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No. 19 Texas Tech Downs No. 68 TCU, 5-2
March 06, 2011 | Men's Tennis
March 6, 2011
LUBBOCK, TX - The No. 19 Texas Tech Red Raiders knocked off their second ranked team of the weekend with their 5-2 victory over the No. 68 TCU Horned Frogs on Sunday afternoon at the McLeod Tennis Center.
In doubles action, the Red Raiders grabbed with valuable doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2. The No. 44 Texas Tech duo of Gonzalo Escobar and Vitor Manzini stopped TCU's Cameron Nash and Slah Mbarek at the second position, 8-4. Raony Carvalho and Rafael Garcia, No. 21 in the current ITA rankings, earned the doubles point for the Red Raiders with their 8-5 win over TCU's Emanuel Brighiu and Christopher Price at the No. 1 spot, 8-5. Horned Frogs Daniel Sanchez and Zach Nichols won at No. 3 doubles over Raphael Pfister and Jeff Bryan, 8-6.
Rafael Garcia gave Texas Tech a 2-0 lead over TCU with his win at No. 3 singles over Slah Mbarek, 6-4, 6-0. Raony Carvalho, No. 25 in the latest ITA rankings, pushed the Red Raider lead to 3-0 with his win at No. 2 singles against Soren Goritzka, 6-2, 6-3. No. 20 Gonzalo Escobar clinched the match for Texas Tech at the top singles position downing TCU's Emanuel Brighiu, 6-3, 6-0. Gabriel Wanderley, playing at No. 5 singles, provide the final match point for Texas Tech with his 6-4, 6-2, win over Christopher Price.
The final two matches in play were decided by a super tiebreaker. Texas Tech's Raphael Pfister and TCU's Daniel Sanchez each won a set at No. 6 singles. Sanchez gained the point with a 10-5 margin in the super tiebreaker. At No. 4 singles, Red Raider Vitor Manzini and Horned Frog Zach Nichols each won a set. Nichols pulled out 10-8 win in their super tiebreaker.
Next weekend, Texas Tech takes on New Mexico and UNLV in Albuquerque.
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas Tech head coach Tim Siegel
"I thought there were two key elements to our win this afternoon over TCU. First, we won the crucial doubles point. Second, we won the first set in four of the singles matches. Those two elements provided the groundwork for the win today. TCU is a very solid team and they played very hard today. Gabriel Wanderley played terrific tennis on Saturday against Tulsa and today against TCU."
No. 19 Texas Tech 5 No. 68 TCU 2
DOUBLES Order of Finish: 2,3,1
1. Carvalho/Garcia (TT) def. Brighiu/Price (TCU) 8-5
2. Escobar/Manzini (TT) def. Nash/Mbarek (TCU) 8-4
3. Sanchez/Nichols (TCU) def. Pfister/Bryan (TT) 8-6
SINGLES Order of Finish: 3,2,1,5,6,4
1. #20 Gonzalo Escobar (TT) def. Emanuel Brighiu (TCU) 6-3, 6-0
2. # 25 Raony Carvalho (TT) def. Soren Goritzka (TCU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Rafael Garcia (TT) def. Slah Mbarek (TCU) 6-4, 6-0
4. Zach Nichols (TCU) def. Vitor Manzini (TT) 7-6 (5), 1-6, 10-8
5. Gabriel Wanderley (TT) def. Christopher Price (TCU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Daniel Sanchez (TT) def. Raphael Pfister (TT) 6-2, 2-6, 10-5
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