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Rudy Quan (left) and Aadarsh Tripathi

Quan/Tripathi Earns NCAA Doubles Spot

Men's Tennis

Pair reached ITA West Sectional Championships final.

Rudy Quan and Aadarsh Tripathi of the UCLA men's tennis team paired to earn an NCAA Championships spot Saturday while reaching the ITA West Sectional Championships doubles final. Quan/Tripathi won each of its matches at Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley, Calif. by way of a third-set tiebreaker. The final will not be played.

Quan had already earned an NCAA singles berth before his latest qualification. Spencer Johnson has also picked up a singles spot. Johnson and Emon van Loben Sels teamed to nab a doubles bid earlier in the fall. Tripathi is set to make his second career NCAA doubles appearance. He qualified alongside Alexander Hoogmartens in 2024.

Quan/Tripathi posted a comeback effort to beat top-seeded Alex Chang/Alex Razeghi of Stanford 6-7(3), 6-4, 1-0(6) in the semifinals. The Bruins beat UC Santa Barbara's Lucca Liu/Diogo Morais 7-5, 4-6, 1-0(5) Friday and Santa Clara's Valentin Faure/Luca Lemaitre 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(5) Thursday.

No. 112 Andy Nguyen recorded a win on the singles side, beating Max Fardanesh of UC Irvine 6-2, 6-3. Nguyen was outlasted by top-seeded and 96th-ranked Dominque Rolland of UCSB 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the next round.

At the ITA Conference Masters Championships in San Diego, van Loben Sels was stopped just short of an NCAA singles berth. The 36th-ranked van Loben Sels knocked off East Tennessee State's Oscar Martinez 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 before falling to No. 45 Jeremy Jin of Florida 7-6(5), 6-2 at Barnes Tennis Center.

ITA West Sectional Championships
11/6-11/9/2025 at Berkeley, CA (Hellman Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
32    #112 Andy Nguyen (UCLA) def. Max Fardanesh (UC Irvine) 6-2, 6-3
32    Winston Lee (California) def. Gianluca Ballotta (UCLA) 7-5, 7-5
32    #121 Lucca Liu (UC Santa Barbara) def. #70 Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3
16    #96 Dominique Rolland (UC Santa Barbara) def. #112 Andy Nguyen (UCLA) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Doubles competition
16    Rudy Quan/Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) def. Valentin Faure/Luca Lemaitre (Santa Clara) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)
QF    Rudy Quan/Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) def. Lucca Liu/Diogo Morais (UC Santa Barbara) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
SF    Rudy Quan/Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) def. Alex Chang/Alex Razeghi (Stanford) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)

ITA Conference Masters Championships
11/6-11/9/2025 at San Diego, CA (Barnes Tennis Center)
Singles competition
16    #36 Emon van Loben Sels (UCLA) def. Oscar Martinez (East Tennessee State) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
QF    #45 Jeremy Jin (Florida) def. #36 Emon van Loben Sels (UCLA) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2