San Antonio, March 26, 2021 – The University of South Florida men's tennis team earned its first win of the weekend against No. 54 University of Texas - San Antonio. After securing the doubles point, the Bulls gained four additional singles courts in their 5-2 win.
 
No. 14 Rithvik Bollipalli (Hyderabad, India) and Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) earned their seventh doubles win against Kai Breitbach and Joao Ceolin, 6-3. New pair Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) and Manuel Goncalves (Porto, Portugal) earned their first win over Juri Reckow and Slava Gulin, 6-3, officially taking the doubles point.
 
With a one-point advantage, the Bulls carried the momentum into singles where they sealed the deal. Ivan Yatsuk (Minsk, Belarus) earned the second point after defeating Breitbach 7-6, 6-1. Pierre Luquet's 6-2, 6-3 victory over Javier Gonzalez put the Bulls within striking range and Sergio Gomez-Montesa (Valencia, Spain) officially clinched the win in three sets 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. No. 45 Ferguson bounced back a set down for the extra point over Reckow, 6-7, 6-4, 10-7. 
 
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on today's win….
"Really proud of the way we prepared and competed in this match. UTSA has a good team and is tough at home and anywhere. The boys have responded well since last weekend, and we came through today."
 
Up Next
The Bulls travel two hours north to meet No. 7 Texas in Austin tomorrow, Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m. 
 
 
About Men's Tennis 
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