AUSTIN, Texas – The Pepperdine men's tennis program won the doubles point and took three first sets in singles from the #7 team in the country, but ultimately ran out of gas and fell to Texas 5-2 at the Texas Tennis Center on Friday evening.
Pepperdine (1-5) started doubles with a bang, as the #38 duo of
Daniel De Jonge (Vlissingen, Netherlands) and
Tim Zeitvogel (Baden-Baden, Germany) took down #4 Harper and Spizzirri on the top court, 6-3. Before court two could finish,
Pietro Fellin (Milan, Italy) and
Eric Hadigian (Sacramento, Calif.) secured the crucial doubles point for the Waves with a 6-4 win on court three to give Pepperdine momentum heading into singles.
Though Pepperdine took the necessary three first sets in singles, Texas (6-1) hung in and earned momentum, gaining a 2-1 advantage by virtue of straight set wins on courts one and four. The Longhorns then added to the lead with a three-set win on court three.
With courts two, five and six still going, Texas put the match away with a straight-set win on court five.
Courts two and six finished their matches, as #104 De Jonge earned his first singles win of the season, taking down #33 Pierre-Yves Bailly 7-6 (6), 7-5. Texas finished the match with a three-set win on court six.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#38
De Jonge/Zeitvogel def. #4 Harper/Spizzirri 6-3
Homberg/Vasa vs. Bailly/Woldeab 3-5 unfinished
Fellin/Hadigian def. Huang/Talluri 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3
SINGLES
#1 Spizzirri def. #89
Zeitvogel 6-4, 6-2
#104
De Jonge def. #33 Bailly 7-6 (6), 7-5
#25 Woldeab def.
Vasa 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
#65 Braswell def.
Hadigian 6-3, 6-4
#112 Harper def.
Homberg 6-4, 7-5
Arimilli def.
Fellin 2-6, 6-3, 4-3 [10-8]
Order of finish: 4, 1, 3, 5*, 2, 6
NEXT UP: Pepperdine hosts UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, February 19 at 2 p.m. for its first home match of the season. Links to live video and stats are available on PepperdineWaves.com.
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