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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 6, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MT Alum Soto Nominated for Davis Cup<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Soto makes third appearance in World Cup of Tennis</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351, Colin_Pirtle1@Baylor.edu
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men's tennis alum Matias Soto will play for Team Chile in the Davis Cup for the third time in his career this month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Soto last competed in the Davis Cup in September of 2021 and May 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Seeded sixth, Chile will play Team Peru in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 16-17 at Club Lawn Tennis de La Exposicion in the World Group 1 First Round. Chile is ranked 23rd with
279.38 points, while Peru is ranked 34th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">He joins Chilean team members Alejandro Tabilo, Cristian Garin, Nicolas Jarry and Gonzalo Lama on the squad. Their captain is Nicolas Massu, former ATP No. 9 player and
two-time Olympic gold medalist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Soto enters the Davis Cup carrying a No. 528 ATP rating in singles and 1040 in doubles.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ties in World Group I will consist of five matches played over two days, with two singles played on day one and two reverse singles on day two, followed by the doubles
match. All matches are the best of three tiebreak sets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Previous Bears who have played in the Davis Cup are John Peers for Australia, Jimmy Bendeck for Honduras and Adrian Boitan with Romania.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information, visit
<a href="http://www.DavisCup.com">www.DavisCup.com</a> and specific information on the match can be found
<a href="https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2022-WG1-M-CHI-PER-01">
here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To stay up to date throughout the year on all things Baylor men's tennis, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorMTennis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">_________________________________________</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#073D1E">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="color:#073D1E"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F, XC, MTEN, interim WBB) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 940-564-0351</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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