MALIBU, Calif. --- Junior Tyler Pham and freshman Sebastian Heim each played their way through to the round of 16 in the ITA West Regionals in Malibu, Calif.

The pair swept their way through their first three matches. Pham was taken down by Stefan Menichella of host school Pepperdine while Heim took No. 93 Dennis Mkrtchian of UCLA into a third set before having to retire.

Rafael Davidian reached the round of 32 before falling to No. 13 Mackenzie McDonald of UCLA while newcomer, Nico Mertens, joined him with a pair of wins.

The 'Eaters kicked off their fall slate, and will continue with two more fall tournaments coming in the next couple week. Complete results from the weekend are below:

Singles

Tyler Pham         def. Adrian Legarreta (GCU) – 6-3, 6-3
                                def. Henry Ji (USC) – 6-4, 6-2
                                def. Hendrik Jebens (SDSU) – 6-4, 6-4
                                loss Stefan Menichella (PEPP) – 6-2, 6-1

Sebastian Heim def. Shoki Kasahara (ARIZ) – 6-2, 6-2
                                def. Tobias Galskov (UCSB) – 6-4, 6-4
                                def. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) – 7-5, 6-1
                                loss No. 93 Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) – 4-6, 6-2, 6-5 (ret.)

Rafael Davidian def. Ziad Sultan (UCSB) – 6-1, 6-4
                                def. Logan Hall (PEPP) – 6-2, 6-0
                                loss No. 13 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) – 6-1, 7-6

Nico Mertens    def. Santiago Cevallos (SDSU) – 6-2, 6-3
                                def. Daniel Cardiff (CP) – 6-0, 6-3
                                loss Martin Redlicki (UCLA) – 7-5, 7-6

Shuhei Shibahara             def. Luke Bohuslav (LMU) – 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
                                                loss No. 39 Jonny Wang (USC) – 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Jonathan Hammel           loss Teague Hamilton (UCSB) – 6-4, 6-4
                                                loss Meidy Chazeau (GCU) – 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

Doubles

Hammel/Heim  def. Eshmade/Johnsson (UCSB) – 8-6
                                loss Fosso/Vittek (USD) – 8-3

Davidian/Mertens           loss Hamilton/Mays (UCSB) – 8-5

Pham/Shibahara              loss Bertsch/Goles-Babic (SDSU) – 8-1