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Men's Tennis Falls on Road to California
April 07, 2023 | Men's Tennis
BERKELEY, Calif. โ The UCLA men's tennis team suffered a 4-0 conference loss versus California Friday afternoon at Hellman Tennis Complex. Originally scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. PT, the match was delayed three times due to rain before starting three hours later.
The Bruins dropped to 9-6 (1-2 Pac-12) with the loss. Yuta Kikuchi clinched the overall win for the Golden Bears (10-7, 2-2). Also victorious for Cal on the singles courts were Carl Emil Overbeck and Philip Hjorth.
Overbeck and Siddhant Banthia got doubles play underway with a 6-1 top-court win against Timothy Li and Giacomo Revelli. Each of the remaining matches reached 5-5, with the Court 2 matchup ultimately left unfinished while in a tiebreaker. The Golden Bears sealed the doubles point in their favor when Hjorth and Kikuchi outlasted Jeffrey Fradkin and Aadarsh Tripathi 7-5.
Each singles first set went the way of Cal. Overbeck and Hjorth collected near-simultaneous victories on Courts 3 and 5, respectively. Overbeck got the better of Tripathi in a 6-1, 6-3 decision, while Hjorth bested Ballotta 6-1, 6-2.
The match was decided on Court 1, where No. 37 Kikuchi defeated Zahraj 6-4, 6-2.
UCLA completes its Northern California road trip Saturday, when it visits Taube Family Tennis Center and No. 24 Stanford. First serve is set for 1 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
UCLA vs California
4/7/2023 at Berkeley, CA
(Hellman Tennis Complex)
#43 California 4, #28 UCLA 0
Singles competition
1. #37 Yuta Kikuchi (CAL) def. Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) 6-4, 6-2
2. Ryder Jackson (CAL) vs. Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
3. Carl Emil Overbeck (CAL) def. Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) 6-1, 6-3
4. Derrick Chen (CAL) vs. Azuma Visaya (UCLA) 6-3, 2-5, unfinished
5. Philip Hjorth (CAL) def. Gianluca Ballotta (UCLA) 6-1, 6-2
6. Lucas Magnaudet (CAL) vs. Stefan Leustian (UCLA) 6-4, 5-3, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Siddhant Banthia/Carl Emil Overbeck (CAL) def. Timothy Li/Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) 6-1
2. #60 Ryder Jackson/Lucas Magnaudet (CAL) vs. Stefan Leustian/Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) 6-6, unfinished
3. Philip Hjorth/Yuta Kikuchi (CAL) def. Jeffrey Fradkin/Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) 7-5
Match Notes:
UCLA 9-6; National ranking #28
California 10-7; National ranking #43
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,5,1)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
3,5,1
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