Men's Tennis Crushes Washington 6-1

Monday, March 22

Malibu, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Washington

Photo by: Sarah Otteman

3/22/2021 9:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The 25^th-ranked Pepperdine men's tennis team defended their home courts on Monday as they routed a 6-1 win over Washington. Robert Shelton defeated Jack Pulliam 6-4, 7-6(4) on. Court five for the Waves' clinch point.

RESULTS
#25 Pepperdine 6, Washington 1
Singles
1. Chidekh, Clement (UW) def. Oetzbach, Adrian (PEPP) 6-2, 6-0
2. DeJonge, Daniel (PEPP) def. #65 Davis, Jack (UW) 6-3, 6-1
3. Den Ouden, Guy (PEPP) def. Lumsden, Ewen (UW) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
4. Zeitvogel, Tim (PEPP) def. Lin, Han-Chih (UW) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
5. Shelton, Robert (PEPP) def. Pulliam, Jack (UW) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
6. Fellin, Pietro (PEPP) def. Reddy, Nikit (UW) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Den Ouden, Guy/Oetzbach, Adrian (PEPP) def. Alvarez, Alexis/Davis, Jack (UW) 6-0
2. Zeitvogel, Tim/DeJonge, Daniel (PEPP) def. Cancel, Thibault/Chidekh, Clement (UW) 6-3
3. Shelton, Robert/Fellin, Pietro (PEPP) vs. Lin, Han-Chih/Lumsden, Ewen (UW) 3-2, unfinished

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,1,6,5,3,4)

RECAP
The guys started off the day in doubles, seeing a quick clinch point go to the Waves after Tim Zeitvogel and Daniel De Jonge defeated their Huskies opponents on court two to send the match into singles play.

First on the board was De Jonge, who upset #65 Jack Davis easily going 6-3, 6-1on court two. The Waves stumbled on court one, but never looked back as the rest of the Ralphs-Straus ] courts saw only Pepperdine wins.

Pietro Fellin delivered the Waves' penultimate point on court six over Nikit Reddy, going 6-1, 6-2.

Sophomore Robert Shelton clinched the match for Pepperdine on. Court five by a score of 6-4, 7-6(4). Courts three and four followed suit, seeing a Guy Den Ouden win 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 on two and finally a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 win on four for Zeitvogel.

UP NEXT
The Waves head to Santa Clara and San Francisco this weekend to kick off West Coast Conference play.