Cal Starts Strong in Hidden Dual Matches

The Golden Bears won seven of 11 doubles matches and eight of 11 in singles on the first day of the event.

Cal’s nationally ranked sophomores – Filip Bergevi and Andre Goransson – each posted upset victories in singles. The 106th-ranked Goransson beat Texas A&M’s 29th-ranked Harrison Adams, 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3, while Bergevi, ranked 93rd, knocked off USD’s 70th-ranked Filip Vittek, 6-4, 6-2.

The 40th-ranked doubles team of Goransson and junior Oskar Wikberg won twice, upsetting Texas A&M’s 18th-ranked Jeremy Efferding/Jordan Szabo, 6-4, in the morning, then topping the Toreros’ Ciaran Fitzgerald/Uros Petronijevic later in the day, 7-5. Cal’s 42nd-ranked doubles team of seniors Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton lost twice – to Notre Dame’s eighth-ranked Alex Lawson/Billy Pecor, 6-3, and to the Aggies’ 25th-ranked Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant, 6-4.

"We had strong results today, particularly from the top of our lineup,” Cal head coach Peter Wright said. “Some gutsy three- set victories from Andre Goransson and Billy Griffith in singles capped of a day where our underclassmen rose to the occasion against stiff competition. Tomorrow is a new day, but it's certainly a positive start for us."

The three day competition continues on Saturday and ends on Sunday.

Hidden Dual Matches

Jan. 9, 2015, in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Morgan Run Club & Resort

Cal Results

Doubles Competition

10:00 a.m.

Filip Bergevi/Mads Engsted (California) def. Ciaran Fitzgerald/James Ponwith (San Diego) 6-2

No. 40 Andre Goransson/Oskar Wikberg (California) def. No. 18 Jeremy Efferding/Jordan Szabo (Texas A&M) 6-4

J.T. Nishimura/Billy Griffith (California) def. Wyatt McCoy/Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) 7-6(4)

No. 8 Alex Lawson/Billy Pecor (Notre Dame) def. No. 42 Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (California) 6-3 

Drew Dawson/Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Wyatt Houghton/Nikhil Jayashankar (California) 6-4

11:30 a.m.

No. 40 Andre Goransson/Oskar Wikberg (California) def. Ciaran Fitzgerald/Uros Petronijevic (San Diego) 7-5

Filip Bergevi/Mads Engsted (California) def. Drew Dawson/Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) 6-1

J.T. Nishimura/Billy Griffith (California) def. Frankie Colungal/Jett Cash (Texas A&M) 6-2

No. 25 Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (Texas A&M) def. No. 42 Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (California) 6-4

Nikhil Jayashankar/Jordan Smith (California) def. Wyatt McCoy/Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) 6-4

Dougie Barnard/Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Wyatt Houghton/Hasier Pastor (California) 6-3

Singles Competition

2:00 p.m.

No. 93 Filip Bergevi (California) def. No. 70 Filip Vittek (San Diego) 6-4, 6-2

No. 106 Andre Goransson (California) def. No. 29 Harrison Adams (Texas A&M) 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3

tNo. 53 A.J. Catanzariti (Texas A&M) def. Gregory Bayane (California) 6-4, 6-3

Billy Griffith (California) def. Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(6)

3:30 p.m. 

J.T. Nishimura (California) def. Billy Pecor (Notre Dame) 6-2, 7-6(2)

Hasier Pastor (California) def. Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3

Mads Engsted (California) def. Frankie Colunga (Texas A&M) 6-2, 6-2

Nikhil Jayashankar (California) def. Drew Dawson (Notre Dame) 6-1, 6-2

Wyatt McCoy (Notre Dame) def. Wyatt Houghton (California) 7-6(2), 6-2

Oskar Wikberg (California) def. James Ponwith (San Diego) 6-1, 6-0

Extra 

Dougie Barnard (Notre Dame) def. Jordan Smith (California) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0(8)