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SAN ANTONIO \u2013\u00a0The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men’s tennis team lost 5-2 at the Incarnate Word (UIW) Cardinals Monday at Mabry Tennis Center. Support UTRGV Men’s Tennis<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Become a Fan on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Read Full Article
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\nAfter losing the doubles point, junior Santiago Serrano<\/a> evened the match with an elite combination of blistering forehands, deep backhands, and crushing flat serves to earn a dominant 6-2, 6-3 win over Marcel Miralles. In the first, Serrano jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Miralles bounced back to make it 3-2 and on-serve. Serrano rallied to win the final three games of the set with a break, hold, and break to take the first set. Tied at 1-1 in the second, Serrano and Miralles traded breaks twice to make it 3-3.
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\nJunior Will Roberts<\/a> earned his second consecutive win with a huge come from behind victory on court five. At 5-5 in the first set, Ian Uraga broke Roberts serve and proceeded to serve out the set, winning 7-5. In the second set, Roberts and Uraga traded multiple breaks throughout the set, but it was Roberts that pulled through breaking at 5-4 to win the set 6-4. Tied at 2-2, Roberts won four consecutive games to secure the 6-2 win and earn the second point for the Vaqueros.
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\nUIW earned wins on courts one, two, four, and six in singles play to secure the 5-2 win.
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\nOn court one, graduate student Sam Whitehead<\/a> dropped the first set 6-1 before bouncing back to win the second set. That set went the distance, reaching a tiebreaker at 6-6. In the tiebreak, Whitehead and his opponent Alejandro Hernandez were knotted at 8-8 before Whitehead followed with a dominant serve and won a clutch return point to secure the set 7-6 (10:8). Hernandez bounced back with a 6-0 win in the third.
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\nOn court two, junior Ivo Isqueiro<\/a> battled with Emilio Vila dropping the first set 6-3, before returning the favor with a 6-3 win. Vila bounced back with a 6-1 win in the third to clinch the match for the Cardinals.
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\nOn court six, sophomore Tsz Him Chan dropped the first set 7-5 to Santiago Flyckt before returning the favor in the second. Chan trailed 4-2 before breaking Flyckt’s serve twice to take a 5-4 advantage. With an opportunity to serve for the set, Flyckt broke back to make it 5-5. Chan won the next two games of the set to force the deciding 10-point tiebreaker. Chan dropped the final set 1-0 (10:6) in the tiebreaker to finish up the match.
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\nThe Vaqueros will return home for another conference swing as they host New Orleans Saturday at 1 p.m. and Nicholls Monday at 3 p.m. at Orville Cox Tennis Center. All matches at Orville Cox Tennis Center are free and open to the public.
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\nResults
\nDoubles (1, 3, 2)\u00a0
\n1. Santiago Flyckt\/Marcel Miralles (UIW) def. Sam Whitehead<\/a>\/Loic Young (UTRGV), 6-4
\n2. Alexandre Chauvel Gobin\/Alejandro Hernandez (UIW) def. Ivo Isqueiro<\/a>\/Santiago Serrano<\/a> (UTRGV), 7-6 (7:5)
\n3. Agustin Salazar\/Emilio Vila (UIW) def. Paolo Bonaguro<\/a>\/Tsz Him Chan (UTRGV), 6-4
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\nSingles (3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6)
\n1. Alejandro Hernandez (UIW) def. Sam Whitehead<\/a> (UTRGV), 6-1, 6-7 (10:8), 6-0
\n2. Emilio Vila (UIW) def. Ivo Isqueiro<\/a> (UTRGV), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
\n3. Santiago Serrano<\/a> (UTRGV) def. Marcel Miralles (UIW), 6-2, 6-3
\n4. Agustin Salazar (UIW) def. Loic Young Kriegel<\/a> (UTRGV), 6-1, 7-5
\n5. Will Roberts<\/a> (UTRGV) def. Ian Uraga (UIW), 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
\n6. Santiago Flyckt (UIW) def. Tsz Him Chan (UTRGV), 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10:6)<\/p>\n
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