Friday, January 17
Tucson, Ariz.
5:00 PM
University of Arizona
vs
Red-Blue Match
Photo by: Jack Crawford - Arizona Athletics
Men's Tennis Cruises in Home Opener
01/19/2020 | Men's Tennis
Tucson, Ariz.- The Arizona Men's Tennis team came back home for their spring home opener and did not disappoint their fans. Going against UC Riverside and Northern Arizona, the Wildcats came out with two wins with powerful performances all around.
The Cats won the doubles point for both matches to start strong. Against UC Riverside, the Saguaro Soldiers made a clean sweep with a 7-0 victory. Northern Arizona managed to grab a singles win, but the rest of the matches were cleaned quickly, going in two sets.
The tennis team will be back in action on Friday, January 24th to take on Notre Dame.
UC Riverside
Doubles
Finishing order: 2,1
Finishing order: 6, 5, 2, 4, 3, 1
Doubles
Finishing order: 2,3
Finishing order: 3, 5, 4, 1, 2, 6
The Cats won the doubles point for both matches to start strong. Against UC Riverside, the Saguaro Soldiers made a clean sweep with a 7-0 victory. Northern Arizona managed to grab a singles win, but the rest of the matches were cleaned quickly, going in two sets.
The tennis team will be back in action on Friday, January 24th to take on Notre Dame.
UC Riverside
Doubles
Finishing order: 2,1
- Ziverts/Block (ARIZ) def. Velek/Whelan-Merediz (UCR) 6-3
- Karpovets/Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Blando/Blando (UCR) 6-1
- Reguant/Horwood (ARIZ) vs. Chung/ Abdallah (UCR) 5-3
Finishing order: 6, 5, 2, 4, 3, 1
- No. 36 Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Gilbert Chung (UCR) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-1)
- No. 86 Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) def. Nabil Abdallah (UCR) 6-0, 6-1
- Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Andreas Whelan-Merediz (UCR) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-1)
- Hiroki Sakagawa (ARIZ) def. Daniel Velek (UCR) 6-4, 6-1
- Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) def. Jayson Blando (UCR) 6-1, 6-0
- Conner Olsen (ARIZ) def. Nikita Horunshy (UCR) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Finishing order: 2,3
- Ziverts/Block (ARIZ) vs. Straker-Meads/Tumosa (NAU) 5-2
- Karpovets/Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Steele/Groves (NAU) 6-2
- Reguant/Lagaev (ARIZ) def. Schaefer/Dillon (NAU) 6-2
Finishing order: 3, 5, 4, 1, 2, 6
- No. 36 Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Eban Straker-Meads (NAU) 6-3, 6-1
- No. 61 Jonas Ziverts (ARIZ) def. Facundo Tumosa (NAU) 6-3, 6-4
- No. 86 Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) def. Chris Steele (NAU) 6-1, 6-0
- Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Alexander Groves (NAU) 6-0, 6-3
- Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) def. Joachim Schaefer (NAU) 6-1, 6-0
- Daniel Dillon (NAU) def. Conner Olsen (ARIZ) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
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