Coral Gables, Fla. – No. 3 Texas Men’s Tennis picked up three wins on the final day of the Miami Spring Invite on Sunday, including two in singles and one in doubles.
Junior Nevin Arimilli and sophomore Evin McDonald took the victories in singles, while sophomores Micah Braswell and Cleeve Harper claimed one in doubles. In those matches, Arimilli notched a 6-1, 6-1 win over Cooper White of UCF, McDonald claimed a 7-5, 7-5 win over Oren Vasser of Miami, and Braswell and Harper won, 6-3, against White and Trey Hilderbrand of UCF.
Several other singles matches went down to the wire for the Longhorns with tiebreakers playing a significant role. No. 73 Harper was positioned in his match against No. 121 Dan Martin of Miami with a 6-4, 4-0 lead that he later turned into two match points at 5-2 in the second, but Martin rallied to send that set to a tiebreaker and then took a close third set for a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 final. No. 20 Braswell had a tiebreaker in his first set against No. 32 Hamish Stewart of Georgia, but Stewart was able to prevail in both that frame and the match, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Two others went to third-set superbreakers, as freshman Pierre-Yves Bailly won his opening set against Tristan McCormick of Georgia, but was edged out in a second-set tiebreaker and then the superbreaker for the 3-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5) decision. Sophomore No. 105 Siem Woldeab played in the other superbreaker after a strong second set against No. 110 Blake Croyder of Georgia, but came up short, 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (5). In the remaining two matches, junior Chih Chi Huang fell to Bogdan Pavel of UCF, 6-3, 6-2, and sophomore Eshan Talluri was downed by Alan Rubio of UCF, 6-1, 6-3.
In doubles, Texas mixed their pairings with Bailly and Huang combining in a 6-4 loss to Pavel and Lleyton Cronje of UCF, Woldeab and Talluri partnering in a 6-2 defeat to Martin and Vasser of Miami, and Arimilli and McDonald pairing in a 6-3 decision won by Rubio and Kento Yamada of UCF.
The Longhorns will return to Austin to open dual match play with two home contests next weekend at the Texas Tennis Center, both of which will have 12 p.m. CT starts, with the first against UTSA on Friday, Jan. 14, and then No. 1 Florida visits on Sunday, Jan. 16.
Miami Spring Invite Results
Sunday, January 9
Singles
Tristan McCormick (UGA) def. Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5)
#32 Hamish Stewart (UGA) def. #20 Micah Braswell (UT), 7-6 (4), 6-4
#110 Blake Croyder (UGA) def. #105 Siem Woldeab (UT), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (5)
#121 Dan Martin (MIA) def. #73 Cleeve Harper (UT), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5
Bogdan Pavel (UCF) def. Chih Chi Huang (UT), 6-3, 6-2
Evin McDonald (UT) def. Oren Vasser (MIA), 7-5, 7-5
Nevin Arimilli (UT) def. Cooper White (UCF), 6-1, 6-1
Alan Rubio (UCF) def. Eshan Talluri (UT), 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
Lleyton Cronje/Bogdan Pavel (UCF) def. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Chih Chi Huang (UT), 6-4
Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Trey Hilderbrand/Cooper White (UCF), 6-3
Alan Rubio/Kento Yamada (UCF) def. Nevin Arimilli/Evin McDonald (UT), 6-3
Dan Martin/Oren Vasser (MIA) def. Siem Woldeab/Eshan Talluri (UT), 6-2
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