TUCSON, Ariz.--- Junior Naoki Takeda secured Arizona's biggest win of the fall season thus far, as he pulled off a stunning 6-4, 6-4 quarterfinals upset of top-seeded and No. 87 ranked Arturs Kazijevs (SMU), Friday on day one of the Jack Kramer Club Invitational in Los Angeles, California.
The win marks the highest ranked victory of any Wildcat so far this fall, as Takeda improved to 8-2 in overall singles play this season. He also earned a dominating 6-3, 6-1 over UC Irvine's Rafael Davidian in round of 16 action. Arizona went a combined 6-1 in singles play on Friday.
Takeda continued to stay hot in doubles play, as he teamed up with freshman Shoki Kasahara to take down UC Irvine's tandem of Justin Agbayani and Johnathan Poon 8-7 in consolation action.
Junior Jason Jaruvang and freshman David Mushayev both represented Arizona at the Lakewood Ranch Clay Court Classic in Florida, and were nothing short of dominant on day one, as the two combined to go a perfect 4-0 in singles play.
Jaruvang (6-3) picked up consecutive wins over Princeston's Mohamed ElTonbari (6-1, 6-3) and Michigan's Kevin Wong (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) to reach Saturday's quarterfinal round.
Mushayev followed suit, collecting his first two wins of the season, as he put together a dominating 6-0, 6-0 shutout victory over North Carolina's Conner Daly, before grinding out a 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3 win over Florida Gulf Coast's Lucas Vaz to punch his ticket to the quarterfinals.
Jaruvang and Mushayev also teamed up to earn a doubles victory before falling in the round of 16.
Arizona will get back after it on Saturday with three of four Cats still in contention for singles tournament championships.
LAKEWOOD RANCH DAY ONE RESULTS
SINGLES
Main Draw Round of 32
Jason Jaruvang (Arizona) def. Mohamed ElTonbari (Princeton) 6-1, 6-3
David Mushayev (Arizona) def. Connor M. Daly (North Carolina) 6-0, 6-0
Round of 16
Jason Jaruvang (Arizona) def. Kevin Wong (Michigan) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
David Mushayev (Arizona) def. Lucas Vaz (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3
DOUBLES
Main Draw Round of 32
Jaruvang/Mushayev (Arizona) def. Chaffin/Perrigan (Florida Gulf Coast) 8-4
Round of 16
Ferrigno/Mendoza (Oklahoma State) def. Jaruvang/Mushayev (Arizona) 8-2
JACK KRAMER CLUB INVITATIONAL
SINGLES
Main Draw Round of 64
Naoki Takeda (Arizona) Bye
Shoki Kasahara (Arizona) Bye
Round of 32
Naoki Takeda (Arizona) def. Rafael Davidian (UC Irvine) 6-3, 6-1
(4) Felipe Rios (Baylor) def. Shoki Kasahara (Arizona) 6-1, 6-3
Round of 16
Naoki Takeda (Arizona) def. Kevin Farin (Oregon), withdraw
Quarterfinals
Naoki Takeda (Arizona) def. (1) No. 87 Arturs Kazijevs (SMU) 6-4, 6-4
DOUBLES
Main Draw Round of 16
Kordsachia/ Van Kann (Germany) def. Kasahara/Takeda (Arizona), 8-7
Consolation Round of 16
Kasahara/ Takeda (Arizona) def. Agbayani/Poon (UCI), 8-7
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