As can be expected of a team that features the nation’s No. 1-, No. 5- and No. 51-ranked singles players, UCLA men’s tennis has had few problems dominating singles play so far this year. But in doubles, the story has been less encouraging – the No. 4 Bruins (7-1) have lost five of the last six doubles […]
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UCLA men’s tennis loses indoors championship semifinal to USC
Marcos Giron’s serves answered the call each time after he fell behind 1-4 in his third set. But the junior never broke Yannick Hanfmann’s serve and his final, backhanded return flew into the right alley to send UCLA men’s tennis to its first loss of the year and second straight 3-4 semifinal loss to USC on Sunday […]
UCLA men’s tennis set to compete at ITA National Indoors
Last weekend, the UCLA men’s tennis match against Stanford was canceled at a 1-1 tie because of rain, but poor weather will not be an issue for the Bruins this weekend at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. The tournament, hosted by Texas A&M; in Houston, begins Friday and concludes on Monday. The Pac-12, SEC, […]
UCLA men’s tennis matches ruined by untimely rain
Palo Alto rain extinguished any spark kindled within the men’s tennis team, two sets into a Sunday match against Stanford, and No. 2 UCLA concluded its two-part Bay Area trip without a win or loss. The Bruins responded to a two-hour rain delay to start the match by losing their third consecutive doubles point of […]
Men’s tennis to face St. Mary’s, Stanford this weekend
The UCLA men’s tennis team looks to remain undefeated as it takes on Saint Mary’s College on Saturday in Moraga, Calif. and Pac-12 opponent Stanford on Sunday. The Bruins are taking no match lightly, but their main concern this weekend will be defeating their conference rival the Cardinal, which coach Billy Martin said he feels […]
No. 2 men’s tennis defeats Georgia in close contest
In the end, it all came down to Joseph DiGiulio. UCLA and Georgia were even at 3-3 as his match entered its third and deciding set. Constantly playing with a deficit, UCLA had fought back repeatedly to put the team’s fate in the hands of this Bruin freshman. No pressure. With the score at 5-4 […]
USC’s Marks Stadium to host UCLA men’s tennis, SEC teams
On the road to the NCAA championship, the two conferences that hold over 80 percent of all NCAA men’s tennis titles will take their shot at each other this weekend. UCLA men’s tennis heads to USC this weekend for the first of four annual installments in the Pac-12/SEC Challenge. No. 2 UCLA opens against No. […]