SAN DIEGO – The No. 15 San Diego men's tennis program (18-3, 5-1 WCC) returned to the win column in emphatic fashion, downing Portland (9-7, 3-3 WCC), 4-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- San Diego returned to the friendly confines of the Hogan Tennis Center on Saturday, where they entered with an 11-0 record at home.
- The home cooking continued for the Toreros, who started off strong in doubles.
- Sacchitt Sharrma and Iiro Vasa kept their winning ways going, while Stian Klaassen and Oliver Tarvet returned to action as a duo and improved to 9-0 as a team as the Toreros took the doubles point.
- Singles proved to be just as dominant, as Vasa set the tone with a 6-0 opening set win.
- Tarvet and Savriyan Danilov helped put the Toreros well ahead with opening set wins, as all six Toreros took the first set.
- The top three of the lineup would be the ones to clinch the match, dropping just a combined nine games across all six sets.
- Vasa secured it first, before Danilov and Tarvet breezed to wins of their own to secure a 4-0 win.
NEXT UP
- The Toreros will be back in action tomorrow, hosting Gonzaga for a 12 p.m., match at the Hogan Tennis Center.
RESULTS
#15 San Diego 4, Portland 0
Doubles
No. 1 – No. 82
Sacchitt Sharrma/
Iiro Vasa (San Diego) def. Nikolas Tvedt/Luka Vukovic (Portland) – 6-4
No. 2 –
Stian Klaassen/
Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. Nikola Keremedchiev/Nicolas Ocana (Portland) – 6-2
No. 3 –
Savriyan Danilov/
Blake Kasday (San Diego) vs. Oscar Brown/Stefan Skobelev (Portland) – 5-4 (UF)
Order of Finish: 2, 1
Singles
No. 1 – No. 5
Oliver Tarvet (San Diego) def. Oscar Brown (Portland) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 – No. 95
Iiro Vasa (San Diego) def. Nicolas Ocana (Portland) – 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 –
Savriyan Danilov (San Diego) def. Luka Vukovic (Portland) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 –
Stian Klaassen (San Diego) vs. Maxim Groysman (Portland) – 6-1, 4-6 (UF)
No. 5 –
Sacchitt Sharrma (San Diego) vs. Nikola Keremedchiev (Portland) – 6-4, 4-3 (UF)
No. 6 –
Nikhil Niranjan (San Diego) vs. Nikolas Tvedt (Portland) – 6-3, 3-2 (UF)
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
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