Texas men’s tennis beats SMU 4-0, moves on to NCAA Round of 16

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<div>Texas men's tennis beats SMU 4-0, moves on to NCAA Round of 16</div>

The Texas Longhorns men’s tennis team continued marching in the NCAA Tournament today, getting a 4-0 win over the SMU Mustangs. The Longhorns cruised past Texas A&M-Corpus Cristi in Round 1, winning 4-0 with no hiccups and putting them into the second round for the 13th straight season. Today, it was a gritty doubles point and dominating single performances that led the Longhorns to the straightforward win. 

Doubles started the day and Texas with three matches to decide one point. The No. 1 doubles team of Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger set the tone, winning 6-4. After a hard fought match, the No. 2 pairing of Sebastian Gorzny and Lucas Marionneau got the win 7-5, locking up the opening point for the Longhorns.  

The Longhorns moved to the singles portion needing to win just three out of six matches to move forward. They quickly gained control, breaking SMU service games in four of the six matches. No. 3 singles Oliver Ojakaar and No. 4 singles Abel Forger set the pace early, each winning their opening set 6-2 in dominating fashion. 

No. 2 singles Kalin Ivanovski and No. 6 singles Lucas Marionneau quickly followed, closing out their opening sets 6-3 and 6-4 respectively. No. 1 singles Gorzny, dropped his opening set 4-6 to Trevor Svajda. No. 5 singles Jonah Braswell was the final Longhorn to finish his opening set, falling 5-7. 

Texas took leads in four matches into the second sets, putting them in prime position to move to the Round of 16. Marionneau, Forger and Ojakaar didn’t slow down, quickly getting breaks in the second set. Lucas Marionneau was the first to get over the line, winning his match 6-4, 6-1 over Noah McDonald and extending the lead to 2-0 Texas. 

Abel Forger was not far behind, finishing off Krish Abora for a 6-2, 6-2 win, moving the Longhorns within a point of advancing. Kalin Ivanovski was able to top Georgi Georgiev 6-3, 6-2, sending Texas forward in another 4-0 win. Jonah Braswell, Oliver Okajaar and Sebastian Gorzny’s matches remained incomplete with the Texas victory locked up. 

Now, the Longhorns move on to the Round of 16, where they’ll face off against San Diego. The Toreros rolled through their own regional, beating UC Santa Barbara and UCLA comfortably. Texas will look to continue their march to a possible National Title against the 22-5, 15 seed next weekend.

This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas men’s tennis dominates SMU to reach NCAA Sweet 16

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