Monday’s 6-4 first-set win was adopted by a slender 6-7(4) defeat in set two, main to the deciding third-set. Going down a break at 3-4 within the third, Monday promptly broke again to even it at 4-all, sustaining that power en route to a a 7-2 third-set tiebreak overcome #57 Alex Martinez. Tennessee (6-2) received the four-hour battle after trailing 3-2. Wins on courts three and one accomplished UT’s comeback effort.
In what was intense doubles play to start the day, Tennessee received on courts one and two to take a 1-0 benefit into singles motion.
Pat Harper and Monday, bettering to 3-0 profession document as a pair, have been first off court docket with a 6-4 win over Martinez and Siphos Montsi on court docket one. The doubles clincher got here on the No. 2 spot, as Emile Hudd and Angel Diaz overcame Oklahoma’s Nathan Han and Jordan Hasson in a decent tiebreaker, 7-6(7). Oklahoma (3-1) trailed Tennessee’s Shunsuke Mitsui and Tomas Rodriguez, 3-1 in a tiebreaker upon the clinch of doubles.
Oklahoma tied the match at 1-1 with a win on court docket 5, earlier than Diaz took a 7-6(10), 6-3 choice over Baptiste Anselmo on the No. 6 singles slot because the Vols regained the lead, 2-1. The match was deadlocked at 2-2 after a Sooner win on court docket two and Oklahoma garnered a 3-2 lead shortly after with a singles win on court docket 4.
Needing to win every of the remaining two singles courts, Tennessee’s #86 Blaise Bicknell break up a pair of tiebreaks within the opening two units, earlier than edging out #50 Han for a 6-7(7), 7-6(5), 6-3 win on court docket three.
Monday’s thrilling court-one affair put the Vols again within the win column and despatched this system to its third consecutive ITA National Indoor Championship look.
SEE YOU IN CHICAGO
The Vols are headed again to the ITA National Indoor Championships for a 3rd consecutive season. The final time Tennessee superior out of the ITA Kickoff Weekend three years in a row was throughout a six-year stretch of qualifying for the occasion from 2009-14. The 2023 ITA Indoor Championships are set to be held in Chicago, Illinois, and run Feb. 17-20.
THE LEGACY OF JOMO GROWS
Johannus Monday, a two-time ITA Singles All-American with a profession singles mark of 62-19, expanded his legacy Saturday afternoon together with his clutch clinch. The junior’s assertiveness, composure and apparent skillset units him aside as he continues to write his story in 12 months three on Rocky Top.
UP NEXT
Tennessee performs host to third-ranked TCU at Goodfriend Tennis Center on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. ET. Admission for the match is free.
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Pat Harper/Johannus Monday (UT) def. Alex Martinez/Siphos Montsi (OU) 6-4
2. Emile Hudd/Angel Diaz (UT) def. Nathan Han/Jordan Hasson (OU) 7-6 (9-7)
3. Shunsuke Mitsui/Tomas Rodriguez (UT) vs. Baptiste Anselmo/Justin Schlageter (OU) 6-6 (3-1), unfinished
Order of Finish: (1,2)
Singles
1. Johannus Monday (UT) def. #57 Alex Martinez (OU) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-2)
2. Jordan Hasson (OU) def. #59 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-2
3. #86 Blaise Bicknell (UT) def. #50 Nathan Han (OU) 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
4. Siphos Montsi (OU) def. #81 Emile Hudd (UT) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
5. #62 Justin Schlageter (OU) def. Martim Prata (UT) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
6. Angel Diaz (UT) def. Baptiste Anselmo (OU) 7-6 (12-10), 6-3
Order of Finish: (5,6,2,4,3,1)
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