No. 6 Vols suffer first loss of spring tennis season

Horned Frogs edge Tennessee, 4-3, in men’s tennis.

No. 5 TCU (5-0) defeated No. 6 Tennessee (7-1), 4-3, Sunday at Bayard H. Freeman Tennis Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Vols earned the doubles point against TCU by winning two of three doubles matches.

Tennessee lost its first match of the 2024 spring season as Shunsuke Mitsui and Filip Pieczonka recorded singles victories for the Vols.

Tennessee-TCU tennis results

Doubles
1. #26 Johannus Monday/Angel Diaz (UT) def. #7 Sebastian Gorzny/Pedro Vives (TCU), 6-3
2. #34 Shunsuke Mitsui/Filip Pieczonka (UT) def. Jake Fearnley/Jack Pinnington (TCU), 6-3
3. #15 Duncan Chan/Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Younes Lalami/Filip Apltauer (UT), 6-1

Order of finish: 1,3,2

Singles
1. Jake Fearnly (TCU) def. #20 Johannus Monday, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(3)
2. #34 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. #3 Jack Pinnington (TCU), 6-4, 6-2
3. Filip Pieczonka (UT) def. #14 Pedro Vives (TCU), 7-6(5), 6-4
4. #30 Sebastian Gorzny (TCU) def. Filip Apltauer (UT), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
5. #64 Lui Maxted (TCU) def. Angel Diaz (UT), 6-3, 6-2
6. Tomas Jirousek (TCU) def. Chris Li (UT), 6-3, 6-2

Order of finish: 2,4,3,5,1,6

No. 6 Tennessee defeats No. 14 Michigan

No. 6 Tennessee tennis defeats No. 14 Michigan.

No. 6 Tennessee (4-0) defeated No. 14 Michigan (1-1), 4-3, Thursday at Goodfriend Tennis Center.

The contest was tied, 3-3, and came down to the final match, No. 1 singles.

The Vols clinched the match after Johannus Monday defeated Michigan’s Gavin Young, in three sets, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.

Tennessee-Michigan results

Doubles

1. #26 Johannus Monday/Angel Diaz (UT) def. #31 Gavin Young/Nino Ehrenschneider (UM), 6-2
2. #34 Shunsuke Mitsui/Filip Pieczonka (UT) vs. Will Cooksey/Patorn Hanchaikul, unfinished
3. Younes Lalami/Filip Apltauer (UT) def. Jacob Bickersteth/Bjorn Swenson (UM) 6-2

Order of finish: 3,1

Singles

1. #20 Johannus Monday (UT) def. #9 Gavin Young (UM) 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-4
2. #61 Jacob Bickersteth (UM) def. Younes Lalami (UT) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
3. #33 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. Bjorn Swenson (UM) 7-5, 6-2
4. Patron Hanchaikul (UM) def. Chris Li (UT) 6-2, 6-4
5. Filip Pieczonka (UT) def. Will Cooksey (UM) 6-1, 6-2
6. Nicholas Steiglehner (UM) def. Angel Diaz (UT) 6-4, 6-4

Order of finish: 5,4,3,6,2,1