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Men's Tennis Blanks Washington to Start Homestand
April 14, 2023 | Men's Tennis
LOS ANGELES โ Playing its first home match in 26 days, the UCLA men's tennis team stormed to a 4-0 Pac-12 win against Washington Friday afternoon at Los Angeles Tennis Center.
Fresh off his first career dual-match singles victory, Timothy Li earned another in clinching fashion. Gianluca Ballotta and Giacomo Revelli also prevailed in singles play for the Bruins (10-7, 2-3 Pac-12), who narrowly took the doubles point, as well. Cesar Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn were victorious in doubles play for the Huskies (10-9, 1-4).
UCLA's pair of Stefan Leustian and Patrick Zahraj came out on top of a 6-3 result opposite Brett Pearson and Nedim Suko to start doubles play. No. 58 Bouchelaghem and Zharyn answered on Court 1, outlasting Li and Revelli 7-2 in a tiebreaker. With the focus on Court 3, Jeffrey Fradkin and Aadarsh Tripathi broke the serve of Jim Hendrikx and Han-Chih Lin to seal a 7-5 win and the initial point.
The Bruins swept the singles first sets and Ballotta soon followed with a successful second, as well. His 6-4, 6-0 showing versus Hendrikx put him in a tie for the team lead with seven dual-match singles victories.
Next off was Court 2, where Revelli triumphed over Zharyn in a 6-3, 6-4 decision.
Li completed the sweep on Court 6, holding off Pearson for the 6-3, 7-5 deciding victory. Li has now won back-to-back conference singles matches.
UCLA continues its homestand Saturday, when Oregon comes to LATC. First serve is set for 1 p.m. PT.
Tennis Match Results
Washington vs UCLA
4/14/2023 at Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles Tennis Center)
#39 UCLA 4, #54 Washington 0
Singles competition
1. Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) vs. Han-Chih Lin (WASH) 7-5, 3-3, unfinished
2. Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) def. Dzianis Zharyn (WASH) 6-3, 6-4
3. Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) vs. #97 Cesar Bouchelaghem (WASH) 6-3, 3-6, 2-1, unfinished
4. Azuma Visaya (UCLA) vs. Nedim Suko (WASH) 6-3, 4-2, unfinished
5. Gianluca Ballotta (UCLA) def. Jim Hendrikx (WASH) 6-4, 6-0
6. Timothy Li (UCLA) def. Brett Pearson (WASH) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. #58 Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn (WASH) def. Timothy Li/Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) 7-6 (7-2)
2. Stefan Leustian/Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) def. Brett Pearson/Nedim Suko (WASH) 6-3
3. Jeffrey Fradkin/Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) def. Jim Hendrikx/Han-Chih Lin (WASH) 7-5
Match Notes:
Washington 10-9; National ranking #54
UCLA 10-7; National ranking #39
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,2,6)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
5,2,6
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