Eight Men's Tennis Players Advance to Third Round at Regionals
Oct 17, 2014
Malibu, Calif. - The UCLA men's tennis team had a solid opening day of competition at the 2014 USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships at Pepperdine University, advancing eight players to Saturday's third round.
Top-seeded Mackenzie McDonald, sixth-seeded Dennis Mkrtchian and ninth-seeded Martin Redlicki headline the group of Bruins into the third round. They will be joined by Nikolas Ramadan, Ryoto Tachi, Gage Brymer, Joseph Di Giulio and Austin Rapp.
Complete UCLA results from Friday are below.
USTA/ITA Southwest Regionals
Oct 17-21, 2014 at Malibu, CA (Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center)
| Singles competition | |
| Main Draw | |
| 128 | Nikolas Ramadan (UCLA) def. Cody Rakela (UC Santa Barbara) 6-4, 7-5 |
| 128 | Marko Babic (San Diego State) def. Michael Guzman (UCLA) 6-1, 6-4 |
| 128 | Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) def. Fred Gelbrich (San Diego State) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 128 | Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Alexander Solonin (Pepperdine) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 128 | Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Jason Jaruvang (Arizona) 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 |
| 64 | Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Marcel Chan (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 64 | Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. Matthew Dunn (Arizona) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 64 | Nikolas Ramadan (UCLA) def. Alexander Roggenkamp (Grand Canyon) 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 |
| 64 | Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) def. Ciarian Fitzgerald (San Diego) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 64 | Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. Rob Bellamy (USC) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 64 | Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Erik Johnsson (UC Santa Barbara) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 64 | Hendrik Jebens (San Diego State) def. Karue Sell (UCLA) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 64 | Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Charles Boyce (Loyola Marymount) 7-5, 4-2, retired |
| 64 | Gage Brymer (UCLA) def. Chase Masciorini (UC Santa Barbara) 6-1, 6-4 |
| Doubles competition | |
| Main Draw | |
| 64 | Teague Hamilton/Morgan Mays (UC Santa Barbara) def. Michael Guzman/Austin Rapp (UCLA) 8-3 |
| 64 | Nikolas Ramadan/Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) def. Philip Kuehnen/Adrian Legarreta (Grand Canyon) 8-5 |