UW Earns Four Spots in Finals at PNW Intercollegiates

KIRKLAND  - The University of Washington men’s tennis team continued its strong play on Saturday at the PNW Intercollegiates as four Huskies earned spots in the finals of their respective singles and doubles flights.

Nationally-ranked Emmett Egger earned a tightly contested win over Gonzaga’s Alvaro Nazal, 7-5, 7-6 (2) in his singles flight to put him up against Oregon’s Daan Maasland in Sunday’s final.

Viktor Farkas also defeated an Oregon Duck to advance to the flight two finals as he posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over Joey Swaysland. Joining Farkas and Egger in the finals will be Rishabh Raman who knocked off Boise State’s Brian Foley, 6-3, 6-2 in flight three.

In the semifinals of flight one doubles, Farkas and Watanabe pulled out a hard-fought 8-7 (3) victory over Portland’s  Kent Andreasen and Mathieu Garcia to pit them against another Pilot duo of Reid deLaubenfels and Steffen Dierauf in Sunday’s final.

Action gets started at 10:15 Sunday at the Central Park Tennis Center in Kirkland, Wash.

UW Results

Doubles Flight One Semifinals

Farkas/Watanabe def. Andreasen/M. Garcia (Portland), 8-7 (3)

Doubles Flight Two Semifinals

Cochrane/Pronesti (Portland State) def. Puscalau/Raman, 8-4

Singles Flight One Semifinals

Emmett Egger def. Alvaro Nazal (Gonzaga), 7-5, 7-6 (2)

Singles Flight Two Semifinals

Viktor Farkas def. Joey Swaysland (Oregon), 6-2, 6-2

Singles Flight Three Semifinals

Rishabh Raman def. Brian Foley (Boise State), 6-3, 6-2

Singles Flight Four Back Draw

Wil Cochrane (Portland State) def. Wendell Watanabe, 6-2, 6-3

Singles Flight Five Semifinals

Jared Madison (Portland) def. Dragos Puscalau, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)