SAN DIEGO – The No. 12 San Diego men's tennis program (15-2, 2-0 WCC) earned a key victory in WCC play, downing No. 39 Pepperdine (7-10, 1-1 WCC) on Friday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In a rematch of last season's WCC Tournament final, the Toreros came out of the gate with energy.
- Savriyan Danilov and Lambert Ruland jumped out to a 3-0 lead, before Stian Klaassen and Oliver Tarvet added an early break point.
- While Sacchitt Sharrma and Iiro Vasa rallied from a 5-2 deficit to take a 6-5 lead, it would be Klaassen and Tarvet who clinched the doubles point for the Toreros.
- The Toreros took the first set in five of six singles matches following the doubles point, as Tarvet and Danilov got off to quick starts.
- The duo would each win their matches in straight sets, as Tarvet defeated another top-40 opponent to give San Diego a 3-0 lead.
- While Pepperdine got a point back, the win would ultimately be polished off by Klaassen.
- Klaassen recovered from a break point down in the second set to get back on serve and win a 7-5 tiebreaker in the set to secure the fourth point.
NEXT UP
- The Toreros will continue WCC play on Thursday, traveling to face No. 54 Santa Clara for a 1 p.m., match.
RESULTS
#12 San Diego 4, #39 Pepperdine 1
Doubles
No. 1 –
Sacchitt Sharrma/
Iiro Vasa (San Diego) vs. Linus Carlsson Halldin/George Davis (Pepperdine) – 6-5 (UF)
No. 2 –
Stian Klaassen/
Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. Pietro Fellin/Edward Winter (Pepperdine) – 6-3
No. 3 –
Savriyan Danilov/
Lambert Ruland (San Diego) def. Chris Papa/Zach Stephens (Pepperdine) – 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2
Singles
No. 1 – No. 7
Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. No. 35 Edward Winter (Pepperdine) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 121 Pietro Fellin (Pepperdine) def. No. 100
Iiro Vasa (San Diego) – 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 –
Lambert Ruland (San Diego) vs. Linus Carlsson Halldin (Pepperdine) – 6-4, 4-6, 2-2 (UF)
No. 4 –
Savriyan Danilov (San Diego) def. George Davis (Pepperdine) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 –
Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) vs. Zach Stephens (Pepperdine) – 6-4, 3-6, 3-1 (UF)
No. 6 –
Stian Klaassen (San Diego) def. Robert Shelton (Pepperdine) – 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 2, 6
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