TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 10 Arizona Men's Tennis will move on to the second round of the NCAA Championships after taking down Denver 4-0 at LaNelle Robson Tennis Center Friday afternoon.
Arizona secured the early lead with the doubles point after wins on courts three and one. Finishing first was
Casper Christensen and
Filip Gustafsson with a 6-3 victory over Ryoma Mishiro and Raffaello Papajcik. Clinching the point was senior duo
Colton Smith and Iñaki Cabrera-Bello with a 6-4 defeat over Connor Robb-Wilcox and Rikuto Yamaguchi.
Singles played out nicely for the Cats, with all six taking their first sets. Finishing first in dominant fashion was No. 6
Jay Friend winning 6-0, 6-3 over Papajcik on court two. Setting Arizona up for the clinch was sophomore
Alexander Rozin on five with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Mishiro. Clinching the match for the Cats was freshman and 103-ranked
Zoran Ludoski on three with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Yamaguchi.
Friday morning, Harvard secured a 4-0 victory over Washington. They first took the doubles point with a 6-4 win on court one from No. 58 David Lins and Daniel Milavsk before a 6-2 win on court three from Melchior Delloye and Valdemar Pape. Washington took courts one, five and six, respectively, in singles with wins from No. 34 Milavsky, Delloye and Mitchell Lee.
Arizona will face No. 21 Harvard in the second round tomorrow, May 3, at 1:00 p.m. MST at Robson Tennis Center. Entry will be $10 at the door, which will open at noon.
Coverage will be available on
Playsight, ESPN+ and Cracked Raquets, and live stats will be available on
StatBroadcast.
Results (Arizona 4, Denver 0)
Doubles (Order of finish: 3, 1)
1. #45 Inaki Cabrera-Bello and
Colton Smith (ARIZ) def. Connor Robb-Wilcox and Rikuto Yamaguchi (DENM) 6-4
2.
Jay Friend and
Eric Padgham (ARIZ) vs.Theo Coats and Daniel Sancho Arbizu (DENM), unfinished, 5-5
3.
Casper Christensen and
Filip Gustafsson (ARIZ) def. Ryoma Mishiro and Raffaello Papajcik (DENM)6-3
Singles (Order of finish: 2, 5, 3)
1. #5
Colton Smith (ARIZ) vs. #43 Daniel Sancho Arbizu (DENM), unfinished, 6-2, 5-3
2. #6
Jay Friend (ARIZ) def. Raffaello Papajcik (DENM) 6-0, 6-3
3. #103
Zoran Ludoski (ARIZ) def. Rikuto Yamaguchi (DENM) 6-3, 6-1
4.
Filip Gustafsson (ARIZ) vs. Samuel Rovai (DENM), unfinished, 7-6(3), 0-1
5.
Alexander Rozin (ARIZ) def. Ryoma Mishiro (DENM) 6-0, 6-2
6.
Casper Christensen (ARIZ) vs. Connor Robb-Wilcox (DENM), unfinished, 6-4, 1-2
Results (Harvard 4, Washington 0)
Doubles (Order of finish: 1, 3)
1. #58 David Lins and Daniel Milavsky (HARV) def. Cesar Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn (WASH) 6-4
2. #39 Masato Perera and Benjamin Privara (HARV) vs. Soham Purohit and Nedim Suko (WASH), unfinished, 5-3
3. Melchior Delloye and Valdemar Pape (HARV) def. Rohan Belday and Brett Pearson (WASH) 6-2
Singles (Order of finish: 1, 5, 6)
1. #34 Daniel Milavsky (HARV) def. #42 Cesar Bouchelaghem (WASH) 6-3, -2
2. #90 Benjamin Privara (HARV) vs. #124 Dzianis Zharyn (WASH), unfinished, 6-4, 0-6, 2-4
3. Rohan Murali (HARV) vs. Soham Purohit (WASH), unfinished, 3-6, 6-2, 0-0
4. Valdemar Pape (HARV) vs. Nedim Suko (WASH), unfinished, 4-6, 6-2, 0-0
5. Melchior Delloye (HARV) def. Ivan Sodan (WASH) 6-4, 6-4
6. Mitchell Lee (HARV) def. Brett Pearson (WASH) 7-5, 6-4