#2 Vols Roll to 4-0 Win Over Texas A&M at ITA Indoor National Championships

Friday, February 18

Seattle, WA

3 PM

University of Tennessee

Texas A&M

Mitsui - ITA Indoor National Championships Round 1

Photo by: Ben Gleason/Tennessee Athletics

#2 Vols Roll to 4-0 Win Over Texas A&M at ITA Indoor National Championships

February 18, 2022 | Men's Tennis

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SEATTLE – The No. 2 Tennessee men's tennis team rolled past 12th-ranked Texas A&M Friday afternoon in the opening round of the ITA Indoor National Championships, sweeping the Aggies 4-0.

Freshman #114 Shunsuke Mitsui earned his third clinch of the season, defeating #105 Guido Marson in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0 to send the Vols to the quarterfinals in Seattle.

The Vols (9-1) won the doubles point for the sixth time this season, as Emile Hudd and Mitsui clinched on court one with a 7-5 victory over Texas A&M's 33^rd-ranked pairing of Noah Schachter and Austin Abbrat. The UT duo was down a break at 2-4, before winning five of the next six games. Prior to that, Johannus Monday and Mark Wallner defeated Raphael Perot and Giulio Perego, 6-4, after getting a big break to take a 5-4 lead.

The Aggies (6-1) were trounced in quick fashion by the Vols on the singles courts. #10 Monday extended Tennessee's early advantage to 2-0, with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over the Aggies' Pierce Rollins on court two. Monday took the opening set in just over 20 minutes, before seizing the straight-sets victory.

Next up to finish in singles was #10 Adam Walton, who used early breaks in each of his two sets to capture momentum and secure a dominant, 6-2, 6-0 victory.

Mitsui's singles win over the Aggies' #105 Guido Marson marked Tennessee's third straight-sets singles victory of the afternoon. The singles matches of #100 Hudd, #122 Angel Diaz and Harper each went unfinished.

LIFE IN THE WIN COLUMN
The win marks the first non-consolation match win for the Vols at the ITA Indoor National Championships since 2011 and the parallels between Friday's match and that 2011 win. In 2011, third-seeded Tennessee defeated an SEC foe in Georgia, 4-2 on Feb. 18 in Seattle at ITA Indoors. Friday, third-seeded Tennessee defeated an SEC foe in Texas A&M, also on Feb. 18 in Seattle.

MOVING ON UP
By defeating Noah Schachter in singles Friday, Adam Walton claimed sole possession of ninth place on Tennessee's all-time singles win list with 107, surpassing the 106 of Tennessee great Mikelis Libietis.

UP NEXT
Third-seeded Tennessee will face 11^th-seeded South Carolina Saturday at 3 p.m. ET at the Seattle Tennis Center. The winner of that match will advance to the semifinals of the ITA Indoor National Championships.

RESULTS
Doubles

1. #13 Shunsuke Mitsui/Emile Hudd (UT) def. #33 Noah Schachter/Austin Abbrat (TAMU) 7-5
2. Pat Harper/Adam Walton (UT) vs. Pierce Rollins/Matthis Ross (TAMU) 6-6, unfinished
3. Johannus Monday/Mark Wallner (UT) def. Raphael Perot/Giulio Perego (TAMU) 6-4

Order of Finish: (3,1)

Singles

1. #21 Adam Walton (UT) def. Noah Schachter (TAMU) 6-2, 6-0
2. #10 Johannus Monday (UT) def. Pierce Rollins (TAMU) 6-2, 6-2
3. #100 Emile Hudd (UT) vs. #116 Raphael Perot (TAMU) 6-4, 1-2, unfinished
4. #122 Angel Diaz (UT) vs. #89 Matthis Ross (TAMU) 3-6, 2-2, unfinished
5. #114 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. #105 Guido Marson (TAMU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Pat Harper (UT) vs. Giulio Perego (TAMU) 3-6, 1-3, unfinished

Order of Finish: (2,1,5)