IRVINE, Calif. – The UC Irvine men's tennis team continues the 2025 fall tournament season this week at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in Tempe, Arizona, Oct. 16-21.
 
Nine Anteaters are entered in the tournament. Hiroki Sakagawa and Tal Goodman have earned a spot in the singles main draw. Max Fardanesh, Greg Gamal, Ruining Huang, Nathaniel Suh, Alex Guajardo, Mason Bui, and Sohrob Amiryavari will also compete in qualifying singles that get underway on Thursday. UCI has four doubles teams – Goodman/Sakagawa, Amiryavari/Fardanesh, Bui/Suh, and Guajardo/Huang.
 
This is one of four NCAA qualifying tournaments with the two singles finalists and the doubles champion punching their ticket to the 2025 NCAA Individual Championships.

The 'Eaters started the season off strong at the Big West Fall Invite in Santa Barbara, Oct. 2-5. Max Fardanesh went 4-1 in singles with all five of his matches going three sets. He took down opponents from UC San Diego and Hawai'i, before an impressive 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 quarterfinal victory over UC Santa Barbara's Diogo Morais, where he saved four match points to break serve and force the tiebreaker in the second frame. Fardanesh ended up falling to Lucas Bollinger of UC Davis in the semifinals, but won the third-place match over Jovan Lubbe (Cal Poly). Sohrob Amiryavari also picked up three singles wins. He made it to the quarterfinals and finished sixth overall. In doubles, Fardanesh/Ruining Huang advanced to the semifinals. The pair closed out the opening weekend of action with a 3-1 record.