Friday, October 18
Tempe, Ariz.
9:00 AM
UC Irvine
at
ITA Southwest Regional Championships
Photo by: Mario Terrana
Anteaters Move on to Round of 32 in Tempe
October 18, 2024 | Men's Tennis
TEMPE, Ariz. - UC Irvine men's tennis picked up five wins on the first day of main draw singles and doubles at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships Friday at Kiwanis Tennis Center.
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In doubles, Max Fardanesh and Andy Nguyen topped Cal Poly's Aaron Eliscu/Wian Roothman, 8-5. Sohrob Amiryavari and Lawee Sherif also outlasted Paolo Rosati/Jonathan Da Silva of Grand Canyon, 8-7 (7-4).
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All four Anteater doubles teams will be in action in tomorrow's Round of 32 as No. 90 Noah Zamora/Hiroki Sakagawa and Ruining Huang/Rithvik Krishna had a Round of 64 bye.
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No. 121 Noah Zamora, Hiroki Sakagawa and Andy Nguyen each recorded a straight-set singles win. Zamora took down Diego Dalisay of Hawai'i, 6-4, 6-2, while Sakagawa upended Arizona State's Mikel Anderson, 6-2, 6-3. Nguyen also dispatched GCU's David Wekesa, 6-1, 6-3.
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Ruining Huang took UCLA's Giacomo Revelli down to the wire before falling in a third-set tiebreaker. Revelli was able to hold off a comeback from Huang as the Bruin held on for the 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (12-10) victory.
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UCI continues main draw action tomorrow starting at 9 a.m.
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In doubles, Max Fardanesh and Andy Nguyen topped Cal Poly's Aaron Eliscu/Wian Roothman, 8-5. Sohrob Amiryavari and Lawee Sherif also outlasted Paolo Rosati/Jonathan Da Silva of Grand Canyon, 8-7 (7-4).
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All four Anteater doubles teams will be in action in tomorrow's Round of 32 as No. 90 Noah Zamora/Hiroki Sakagawa and Ruining Huang/Rithvik Krishna had a Round of 64 bye.
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No. 121 Noah Zamora, Hiroki Sakagawa and Andy Nguyen each recorded a straight-set singles win. Zamora took down Diego Dalisay of Hawai'i, 6-4, 6-2, while Sakagawa upended Arizona State's Mikel Anderson, 6-2, 6-3. Nguyen also dispatched GCU's David Wekesa, 6-1, 6-3.
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Ruining Huang took UCLA's Giacomo Revelli down to the wire before falling in a third-set tiebreaker. Revelli was able to hold off a comeback from Huang as the Bruin held on for the 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (12-10) victory.
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UCI continues main draw action tomorrow starting at 9 a.m.
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