Stanford, Arizona, USC and Arizona State advance to Pac-12 Men's Tennis Championship Semifinals
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - No. 1 STANFORD, No. 2 ARIZONA, No. 3 USC and No. 4 ARIZONA STATE all advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship with quarterfinal victories at Barnes Tennis Center on Saturday.
The Cardinal will meet the Sun Devils and the Trojans will face the Wildcats in Sunday’s semifinals at 3:00 p.m. PT.
No. 1 STANFORD 4 vs. No. 8 WASHINGTON 0
The No. 1 seed for the tournament and the regular-season Pac-12 champion, the Stanford men were off to a powerful start as they fended off the Washington Huskies with a 4-0 victory. The Cardinal claimed their first point of the match in a dominating doubles performance by Arthur Fery and Alexandre Rotsaert, who picked up a 6-2 win, followed by teammates Traistan Boyer and Timothy Sah recording a 6-3 victory. In singles play, Boyer defeated Han-Chih Lin, 6-2, 6-1 to kick off the singles and put Stanford up 2-0, followed by victories by Axel Geller over Clement Chidekh 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 1 spot and the clincher by Neel Rajesh over Jack Pulliam 6-3, 6-3 to send Stanford to tomorrow’s semifinals.
No. 2 ARIZONA 4 vs. No. 7 UTAH 0
No. 2 Arizona swept No. 7 seed Utah to earn a ticket to tomorrow’s semifinals against No. 3 seed USC. Doubles wins by the teams of Jonas Ziverts/Carlos Hassey and Nick Lagaev/Gustaf Strom gave the Wildcats the doubles point to kick off the proceedings. In singles play Filip Malbasic defeated Slava Shainyan 6-1, 6-3 at the No 3 spot to extend the lead to 2-0. Victories by Gustaf Strom over Franco Capalbo (6-2, 6-3) and Herman Hoeyeraal over Mathias Gavelin, (6-4, 7-6) clinched the win despite a valiant effort by the Utes.
No. 3 USC 4 vs. No. 6 OREGON 1
No. 3 seed USC battled past No. 6 seed Oregon to book a semifinal spot against Arizona at the Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championships. USC took the doubles point off the back of victories by the Trojan duos of Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith and Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye. In the singles competition, Lodewijk Weststrate defeated Brandon Lam 6-3, 6-1 and Stefan Dostanic beat Quinn Vandecasteele 6-4, 6-3 to put the Trojans up 3-0 before Oregon’s Klov-Nilsson defeated Bradley Frye 6-3, 6-2 to put the Ducks on the scoreboard. A victory at the No. 1 singles spot by Daniel Cukierman over Emmanuel Coste 6-3, 6-1 sent USC to tomorrow’s semifinals.
No. 5 ARIZONA STATE 4 vs. No. 4 UCLA 3
No. 5 seed Arizona State scored a thrilling victory over No. 4 UCLA 4-3 to earn a spot in the Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championships semifinals against No. 1 Stanford. ASU took a 1-0 lead over the Bruins into singles play following wins by ASU’s Ruehl/Rakotomalala and Lerby/Stoupe in doubles. Tim Ruehl’s 6-3, 6-2 win over Ben Goldberg put the Sun Devils up 2-0, but UCLA battled back to tie the contest at 2-2 thanks to wins by Sam Feit and Roscoe Bellamy. The see-saw contest came down to the last match with Nathan Ponwith defeating UCLA’s Govind Nanda in 7-5, 2-6, 6,-4 to clinch the tie.
No. 1 STANFORD 4 vs. No. 8 WASHINGTON 0
DOUBLES:
- Axel Geller/Filip Kopczynski, STANFORD v. Alexis Alvarez/Jack Davis, WASHINGTON - 5-3 unf.
- Timothy Sah/Tristan Boyer, STANFORD def. Thibault Cancel/Clement Chidekh, WASHINGTON - 6-3
- Arthur Fery/Alexandre Rotsaert, STANFORD def. Jack Pulliam/Adam Torocsik, WASHINGTON - 6-2
Order of finish: 3,2
SINGLES:
- Axel Geller, STANFORD def. Clement Chidekh, WASHINGTON - 6-2, 6-2
- Arthur Fery, STANFORD v. Ewen Lumsden, WASHINGTON - 4-6, 5-3 unf.
