives was the first to win his match at No. 4, 6-2, 6-0. This was the most dominating win in his young career as a Horned Frog. Aguilar followed him at No. 1, 6-2, 6-1. Tomas Jirousek, playing at No. 6 and in his outdoor debut, won 6-2, 6-1, giving the Frogs a 4-0 score for the win. All other matches continued to be played.

Sander Jong then won his match at No. 3, 6-4, 6-3. The final two matches were determined with a 10-point super-set tiebreaker. Lui Maxted suffered the only loss of the day for the Frogs at No. 5, losing 6-4, 4-6, 0-1 (3-10). Fomba won his match at No. 2 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5).

TCU 4 – SMU 1 – March 21 – Dallas, Texas

The Frogs turned right around after that home victory on Saturday and traveled across the Metroplex for a dual match with the SMU Mustangs on Monday night. Once again, TCU won the doubles point, their 16th win in 18 attempts this season. TCU then won three singles matches in straight sets to clinch the win.

Due to the weather, this match was moved indoors. This season, TCU is now 14-1 indoors and has won 12 straight indoors, the longest streak in program history.

In the doubles matches, Fomba and Fearnley, playing at No. 1, won five straight games to take a 5-1 lead and hold serve to win 6-2. This duo is ranked No. 2 in the nation, and this was their 12th win together of the season. Tim Ruehl and Vives, playing in their first match paired together and at No. 3, won 6-4 to give the Frogs the doubles point. Ruehl played in his first match since the ITA Indoor National Championship last month.

In the singles matches, TCU won four first sets. Fearnley, at No. 3, won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. This was his 10th win of the season and his first in the top half of the singles lineup. SMU would get on the board next, with Vives losing his match at No. 4. TCU would then win two more matches in straight sets to clinch the victory. Jirousek, at No. 6, won 6-2, 6-3, followed by Jong at No. 2, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4).

With the win, TCU improved to 16-2 this season and is 8-2 vs. Top 25 teams. They are 28-6 in doubles matches and 58-25 in singles matches.

Next up: TCU hosts #9 Baylor on the purple courts in Fort Worth on Friday, March 25 at 5:30 p.m. Baylor is 17-2 on the season and is coming off a loss to Michigan over the weekend, 4-0. The Bears have not lost two consecutive dual matches since 2018.

The Frogs will then hit the road for a match with No. 64 Tulane on Sunday, March 27, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2022 Men’s Tennis Schedule/Results

January 12 vs. UTRGV – Won 6-1

January 14 vs. Florida – Won 4-3

January 16 vs. Tennessee – Lost 3-4

January 27 vs. Abilene Christian – Won 4-1

January 29 vs. Portland – Won 4-0

January 30 vs. Tulsa – Won 4-0

February 6 vs. Ole Miss – Won 4-3

February 11 at Mississippi State – Won 6-1

February 13 vs. Virginia – Won 4-1

February 18-21 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Nationals Championship

February 18 vs. Virginia – Won 4-2

February 19 vs. Texas – Won 4-0

February 20 vs. Ohio State – Won 4-3

February 21 vs. Tennessee – Won 4-1

March 2 vs. Michigan – Lost 4-1

March 5 at Illinois – Won 4-2*

March 10 at UCLA – Won 4-2

March 19 vs. USF – Won 6-1

March 21 at SMU – Won 4-1*

March 25 vs. Baylor

March 27 at Tulane

April 1 vs. Texas Tech

April 3 at Baylor

April 9 vs. Texas

April 14 at Oklahoma State

April 16 at Oklahoma

April 22 vs. Big 12 Championship

May 19 NCAA Championship

*Match played indoors due to weather

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Barry Lewis
BARRY LEWIS

Barry is the managing editor/publisher of TCU Horned Frogs On SI and oversees a team of 15+ writers, photographers, and podcasters covering all 22 of TCU’s sports. He writes on football, basketball (men’s and women’s), baseball, men’s tennis, and other sports as needed. His weekly articles include Big 12 Power Rankings and Poll Watching during the football, basketball, and baseball seasons. He is a frequent guest on one of the many podcasts that TCU Horned Frogs On SI writers host covering football, baseball, basketball, and other sports. Barry is a member of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). He has represented TCU Horned Frogs On SI at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, the 2023 College Football National Championship, the 2023 College World Series, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis National Championship, Big 12 Football Media Days, and Big 12 Basketball Media Days. Barry has followed TCU sports since the Jim Wacker days. He is an avid sports fan and traveler, and he loves any opportunity to see a sporting event in person. He has been to 18 of the 30 MLB ballparks, experienced game day at 25 college football stadiums, seen 21 NFL stadiums, and been to 16 bowl games.

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