Tournament Draws/Results
LA JOLLA, Calif.- UC Irvine had one pair advance to the Round of 32 while another pair advanced to the Round of 64 on the first day of the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship Friday at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.
Bruce Man-Son-Hing teamed up with assistant coach
Tyler Pham to finish the day 2-1, advancing all the way to the Round of 32. First, the pair defeated Ryland McDermott and Pierre Tafeleski, 8-4, before knocking off Justin Agbayani and Oleksandr Krasnov, 8-3. Man-Son-Hing and Pham were ultimately upended by Ohio State's Brady Draheim and Eleftherios Theodorou, 8-5.
The duo of
Luis Lopez and
Daniel Gealer finished the day 1-1. The pair defeated Villanova's Daniel Martinez and Matthew Phelps by a score of 8-1 to advance to the Round of 64. Lopez and Gealer fell to USC's Cukierman and Smith, 8-2, in the round of 64.
UCI had two pairs fall in the Round of 128 while
Vatsal Bajpai and
Bruce Man-Son-Hing did not compete due to injury, sending the two tandems into the consolation bracket. In the second round,
Mason Hansen and
Luca Marquard won 8-5 over Phillip Martin and Matthew Sah.
Antoine Barthe and
Takeru Wantanabe had a second round bye and defeated Zachary Ermert and Naara Shin, 8-4, to advance to the fourth round tomorrow.
Pacific Coast Doubles Championship
La Jolla Tennis and Beach Club – La Jolla, Calif.
March 3, 2017
Round of 128
Vatsal Bajpai/
Bruce Man-Son-Hing (UCI) vs. Michael Czlonka/Stefan Aqustin Suarez (VIL): DNP (Inj.)
Daniel Gealer/
Luis Lopez (UCI) def. Daniel Martinez/Matthew Phelps (VIL): 8-1
Raul DeLaTorre/Jan Kirchhoff (SDSU) def.
Mason Hansen/
Luca Marquard (UCI): 8-5
Pedro Cavalcante/Stefan Lalovic (Boise) def.
Antoine Barthe/
Takeru Wantanabe (UCI): 8-4
Bruce Man-Son-Hing/Tyer Pham (UCI) def. Ryland McDermott/Pierre Tafeleski (N/A): 8-4
Round of 64
Daniel Cukierman/Tanner Smith (USC) def.
Daniel Gealer/
Luis Lopez (UCI): 8-2
Bruce Man-Son-Hing/
Tyler Pham (UCI) def. Justin Agbayani/Oleksandr Krasnov (N/A): 8-3
Round of 32
Draheim/Theodorou def. Man-Son-Hing/Pham (UCI): 8-5
Consolation – 2nd Round
Mason Hansen/
Luca Marquard (UCI) def. Martin/Sah (N/A): 8-5
Consolation – 3rd Round
Antoine Barthe/
Takeru Wantanabe def. Zachary Ermert/Naara Shin (N/A): 8-4
The Anteaters continue play at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship on Saturday, March 3, starting at 9 a.m.