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TULSA, Okla. – The Texas men’s tennis team had two players win their first-round qualifying matches at the ITA National Championships in Tulsa on Monday, including sophomore Lucas Brown in singles and the doubles pairing of Brown and junior Sebastian Golzny.
Brown has already won three singles matches in the preliminary round, keeping his momentum going with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Auburn’s Nicholas Henn. He’ll next face the No. 16 seed and No. 71 seed Aidan Kim of Ohio State at 9 a.m. CST on Tuesday.
Then, the No. 31-ranked pair of Brown and junior Sebastian Golzney beat Tulsa’s Luis Felipe Miguel and Adam Vojkovic 6-1, 6-3. They will next face Auburn’s Billy Blades and William Nolan at 3 p.m. CST.
Meanwhile, the 68th-ranked pair of senior Pierre-Yves Bailly and junior Jonah Braswell lost 6-3, 6-4 to Wake Forest University’s Dakshineswar Suresh and Andrew Delgado. But they advanced to the semifinals and will face Vanderbilt University’s 43rd-ranked Danil Panarin and Nathan Cox at 4 p.m. CST.
2024 ITA Men’s U.S. Championship
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Singles Qualifier Round of 64 – Monday, September 23
Lucas Brown (Texas) defeats Nicholas Heng (Australia University) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles Preliminary Round of 32 – Monday, September 23
No. 31 Lucas Brown and Sebastian Golzny of Texas defeated Luis Felipe Miguel and Adam Vojkovic of Tulsa 6-1, 6-3.
No. 49 Dakshineswar Suresh/Andrew Delgado (WF) defeated No. 68 Pierre-Yves Bailly/Jonah Braswell 6-3, 6-4.
Singles Qualifier Round of 32 – Tuesday, September 24
Lucas Brown (Texas) vs. No. 16 seed and No. 71 seed Aidan Kim (Ohio State), 9 a.m. CST
Doubles Preliminary Round of 16 – Tuesday, September 24
31. Lucas Brown/Sebastian Golzney (Texas) vs. Billy Blades/William Nolan (Australian National University), 3pm CST
Doubles Preliminary Repechage Round 16 – Tuesday, September 24
#68 Pierre-Yves Bailly/Jonah Braswell vs. #43 Danil Panarin/Nathan Cox (VAND), 4 p.m. CST
