MT Wraps Up ITA All-American Championships

Saturday, October 1

Tulsa, Okla.

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MT Wraps Up ITA All-American Championships

10/9/2022 11:56:00 AM | Men's Tennis

TULSA, Okla. – Baylor men's tennis brought its time at the ITA All-American Championships to a close on Sunday morning after Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi dropped the doubles consolation title match, 7-6(5), 3-6, 1-0(7), to Virginia Tech's Jordan Chrysostom and Ryan Fishback.

THE RUNDOWN
The first set of Sunday morning's match saw the Bears and Hokies trading games until the pair from Virginia Tech went on a two-set run. The Bears fought back and forced a tiebreak to decide the set, until the Hokies pulled away and took the 7-5 win.

The Bears came out for the second set looking for revenge and took a quick lead. The duo from Virginia Tech staged a comeback, but fell short and the Bears took set two, 6-3.

Baylor entered the third set tiebreak by putting the first points on the board. After going back-and-forth, Chrysostom and Fishback pulled away and took the tiebreak and bracket title, 10-7.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears return home to the Hurd Tennis Center to host the ITA Regional Championships Oct. 13-18.

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SATURDAY RECAP
TULSA, Okla. – The Baylor men's tennis duo of Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi pulled out the 6-4, 6-7(1), 1-0(3) win on Saturday afternoon to advance to the final round of the ITA All-American Championship doubles finals in the consolation bracket.

THE RUNDOWN
Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi fell to an early 3-0 deficit in the first set of Saturday afternoon's match, but quickly returned the favor and only allowed the Cardinals to one more game. The back half of set one was all Baylor as the Bears took the 6-4 win over Fabien Salle and Natan Rodrigues.

Set two began with a similar story, as the Bears fell behind 3-0 early right out of the gate. As they did in the first set, the Bears stormed back and took set No. 2 to a tiebreaker. The pair from Louisville surged and won the tiebreak 7-1.

The match all came down to a 10-point tiebreaker, where the Bears and Cardinals traded points up until the birds scored their third point. After that, Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi ran away with the tiebreaker and the win, 10-3.

FRIDAY RECAP
TULSA, Okla. – Baylor men's tennis completed Friday's play in the ITA All-American Championships, with Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi winning their consolation quarterfinals match, 6-3, 6-3.

THE RUNDOWN
The doubles pair of Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi took to the courts for their Friday afternoon match against the No. 5 team in the nation, Joshua Charlton and Quinn Vandecasteele from Oregon. While the Ducks made a late first set run to nearly take the set, the Bears stormed back to down the Ducks, 6-3. In the second set, it was all Baylor as Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi made their way to a quick 6-3 win to clinch the match.

Bass' great run in the ITA All-American Championships came to a close in singles on Friday with his loss to No. 14 Ronnie Hohmann, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3. The fifth-year senior ends the tournament with a 4-2 singles record.

THURSDAY RECAP
TULSA, Okla. – Baylor men's tennis completed Thursday's play in the ITA All-American Championships, with Finn Bass taking a huge victory in singles, followed by another win paired with Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi in doubles.

THE RUNDOWN
Bass took the courts at noon on Thursday against nationally-ranked Nikola Slavic in his first consolation match of the tournament. The fifth-year senior, who battled his way up through the qualifying draw, defeated No. 6 Slavic with after a dominating first set performance, 6-1, 7-5.

After falling in the first doubles round on Wednesday, Bass and Grassi Mazzuchi returned to the courts again to find victory against the Martin/McDaniel pair from Georgia Tech. With a nail-biting 7-6(6) tiebreaker win in the first set, the pair stormed out and won the second set 6-2.

Tadeas Paroulek fought hard in the second round of the main singles draw, but fell after an impressive second set performance in a three-set thriller, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.

WEDNESDAY RECAP
TULSA, Okla. – Baylor men's tennis took to the courts on Wednesday afternoon for the first round in both the singles and doubles editions of the main ITA All-American Championship draws. Tadeas Paroulek found success in his match and will be advancing through to round No. 2 on Thursday.

THE RUNDOWN
Paroulek took to the courts for the first time in singles play on Wednesday afternoon, facing off against Penn's Edoardo Graziani in the round of 64. A mirror 6-3, 6-3 sweep moves him to the round of 32, where he will face the 16^th-ranked conference foe from Texas, Micah Braswell.

Finn Bass dropped his first-round match to North Carolia's Ryan Seggerman, 7-5, 6-4. The fifth-year senior switches into the consolation bracket, where he will play Nikola Slavic from Mississippi.

The doubles duo of Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi and Bass lost in the first round of the doubles main draw in a tie-break, 7-5, 2-6, 1-0(7). Play is not over yet, as the pair opposes Andres Martin and Marcus McDaniel of Georgia Tech in the doubles consolation bracket.

TUESDAY RECAP
TULSA, Okla. – Baylor men's tennis had three competing on Tuesday in the second day of the ITA All-American Championship qualifying rounds. Finn Bass went undefeated, advancing into the main draw of the tournament.

THE RUNDOWN
Bass opened the day for Baylor with a match against a familiar foe from TCU, Sander Jong, who is currently ranked No. 58 in the ITA preseason rankings. Pulling out the three-set victory, Bass defeated Jong 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3 in the round of 64.

With limited time between matches, Bass returned to the courts for a round of 32 bout against Portland's Sema Pankin. His 7-6(3), 6-4 win boosts him into the main draw of the tournament, which begins play Wednesday morning.

Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi had his second round of singles play on Tuesday, fighting hard but falling 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Clemson's Ryuhei Azuma.
Zsombor Velcz took part in the single-match consolation play, trading the first two sets with his opponent from Vanderbilt, Joubert Klopper, before falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

MONDAY RECAP
TULSA, Okla. – Baylor men's tennis hit the courts on Monday for the first day of the qualifier draws in the ITA All-American Championships. Freshman Zsombor Velcz competed in his first collegiate team tournament, racking up doubles win No. 1 in his young career.

THE RUNDOWN
Seniors Finn Bass and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi both recorded wins in the singles draw Monday, with Bass defeating Pabolo Alemany from Memphis, 7-5, 7-5, and Grassi Mazzuchi topping Auburn's Jan Galka, 6-3, 6-3. Velcz's singles play began with a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Pedro Rodenas from Duke in round one.

The doubles pairing of Velcz and Tadeas Paroulek got their start in the tournament with a 6-4, 7-6(8) win over Gonzaga's Matthew Hollingworth and Sasha Trkulja. Shortly after, the duo fell to No. 1 seeded Tanapatt Nirundorn and Togan Tokac from North Carolina State, 7-5, 1-6, 1-0(4).

Marko Miladinović, Ethan Muza and Justin Braverman competed in the singles pre-qualifying draw on Saturday and Sunday, putting up a combined 4-3 record between the main bracket and consolation match.

Miladinović won in both the round of 256 and 128, but fell to Younes Lalami, 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 64. Braverman moved out of the first round, beating Carles Anton, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, before losing to Chase Ferguson, 6-4, 6-2, in round two.

After a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2 loss in the first round of singles action Saturday, Muza found success in his consolation match Sunday evening, defeating Anton, 6-2, 6-0.