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Men's Tennis Players Begin Play at Sherwood

Men's Tennis

Five Bruins post opening round singles victories on Friday.

Thousand Oaks, Calif. - Five UCLA men's tennis players will be in action in tomorrow's round of 16 at the nearby Sherwood Country Club, as the Bruins enjoyed a solid first day of competition at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup.

Straight-set winners on the day included Logan Staggs, Joseph Di Giulio, Martin Redlicki, Evan Zhu and Austin Rapp. Zhu actually made his collegiate debut on Friday, as the Bruin freshman recently joined the team in January. He got off on the right foot, downing Baylor's Jimmy Bendeck, 6-4, 6-4. Zhu will meet Stanford's Brandon Sutter on Saturday.

In doubles, UCLA's Ben Goldberg and Logan Staggs advanced to the seminfinals following a pair of wins on Friday.

Below are UCLA's complete results from Friday. Updated draws can be found HERE.

Singles Round of 32
Jack Barber (Stan) def. Gage Brymer (UCLA), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Evan Zhu (UCLA) def. Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor), 6-4, 6-4
Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Jens Sweaney (USC), 6-3, 6-2
Sameer Kumar (Stan) def. Ben Goldberg (UCLA), 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-1
Bjoern Petersen (Baylor) def. Maxime Cressy (UCLA), 6-4, 7-6(0)
Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. Yale Goldberg (Stan), 6-2, 6-4
Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. David Laser (USC) 6-1, 7-5
Logan Staggs (UCLA) def. Tyler Stayer (Baylor) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles round of 16
Goldberg/Staggs (UCLA) def. Ji/Sweaney (USC) 6-4
Sutter/Wilczynski (Stan) def. Di Giulio/Zhu (UCLA), 7-6(3)
Cressy/Redlicki (UCLA) def. Lederman/Genesen (Stan), 6-2
Frantzen/Petersen (Baylor) def. Brymer/Rapp (UCLA), withdrew

Doubles Quarterfinals
Goldberg/Staggs (UCLA) def. Little/Schretter (Baylor), 7-5
Bellamy/DeVine (USC) def. Cressy/Redlicki (UCLA), 6-4