BERKELEY, Calif.--- A short-handed Arizona squad gave it all it had, but it wasn't able to keep up with No. 30 California, as the Golden Bears defeated the Wildcats 4-0, Friday out at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
The Wildcats (8-12, 0-1 Pac-12) were without their best player in No. 53 Naoki Takeda on Friday, but still managed to compete hard, as David Mushayev and Shoki Kasahara led the 36th ranked doubles tandem in the country in Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton 5-1, before the match was suspended due to Cal already clinching the doubles point.
The Golden Bears (13-5, 1-0 Pac-12) took victories on courts three and two, as Filip Bergevi and Mads Engsted defeated Jason Jaruvang and Matt Dunn 6-1, while the 65th ranked tandem in the country in Andrea Goransson and Oskar Wikberg took down Sumeet Shinde and Will Kneale 6-1.
In singles play, Cal kept its positive momentum rolling, as Wikberg defeated Kneale (2-5, 2-5 Dual) 6-2, 6-0, while No. 100 Bergevi earned a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Mushayev (9-14, 7-9 Dual) to extend its lead to 3-0.
Jason Jaruvang (15-13, 9-9 Dual) did his best to extend the match, but he dropped a hard-fought 6-3, 6-4 decision to Bayane, giving the Bears the 4-0 win.
Arizona will get back after it, when it clashes with No. 43 Stanford, Saturday at 2 pm PT up in Palo Alto, California.
No. 30 California (13-5, 1-0 Pac-12) defeated Arizona (8-12, 0-1 Pac-12) – 4-0
March 27, 2015, in Berkeley, Calif.
Hellman Tennis Complex
DOUBLES
1. No. 36 Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (Cal) vs. David Mushayev/Shoki Kasahara (UA) - 1-5, Unfinished
2. No. 65 Andre Goransson/Oskar Wikberg (Cal) def. Sumeet Shinde/Will Kneale (UA) – 6-1
3. Filip Bergevi/Mads Engsted (Cal) def. Jason Jaruvang/Matt Dunn (UA) – 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2*
SINGLES
1. No. 56 Andre Goransson (Cal) vs. Sumeet Shinde (UA) - 6-2, 3-2 Unfinished
2. No. 100 Filip Bergevi (Cal) def. David Mushayev (UA) – 6-1, 6-2
3. Gregory Bayane (Cal) def. Jason Jaruvang (UA) – 6-3, 6-4
4. Oskar Wikberg (Cal) def. Will Kneale (UA) – 6-2, 6-0
5. J.T. Nishimura (Cal) vs. Shoki Kasahara (UA) – 6-2, 3-3 Unfinished
6. Mads Engsted (Cal) vs. Trevor James (UA) – 6-3, 3-1 Unfinished
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 3*
*Clinched the overall match
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