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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's tennis senior Peter Nagy has advanced to the round of 32 in singles play after clinching a three-set win today at the USTA/ITA Texas Regional Championships at Texas A&M.
After receiving a first-round bye, Nagy started off strong with a 6-1 first-set win over Max Montague of Texas A&M. After falling 7-5 in the second set, the native of Budapest, Hungary, took care of business with a 6-1 win in the third set to advance to the round of 32. Nagy will take on No. 2 seed Harrison Adams of Texas A&M tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Adams is ranked No. 11 in the ITA singles rankings.
"I thought we competed very hard today as a group," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "Peter's match tomorrow is a great opportunity against one of the top players in the country, so we are excited for that chance to battle."
Juniors Guillaume Rauseo and Ricardo Mayagoitia advanced to the round of 64 after opening the day with a pair of wins. Rauseo cruised to a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Gustavo Gonzalez of Rice while Mayagoitia posted a 6-2, 6-3 win over Abilene Christian's Guilherme Gesser.
In the second round, Rauseo lost a tough three-set match to No. 6 seed Felipe Soares of Texas Tech. After Rauseo secured the first set, 6-3, Soares, who is ranked No. 43 in the ITA singles rankings, answered back to clinch the second set, 6-3, before garnering a 6-4 third set.
Mayagoitia also fell in the second round to Alexandru Buzelan of Texas Tech. The native of Monterey, Mexico, lost a 6-4 first set before dropping a 7-6 (5) second-set tiebreaker.
"Guillaume competed at a high level today," Moore said. "He worked very hard this summer and improved dramatically. He was up 3-2 in the third against Soares who made the NCAAs last year and he also played great doubles with Peter."
In doubles play, Nagy and Rauseo came up short against Jacoby Lewis and Michael Riechmann of Texas, 8-7 (5), in the round of 32.
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