Sept. 24, 2004
WACO, Texas
Senior Fabrizio Sestini from the TCU men's tennis team won a pair of matches Friday at the Baylor Intercollegiate to advance to the round of 16 in the Gold Singles draw. The nation's No. 73-ranked player downed Johan Kane-West from Tulane in his first match 7-5, 6-0 and snagged a 6-1, 6-4 win from Luigi D'Agord of Alabama in the next round.
In other action, newcomer Jordan Freitas picked up a three-set win over Shaun Ellison of Louisiana-Lafayette in the first round of Gold Singles, as did Rafael Abreu against Texas-Arlington's Niels Buksik. Jacob Martin and Jacopo Tezza loss in the first round, while Freitas and Abreu exited the main draw in the second round. The Green Singles draw saw Craig Stopa and Andrew Ulrich both fall in the first round.
Doubles proved to be TCU's forte of the day in Waco. The Frogs moved all four of their duos into the round of 16 for tomorrow, including the No. 8-ranked tandem of Abreu/Sestini. They were 8-6 winners against D'Agord and Eric Molnar from Alabama.
In the backdraw of both singles brackets, Martin, Stopa, Tezza and Ulrich each won their matches to keep themselves alive in the tournament. Stopa advanced by virtue of an injury to his opponent. The match never began.
GOLD SINGLES ROUND OF 64
Rafael Abreu, TCU, def. Niels Buksik, Texas-Arlington, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Jordan Freitas, TCU, def. Shaun Ellison, Louisiana-Lafayette, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
#73 Fabrizio Sestini, TCU, def. Johan Kane-West, Tulane, 7-5, 6-0
Adrian Prpic, Texas Tech, def. Jacob Martin, TCU, 6-2, 6-3
Matt Loucks, Portland, def. Jacopo Tezza, TCU, 6-4, 6-3
GOLD SINGLES ROUND OF 32
#73 Fabrizio Sestini, TCU, def. Luigi D'Agord, Alabama, 6-1, 6-4
Marko Bundao, Colorado, def. Rafael Abreu, TCU, 6-4, 6-4
Jacobo Hernandez, Tulane, def. Jordan Freitas, TCU, 1-6, 7-6, 6-0
GREEN SINGLES ROUND OF 32
Oliver Steil, Texas-Pan American, def. Craig Stopa, TCU, 7-6, 6-1
Charlie Yenn, Colorado, def. Andrew Ulrich, TCU, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
GOLD DOUBLES ROUND OF 64
#8 Rafael Abreu/Fabrizio Sestini, TCU, bye
#56 Jordan Freitas/Jacopo Tezza, TCU, bye
Collin Hart/Craig Stopa, TCU, bye
Jacob Martin/Andrew Ulrich, TCU, bye
GOLD DOUBLES ROUND OF 32
#8 Rafael Abreu/Fabrizio Sestini, TCU, def. Luigi D'Agord/Eric Molnar, Alabama, 8-6
#56 Jordan Freitas/Jacopo Tezza, TCU, def. Chad Tsuda/Jan Zelezny, Colorado, 8-4
Collin Hart/Craig Stopa, TCU, def. Boris Gubic/Goran Vujaklija, Wichita State, Wo (inj)
Jacob Martin/Andrew Ulrich, TCU
CONSOLATION GOLD SINGLES ROUND OF 64
Jacopo Tezza, TCU, def. Carlo Contente, Wichita State, 6-2, 6-4
Jacob Martin, TCU, def. Alberto Agis, Texas-Arlington, 6-3, 7-6
CONSOLATION GREEN SINGLES ROUND OF 32
Craig Stopa, TCU, def. Chad Tsuda, Colorado, Wo (inj)
Andrew Ulrich, TCU, def. Marijn Bal, Lamar, 6-2, 6-3
