SAN DIEGO – The San Diego men's tennis program (3-1, 0-0 WCC) secured their second consecutive ranked victory, defeating No. 18 Arizona State (5-2, 0-0 PAC-12), 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• On a bright Sunday morning, the Toreros took the court looking for another big win, but got off to a sluggish start in doubles.
• Despite an early service break from Oliver Tarvet and Iiro Vasa, the Sun Devils were able to get off to a strong start on courts one and three and ultimately took the doubles point.
• However, the Toreros gathered themselves quickly and rose to the occasion in singles.
• While Arizona State earned a quick lead on court three, the sturdy trio at No. 4-6 singles built huge leads from the start.
• Stian Klaassen kept his strong spring going by cruising through his opening set at 6-1.
• Savriyan Danilov was close behind, while Oliver Tarvet broke the early stalemate against his top-10 opponent on court one to record back-to-back break points and take his first set.
• Danilov breezed through his second set and Klaassen stifled a rally from his opponent to make it 2-2 entering the final three matches.
• Tarvet maintained his advantage, while Arizona State struck for another point on court two to set up a finale on court five.
• Having already won the first set 6-4, Sacchitt Sharrma and his opponent were locked in a 2-2 battle early in set number two.
• Sharrma delivered a big backhand return that clipped the top of the net and fell home out of the reach of his opponent to secure a break point.
• The redshirt senior maintained his break point advantage throughout the rest of the set, despite facing a late push at 5-4.
• On a deuce point to decide the match, Sharrma delivered an emphatic ace to secure the victory.

 
NEXT UP

• The Toreros return to action on Saturday, hosting Washington on Feb. 10 at 12 p.m., at the Hogan Tennis Center.

 
RESULTS
San Diego 4, #18 Arizona State 3
Doubles
No. 1 – Bor Artnak/Max McKennon (Arizona State) def. No. 15 Stian Klaassen/Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) – 6-3
No. 2 – Oliver Tarvet/Iiro Vasa (San Diego) vs. Jacob Bullard/Constantinos Koshis (Arizona State) – 5-4 (UF)
No. 3 – Murphy Cassone/Nicola Cigna (Arizona State) def. Savriyan Danilov/Lambert Ruland (San Diego) – 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1
 
Singles
No. 1 – No. 8 Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. No. 10 Murphy Cassone (Arizona State) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 – Bor Artnak (Arizona State) def. No. 31 Iiro Vasa (San Diego) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 – Max McKennon (Arizona State) def. Lambert Ruland (San Diego) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 – Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) def. Jacob Bullard (Arizona State) – 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 – Savriyan Danilov (San Diego) def. Nicola Cigna (Arizona State) – 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 – Stian Klaassen (San Diego) def. Roi Ginat (Arizona State) – 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 6, 2, 1, 4
 
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