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Men's Tennis Posts 6-1 Decision Over UC Irvine
February 11, 2023 | Men's Tennis
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA men's tennis team earned its fourth straight home victory to start 2023 Saturday, beating UC Irvine 6-1 at Los Angeles Tennis Center.
It was a two-win day for Patrick Zahraj, who capped his performance with the clinching result on the top court. Jeffrey Fradkin and Aadarsh Tripathi also prevailed on doubles and singles courts, with the pair collaborating to seal the first point of the day for the Bruins (5-1). Enrique Luque Rico picked up the lone victory of the day for the Anteaters (0-3), after the contest was decided.
Zahraj and Giacomo Revelli raced out to a 6-1 win versus Matthew Sah and Noah Zamora on the top court, giving UCLA a leg up with the other matches more closely contested. Fradkin and Tripathi then outlasted Luque Rico and Amiri 6-4 on Court 3, recording their third doubles-point-clinching win of the early season.
The Bruins seized five singles first sets, with four decided by 7-5 or tiebreaker scores. Gianluca Ballotta got past Thomas Smart by a 7-5 margin on Court 5, but then seized all six games of the second set to give UCLA a 2-0 lead. Fradkin then turned in a near-identical showing on Court 6, edging out Sah 7-5 in a tiebreaker and following that effort with a 6-0 second set.
Zahraj kept his singles record unblemished and did so in clinching fashion, downing Zamora 6-4, 6-2 on Court 1. The top-court appearance marked Zahraj's first of the season. He won three of his four decisions there in 2022.
With the decision sealed, Luque Rico got the better of Revelli in a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 result on Court 2. The other two matches also went to third sets, though those were finalized by 10-point tiebreakers.
Tripathi fought back from a lost second-set tiebreaker to quickly retake momentum in the third for a 7-5, 6-7(6), 1-0(6) victory against Rithvik Krishna on Court 3. Visaya then stayed unbeaten (4-0), holding off Amiri for a 7-5, 3-6, 1-0(9) win on Court 4.
The Bruins have nearly two weeks to prepare for their next opponent, as Gonzaga visits LATC Friday, Feb. 24. First serve in that one is scheduled for 1 p.m. PT.
Tennis Match Results
UC Irvine vs UCLA
2/11/2023 at Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles Tennis Center)
UCLA 6, UC Irvine 1
Singles competition
1. Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) def. Noah Zamora (UCI) 6-4, 6-2
2. Enrique Luque Rico (UCI) def. Giacomo Revelli (UCLA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
3. Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) def. Rithvik Krishna (UCI) 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (10-6)
4. Azuma Visaya (UCLA) def. Ali Amiri (UCI) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (11-9)
5. Gianluca Ballotta (UCLA) def. Thomas Smart (UCI) 7-5, 6-0
6. Jeffrey Fradkin (UCLA) def. Matthew Sah (UCI) 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Giacomo Revelli/Patrick Zahraj (UCLA) def. Matthew Sah/Noah Zamora (UCI) 6-1
2. Timothy Li/Azuma Visaya (UCLA) vs. Lawee Sherif/Thomas Smart (UCI) 5-4, unfinished
3. Jeffrey Fradkin/Aadarsh Tripathi (UCLA) def. Ali Amiri/Enrique Luque Rico (UCI) 6-4
Match Notes:
UC Irvine 0-3
UCLA 5-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,6,1,2,3,4)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
5,6,1,2,3,4
Players Mentioned
