The TCU men's tennis team will open its season Sunday at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center with two matches against the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas-Pan American. Sunday will be the first time the team has seen in game action since Oct. 25 at the ITA Regional Championships in College Station. Senior Emanuel Brighiu put on a physically powerful performance in his surge to the semi-finals at the tournament. Despite the layoff, first-year head tennis coach David Roditi said he liked the energy and enthusiasm he saw in his team heading into the spring season.
Roditi expressed some concern about the training, though."You lose a little bit of control over the Christmas break," Roditi said. Members of the team, however, said they were sure they did not lose any ground through the time off."We've been working on fitness a lot, and we're all in great shape," junior Slah Mbarek said. The players looked at Sunday's matches as a building block for the rest of the season, Mbarek said. Getting off to a fast start is the most important thing, and he said the team could build off a win to start the season and have good things happen. Sophomore Sören Goritzka said that coming away with wins this weekend was especially main for the team's confidence going forward.
The Frogs will have the advantage of playing their opening matches at home, and Mbarek and Goritzka both said awareness with the slower material of the courts at the Friedman Tennis Center was a home court advantage. Roditi said there were questions to be answered about the team's performance at home."I'm glad we're playing at TCU, not at UTA," Roditi said. "But I don't know this team that well. These are questions I have myself and am really curious to see what we've got."Roditi said he liked what he saw from his players in practice and that he was pleased with the progress between September and now.
Roditi expressed some concern about the training, though."You lose a little bit of control over the Christmas break," Roditi said. Members of the team, however, said they were sure they did not lose any ground through the time off."We've been working on fitness a lot, and we're all in great shape," junior Slah Mbarek said. The players looked at Sunday's matches as a building block for the rest of the season, Mbarek said. Getting off to a fast start is the most important thing, and he said the team could build off a win to start the season and have good things happen. Sophomore Sören Goritzka said that coming away with wins this weekend was especially main for the team's confidence going forward.
The Frogs will have the advantage of playing their opening matches at home, and Mbarek and Goritzka both said awareness with the slower material of the courts at the Friedman Tennis Center was a home court advantage. Roditi said there were questions to be answered about the team's performance at home."I'm glad we're playing at TCU, not at UTA," Roditi said. "But I don't know this team that well. These are questions I have myself and am really curious to see what we've got."Roditi said he liked what he saw from his players in practice and that he was pleased with the progress between September and now.
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