No. 29 Bulls Move Past No. 42 Tulsa in First Round, 4-2
Tampa, Fla., April 22, 2021 – The University of South Florida men's tennis team advances to the second round of the conference tournament after defeating sixth-seed Tulsa. After successfully securing the doubles point, the Bulls went onto clinch three singles courts in the 4-2 win.
Doubles pair
Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) and
Ivan Yatsuk (Minsk, Belarus) defeated Daniel Siddal and Tom Thelwall-Jones, 6-3. No. 21
Rithvik Bollipalli (Hyderabad, India) and
Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) followed suit with a victory over No. 51 Connor Di Marco and Kody Pearson, 6-3, to officially clinch the doubles point for the first since March.
With the one-point advantage, the Bulls earned three singles courts to seal the deal. The first singles point came from No. 62 Ferguson after defeating Di Marco, 6-1, 6-0.
Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo (Barcelona, Spain) defeated Ezequiel Santalla 6-3, 6-2 to put the Bulls within one. A strong hold from
Ivan Yatsuk, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, secured the win.
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on today's win...
"Really proud of the team performance today. We played a great doubles point on all three courts and then singles was a battle where we showed some grit and some class. Chase was locked in for every point and just flat out played alpha tennis. Losing your number one player in the middle of the match and dealing with that showed a lot of resilience. Toni played his best match of the year and Ivan came up huge when down in the third. Time to recover and get ready to battle."
Up Next
The Bulls move to the semifinals where they face seventh-seed No. 50 SMU, Friday, April 23 at 4 p.m.
About Men's Tennis
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