Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls 4-2 to USF at The American Championship

Thursday, April 22

Orlando, Fla.

11:00 AM (CT)

Tulsa

#29 South Florida

Tulsa Men’s Tennis Falls 4-2 to USF at The American Championship

4/22/2021 3:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis

TAMPA, Fla. –– The sixth-seeded Tulsa men's tennis team fell in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday 4-2 against the No. 3 seed USF Bulls. The 43^rd-ranked Golden Hurricane dropped to 11-12 on the year, while the 29^th-ranked USF Bulls improved to 14-9.

USF took the doubles point before Tulsa knotted the score at 1-1 as USF's Jakub Wojcik, ranked 37^th nationally, retired his No. 1 singles match to No. 80 Kody Pearson due to injury. Pearson was ahead 6-5 in the first set at the time.

USF increased its lead to 3-1 with wins at the No. 2 and No. 4 positions. Tulsa's Callum Gale brought Tulsa within a point at 3-2 with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 victory at the sixth position.

The Bulls closed out the match when Ivan Yatsuk grabbed a three-set 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 victory over Tulsa's Stefan Hampe at the No. 3 slot.

USF advances to semifinal action on Friday.

#29 USF 4, #43 TULSA 2
SINGLES
#1    #80 Kody Pearson (Tulsa) def. #37 Jakub Wojcik (USF) 6-5, retired
#2    #62 Chase Ferguson (USF) def. Connor Di Marco (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-0
#3    Ivan Yatsuk (USF) def. Stefan Hampe (Tulsa) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
#4    Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo (USF) def. Ezequiel Santalla (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-2
#5    Juan Pablo Cenoz (Tulsa) vs. Pierre Luquet (USF) 2-6, 6-4, 1-1, unfinished
#6    Callum Gale (Tulsa) def. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 4, 6, 3

DOUBLES
#1    #21 Rithvik Bollipalli/Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. #51 Kody Pearson/Connor Di Marco (Tulsa) 6-3
#2    Chase Ferguson/ Ivan Yatsuk (USF) def. Daniel Siddall/Tom Thelwall-Jones (Tulsa) 6-3
#3    Juan Pablo Cenoz/Ezequiel Santalla (Tulsa) vs. Sergio Gomez Montesa /Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo (USF)
       4-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1