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Felipe Soares Dominates In College Station
October 25, 2014 | Men's Tennis
Texas Tech's No. 43 Felipe Soares became the first Red Raider in program history to defeat a Top 6 player with his win Saturday.
October 25, 2014
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas Tech's Felipe Soares reached rare air on Saturday in the Conference Challenge at Texas A&M's Mitchell Tennis Center.
Soares, a junior from Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, entered Saturday with a career record of 10-13 against ranked opponents and 0-4 against ITA Top 10 players.
But Soares wasn't fazed as he picked up his first career Top 10 win with a 6-3, 6-3 drubbing of Illinois' No.6 Jared Hiltzik. It was Soares' second Top 20 win this season.
"Felipe has done a good job focusing in on each and every point," said Red Raider head coach Tim Siegel. "Despite his record, Jolan (Cailleau) has battled the way I like. We need more players to battle like Felipe and Jolan. I am looking forward to us finishing strong tomorrow."
Soares added a second win on the day with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 victory over LSU's Tam Trinh in the third round. With the two victories, he improved to 7-3 on the season and 3-3 against ranked opponents.
The win also marked the highest rated victory in program history, eclipsing Adrian Prpic's 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5) triumph over Texas' No. 7 Travis Helggeson in 2007 and Raony Carvalho's 2010 victory over Wisconsin's No. 7 Moritz Bauman, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
In other action, Hunter Holman picked up a straight set win over Illinois' Toshiki Matsuya, 7-6, 6-2, and Evan Nix topped Texas A&M's Max Montague, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the second round.
In the third round, Francisco Zambon defeated LSU's Simon Freund, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3, and Nick Melott upended LSU's John Michael Busch, 6-3, 6-4
Texas Tech returns to action on Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
Conference Challenge
COLLEGE STATION, Texas | Mitchell Tennis Center
October 25, 2014
SINGLES
Round 2
#43 Felipe Soares (TT) def. #6 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois) 6-3, 6-3
#49 Chris Simpson (LSU) def. Jolan Cailleau (TT) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
#46 Jeremy Efferding (A&M) def. Francisco Zambon (TT) 6-2, 6-2
Aleks Vukic (Illinois) def. Connor Curry (TT) 6-0, 6-3
Simon Freund (LSU) def. Alex Buzelan (TT) 6-3, 6-4
Max Lunkin (A&M) def. Nick Melott (TT) 6-4, 6-3
Hunter Holman (TT) def. Toshiki Matsuya (Illinois) 7-6, 6-2
Evan Nix (TT) def. Max Montague (A&M) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Round 3
Francisco Zambon (TT) def. Simon Freund (LSU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
#43 Felipe Soares (TT) def. Tam Trinh (LSU) 6-0, 64
Aleks Vukic (Illinois) def. Jolan Cailleau (TT) 6-3, 6-4
Aron Hiltzik (Illinois) def. Connor Curry (TT) 6-3, 6-1
Max Lunkin (A&M) def. Alex Buzelan (TT) 6-3, 6-2
Jordan Szabo (A&M) def. Hunter Holman (TT) 6-1, 6-1
Nick Melott (TT) def. John Michael Busch (LSU) 6-3, 6-4
Eric Perez (LSU) def. Evan Nix (TT) 6-2, 6-4
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