STILLWATER, Okla. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's tennis team earned their first win of the season Sunday, defeating Saint Louis (SLU) 4-1, at Greenwood Tennis Center.
The Vaqueros continue to shine in doubles as junior
Will Roberts and graduate student
Sam Whitehead earned their third win of the weekend, defeating the duo of
Fabian Garvik and
Declan Townsend, 6-4. Roberts and Whitehead are now 4-1 on the season with three wins at number one.
Shortly after, junior
Ivo Isqueiro and junior
Paolo Bonaguro earned their first doubles win of the season on court two, defeating
Adrian Ducruet and
Sacha Lefebure, 6-4 to secure the doubles point for the Vaqueros.
In singles action, junior
Santiago Serrano earned a swift 6-2 first set victory. In the second set, Serrano found himself trailing 4-3 before rattling off three straight games and two straight breaks to win the second set 6-4. This was the only singles match that ended in straight sets.
The remaining five singles matches reached a deciding third set. The Vaqueros bounced back in most situations, with three of the five matches coming after UTRGV lost the first set.
Isqueiro jumped out to an early advantage on court one, winning the first set 6-2 and taking a huge 5-2 lead in the second. However,
Alejandro Ochoa battled back to win the second set 7-5, setting up the deciding third set. At 4-4 in the third, Isqueiro took his service game to go up 5-4 before breaking Ochoa's serve in the final game to earn the win, 6-4.
On court six, Bonaguro completed his 2:13 marathon which started with a dominant 6-2 first set win. In the second,
Valentin Vazquez bounced back, claiming a back-and-forth second set 7-5, to set up the deciding third set. Bonaguro jumped out to an early 4-1 lead in the third and never let Vazquez get within two games, winning 6-3, and sealing the match for UTRGV.
On court four, sophomore
Loic Young Kriegel battled in a back-and-forth 6-4 first set loss before going down 5-2 in the second. With his back against the wall, Young won five straight games, which included two breaks to steal the second set 7-5. Young went up 2-0 in the third but eventually fell 6-2 in the third.
Two matches went unfinished in this battle as Roberts dropped the first set 6-2, before bouncing back with a 6-3 win in the second. Roberts led 6-5 in the third set with a chance to serve for the match on court three.
On court five, sophomore
Tsz Him Chan lost a grueling 7-5 first set before dominating in the second 6-1 to set up the third. Chan and
Riki Koshimizu continued to hold serve as the set went unfinished with Koshimizu leading 5-4 and Chan up to serve.
UTRGV will complete out their Oklahoma road trip with a road match at Tulsa Monday at 10 a.m. Fans can follow along through
live stats.
Results
Doubles (2, 1)
1.
Will Roberts/
Sam Whitehead (UTRGV) def. Fabian Garvik/Declan Townsend (SLU), 6-4
2.
Paolo Bonaguro/
Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV) def. Adrian Ducruet/Sacha Lefebure (SLU), 6-4
3.
Andres Castellanos/Valentin Vasquez (SLU) vs.
Santiago Serrano/Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV), 5-4 uf
Singles (2, 4, 1, 6)
1.
Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV) def. Alejandro Ochoa (SLU), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
2.
Santiago Serrano (UTRGV) def. Sacha Lefebure (SLU), 6-2, 6-4
3.
Will Roberts (UTRGV) vs. Andres Castellanos (SLU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-5 uf
4. Luca Lo Nardo (SLU) def.
Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV), 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
5. Riki Koshimizu (SLU) vs. Tsz Him Chan (UTRGV), 7-5, 1-6, 5-4 uf
6.
Paolo Bonaguro (UTRGV) def. Valentin Vazquez (SLU), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
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