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Men's Tennis Beats South Florida, 4-0

MALIBU, Calif. - The #17 Pepperdine men's tennis team advanced to the second round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend with a 4-0 victory over #37 South Florida on Saturday morning at UCLA.

The Waves (2-0) will take on either UCLA or Hawaii on Sunday at 10 a.m. The winner will advance to the ITA Indoor National Championships on Feb. 12-15 in Charlottesville, Va.

Senior Bassam Beidas (Cairo, Egypt) was a double winner at #1 doubles and #1 singles, as was freshman Sebastian Fanselow (Essen, Germany) at #3 doubles and #4 singles. Several matches were left unfinished once the doubles point was won and the match was clinched. The Waves won the first three singles matches in straight sets, including Beidas' 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jamal Adderley, who was ranked 64th nationally.

#17 Pepperdine 4, #37 South Florida 0

Doubles

  • 1) Bassam Beidas-Hugh Clarke (PEP) def. Thomas Estrada-Peter Frank (USF), 8-2
  • 2) #52 Alex Llompart-Finn Tearney (PEP) led Wael Kiliani-Yannick Yoshizawa (USF), 7-6, unfinished
  • 3) Sebastian Fanselow-Daniel Moss (PEP) def. Jamal Adderley-Mark Oljaca (USF), 8-5

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles

  • 1) #90 Bassam Beidas (PEP) def. #64 Jamal Adderley (USF), 6-3, 6-4
  • 2) Mousheg Hovhannisyan (PEP) vs. Wael Kilani (USF), 5-7, 6-0, 1-1, unfinished
  • 3) #70 Alex Llompart (PEP) vs. Peter Frank (USF), 6-3, 4-6, unfinished
  • 4) #96 Sebastian Fanselow (PEP) def. Mark Oljaca (USF), 6-4, 6-1
  • 5) Finn Tearney (PEP) def. Yannick Yoshizawa (USF), 6-4, 6-3
  • 6) Daniel Moss (PEP) led Alex Pukal (USF), 7-6 (7-3), 1-0, unfinished

Order of finish: 4, 5, 1

Records: Pepperdine 2-0, South Florida 1-2

 

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