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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. 24, 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’s Grassi Mazzuchi, Miladinović Qualify for Singles Finals<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Braverman and Frantzen win doubles B bracket</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<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">SAN ANTONIO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">On a busy Saturday in Baylor Athletics, the Baylor men’s tennis team wrapped up the second day of the UTSA Invitational, winning one doubles bracket and sending two players into the singles final rounds.<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;color:black">The Bears opened the morning with a doubles win in the finals of the B bracket, as Christopher Frantzen and Justin Braverman dominated a 6-2 match, beating
Jose Maria Rastrojo and Cesar Barranquero from ACU. <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;color:black">Only a few moments later, Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi and Marko Miladinović mirrored Frantzen and Braverman, putting up a 6-2 win over Jackson Armistead and
Nacho Serra Sanchez from Miami.<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;color:black">In singles play, both Miladinović and Grassi Mazzuchi qualified for the final rounds of their respective brackets. Miladinović tallied a 6-3, 6-1 win over
Trinity Greer from Rice, while Grassi Mazzuchi topped UTSA’s Alan Magadan, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.<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;color:black">Both Braverman and Frantzen fell in the singles semifinal rounds on Saturday afternoon. In the E bracket, Braverman dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision to Oral Robert’s
Ignacio Vinas. Frantzen’s comeback fell just short, as he lost 6-2, 7-5 to Andoni Garmendia from Cowley College.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Play begins Sunday morning at 10 a.m., with Grassi Mazzuchi against Miami’s Serra Sanchez for the A bracket title, followed by Miladinović against the hometown
Roadrunner Sebastian Rodriguez for the B title. <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;color:black">Updated tournament results and a draw can be found on the
<a href="https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/Competitions/UnivOfTexasSanAntonioM/Tournaments/draws/BA2F47D1-4965-42E2-9892-68F14C293C35/91F76287-3E78-42E3-80D8-98A2E149C3EE">
ITA website</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;color:black">To stay up to date throughout the year on all things Baylor men’s tennis, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorMTennis.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><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"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com">www.BaylorBears.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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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