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Hi UT Tennis Fan,

We are now just two weeks away from the start of classes and training, so I figured I would check in with a little update on all things Texas Men's Tennis! First of all, Lloyd Glasspool is tearing up the ATP doubles tour, winning his last 4 tournaments including Wimbledon and the Masters Series in Toronto last week. Lloyd is now up to #3 in the world in doubles. Speaking of doubles, Cleeve Harper has made excellent progress in year #1 on tour, and is now up to #90 in the world. Eliot Spizzirri is up to #120 in singles, and will be playing the US Open in a few weeks. Eliot has a chance at a main draw wildcard, but otherwise will have to earn his spot through qualifying. Congratulations are also in order for Lucas Brown, who today won the ITA Summer Championships in Memphis. Lucas has put in some great work this summer, and it is showing! With the win, Lucas earns a main draw wildcard into the ITA All American Championships in Tulsa in a little over a month from now. And finally, we have added a new player to our roster. Lucas Marionneau, from France, will be joining us as a freshman.

I will be back in touch again soon, as soon as I have more to update you on. Until then, enjoy what is left of your summer, and Hook'em!

Sincerely,

Bruce Berque

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Hi UT Tennis Fan,

 

Yesterday Lloyd Glasspool became the first Longhorn to reach the #1 ranking in the world. Amazing accomplishment for the 2015 NCAA Doubles Champion (with Soren Hess-Olesen). For all the details, please click on this press release. In other professional tennis news, 2024 graduate Eliot Spizzirri has been awarded a main draw singles wildcard at next week's US Open. Speaking of the Open, Cleeve Harper has earned a direct acceptance into the doubles draw, and will make his Grand Slam debut!

 

School starts up again next week, and all of our players are either on campus training now, or getting ready to return to Austin. We will be back in touch again shortly, when we have more to update you on. Until next time, Hook'em! 

 

Sincerely,

Bruce Berque

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4 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I said in the other thread that it’s not up to Timo. NCAA ruled him ineligible, but Texas was working on a protest 

I will never understand, and I am sure the NCAA doesn't either, how they handle foreign players and how much eligibility they get. 

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Preseason Rankings are posted. 

Singles

# 12 Sebastian Gorzny

#37 Jonah Braswell

#54 Sebastian Eriksson

#87 Oliver Ojakaar

#99 Lucas Brown

Newcomer Category

#12 Lucas Marionneau

#16 Mariano Dedura-Palomero

Doubles

#39 Lucas Brown/Sebastian Gorzny

#46 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar

 

 

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I forsee this team being top 10 and probably top 5. Timo, who knows if he'll be back, but there is room for a transfer, new recruit come Spring. 

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16 hours ago, 10SNE1 said:

Not part of this year's team, but future Longhorn, Keaton Hance, is in the Junior's Boys Doubles Finals at the US Open!

Keaton and partner are your champions! 10-8 in the 3rd!

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Texas Sophomore, Sebastian, Eriksson, just defeated former Texas player, #2 seed Micah Braswell, at the Fayetteville ITF M15 in the 2nd round in 3 sets! Timo lost to the #4 seed. 

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Sebastian Eriksson is moving on in the ITF M15 Fayetteville tournament. He wins today and is now in the Semis!

 

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Gorzny just defeats the #10 ranked player to move onto the quarterfinals at the ITA AllAmerican tournament. Gorzny saved 4 match points!

Gorzny is now guaranteed and spot at the NCAA Tennis Singles, Doubles Championships in Orlando in November. 

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Looks like Gorzny pulls out of his quarterfinals match due to an injury. However, he's still scheduled to play doubles later this afternoon. Probably resting to focus on doubles to ensure a trip to the NCAA's in doubles. 

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FAA won in straight sets, but Spizzirri did keep the second set competitive. Hes right on the cusp of being directly accepted into the Australian Open, and a couple of good results between now and  the AO should get him there 

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Hi UT Tennis Fan,

It has been several weeks since my last update, so I have a few things to catch you up on regarding Longhorns past, present, and future!

As you know, several former Longhorns are competing full time on the ATP tour. I will continue to update you as they achieve special results, and reach career milestones. One of those milestones was achieved today, as Eliot Spizzirri cracked the ATP top 100 by advancing to the quarterfinals of the Brest (France) $100k Challenger. Reaching the top 100 in just a year and a half since leaving college is truly an amazing accomplishment, and we all know how hard Eliot has worked for it! Last week, Eliot qualified for, and reached the quarterfinals of the ATP $250k tour event in Brussels, his best finish yet in an ATP tour event. And two weeks before that Eliot won a 100k Challenger in China!

As for our current squad, we now have two players qualified for the NCAA Individual Championship in November. Sebastian Gorzny did so by reaching the quarterfinals of the ITA All American Championships, while Sebastian Eriksson just yesterday reached the singles final of the ITA Texas Regional in College Station. The final was not played since both finalists qualified for the NCAA's. Also in College Station, Jonah Braswell and Evan Burnett reached the doubles semifinal, and Lucas Marionneau reached the singles quarterfinal. This week, Sebastian Gorzny is playing a $25k futures in Norman (he won his first round match today), and next week several of our players will head south to Harlingen for another $25k futures.

As for future Longhorns, we were happy to announce a few weeks ago that Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger will be joining our team this coming January. Kalin and Abel are both exceptional players that will be difference makers for our lineup. For all the details of their signing, please click on this press release. We also plan to announce the signing of at least one more player during the November signing period.

Until next time, Hook'em! 

Sincerely,

Bruce Berque 

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