Arkansas Falls To No. 6 Texas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas men’s tennis team fell to No. 6 Texas 6-1 at home Sunday afternoon, falling to 8-3 on the year and suffering its first home loss of the season. The matchup was Arkansas’ second this season against a top-10 opponent after facing No. 2 Ohio State in Columbus earlier this season.
Texas jumped out to a 1-0 lead after taking the doubles point as the Longhorns took courts one and three.
The Longhorns would take a 2-0 lead off of Colin Markes’ (UT) win over Pedro Dominguez Alonso 6-4, 6-2. The Razorbacks would cut the lead to 2-1 off of Alex Reco’s two set win over the 91st-ranked Leanard Telles (UT) 6-3, 6-4.
Texas proceeded to take four-consecutive wins as the match was clinched on court two as No. 14 Yuya Ito (UT) def. Josh Howard-Tripp 6-3, 6-2.
On court one, No. 97 Oscar Mesquida won the first set tiebreaker 7-6(2), but dropped the final two sets 6-3, 10-6 to fall to 6th-ranked Christian Sigsgaard.
The Razorbacks are set to return home this Saturday to host Oklahoma and UMKC. First serve is set for 1 p.m.
Doubles Results – Order of Finish (1,3)
1. No. 13 Sigsgaard/Scott (UT) def. Paya/Verboven, 6-2
2. Telles/Markes (UT) vs. Reco/Mesquida, 5-3 unfinished
3. Ito/Huang (UT) def. P. Dominguez Alonso/J. Dominguez Alonso, 6-2
Singles Results – Order of Finish (5,3,4,2,1,6)
1. #6 Sigsgaard (UT) def. #87 Mesquida 6-7(2), 6-3, 10-6
2. #14 Ito (UT) def. Howard-Tripp, 6-3, 6-2
3. Reco def. #91 Telles (UT), 6-3, 6-4
4. Scott (UT) def. Paya 6-2, 6-4
5. Marks (UT) def. P. Dominguez Alonso 6-4, 6-2
6. Huang (UT) def. J. Dominguez Alonso 6-4, 6-3