- Alexandre Rotsaert, STANFORD v. Jack Davis, WASHINGTON- 6-0, 1-6, 2-4 unf.
- Tristan Boyer, STANFORD def. Han-Chih Lin, WASHINGTON - 6-2, 6-1
- Timothy Sah, STANFORD v. Adam Torocsik, WASHINGTON - 3-6, 5-5 unf.
- Neel Rajesh, STANFORD def. Jack Pulliam, WASHINGTON - 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 4,1,6
No. 4 UCLA 3 vs. No. 5 ASU 4
Doubles:
- Drew Baird / Govind Nanda, UCLA v. Ruehl/Rakotomalala, ARIZONA STATE - 3-6
- Bryce Pereira / Patrick Zahraj, UCLA def. Ponwith/McKennon, ARIZONA STATE - 6-3
- Matt Tsolakyan / Roscoe Bellamy, UCLA v. Lerby/Stoupe, ARIZONA STATE - 5-7
Order of finish: 1,2,3
Singles:
- Govind Nanda, UCLA v. Nathan Ponwith, ARIZONA STATE - 5-7, 6-2, 4-6
- Drew Baird, UCLA def. Makey Rakotomalala, ARIZONA STATE - 7-6, 4-6, 6-2
- Ben Goldberg, UCLA v. Tim Ruehl, ARIZONA STATE - 3-6, 2-6
- Sam Feit, UCLA def. George Stoupe, ARIZONA STATE - 6-4, 6-4
- Roscoe Bellamy, UCLA def. Max McKennon, ARIZONA STATE - 6-4, 6-4
- Patrick Zahraj, UCLA v. Christian Lerby, ARIZONA STATE - 3-6, 6-3, 2-6
Order of finish: 3,5,4,6,2,1
No. 2 ARIZONA 4 vs. No. 7 Utah 0
DOUBLES:
- Jonas Ziverts/Carlos Hassey, ARIZONA def. Francisco Bastias/Slava Shainyan, UTAH - 6-3
- Alejandro Reguant/Filip Malbasic, ARIZONA v. Franco Capalbo/Luis Flores, UTAH - 5-4 unf.
- Nick Lagaev/Gustaf Strom, ARIZONA def. Geronimo Busleiman/Mathias Gavelin, UTAH - 6-4
Order of finish: 1,3
SINGLES:
- Gustaf Strom, ARIZONA def. Franco Capalbo, UTAH - 6-2, 6-3
- Jonas Ziverts, ARIZONA v. Geronimo Busleiman, UTAH - 5-7, 3-4 unf.
- Filip Malbasic, ARIZONA def. Slava Shainyan, UTAH - 6-1, 6-3
- Alejandro Reguant, ARIZONA v. Francisco Bastias, UTAH - 6-3, 3-4 unf.
- Herman Hoeyeraal, ARIZONA def. Mathias Gavelin, UTAH - 6-4, 7-6
- Nick Lagaev, ARIZONA v. Bruno Krenn, UTAH - 6-3, 3-6, 1-0, unf.
Order of finish: 3,1,5
No. 3 USC 4 vs. No. 6 OREGON 1
DOUBLES:
- Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith, USC def. Joshua Charlton/Quinn Vandecasteele OREGON - 6-4
- Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye, USC def. Emmanuel Coste/Jesper Klov-Nilsson, OREGON - 6-3
- Ryder Jackson/Jake Sands, USC v. Brandon Lam/ Ryoma Matsushita, OREGON - 5-4 unf.
Order of finish: 1,2
SINGLES:
- Daniel Cukierman, USC def. Emmanuel Coste, OREGON - 6-3, 6-1
- Riley Smith, USC v. Joshua Charlton, OREGON - 2-6, 5-4 unf.
- Stefan Dostanic def. Quinn Vandecasteele, OREGON - 6-4, 6-3
- Bradley Frye v. Klov-Nilsson, OREGON - 3-6, 2-6
- Lodewijk Weststrate def. Brandon Lam, OREGON - 6-3, 6-1
- Jake Sands v. Luke Vandecasteele, OREGON - 7-6, 1-3 unf.
Order of finish: 5,3,4,1,2,6
**In a consolation match, the Huskies will face the Bruins at 12:00 p.m. PT.