Men's Tennis Defeats Tulsa 4-1

Sunday, February 26

Tulsa, Okla.

10:30 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Tulsa

Photo by: Jeff Golden

2/26/2023 1:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: By Athletic Communications

TULSA, Oklahoma – A late change of location didn't matter to the Pepperdine men's tennis program as the Waves won their second consecutive match, defeating Tulsa 4-1 at the Case Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

Pepperdine (3-5) took command in doubles early, as court two's duo of Maxi Homberg (Freising, Germany) and Eero Vasa (Turku, Finland) won 6-1 to open the scoring. #36 Daniel De Jonge (Vlissingen, Netherlands) and Tim Zeitvogel (Baden-Baden, Germany) clinched the doubles point for the Waves with a top-50, 6-4 win on the main court to give Pepperdine an important 1-0 lead heading into singles.

The Waves kept Tulsa (5-4) at bay in the early portion of singles, taking four of six first sets. However, it was the Golden Hurricane who struck first with a win on court four to even the match. Pepperdine responded, though, as Pietro Fellin (Milan, Italy) defeated Daniel Siddall 6-1, 6-3 on court six and Vasa took down Callum Gale 7-5, 6-2 on court three to open up a 3-1 lead.

To close out the match, Homberg won a 7-5, 6-0 decision on court five over Ezequiel Santall to wrap up the victory for Pepperdine.

RESULTS

DOUBLES

#36 De Jonge/Zeitvogel def. #45 Di Marco/Pearson 6-4
Homberg/Vasa def. Gaber/Santalla 6-1
Fellin/Hadigian vs. Carlsson Seger/Siddall 4-5 unfinished

Order of finish: 2, 1

SINGLES

#61 De Jonge vs. #53 Pearson 2-6, 3-5 unfinished
#124 Zeitvogel vs. Hampe 7-5, 5-3 unfinished
Vasa def. Gale 7-5, 6-2
Zakharov def. Hadigian 6-3, 6-0
Homberg def. Santalla 7-5, 6-0
Fellin def. Siddall 6-1, 6-3

Order of finish: 4, 6, 3, 5*

NEXT UP: Pepperdine returns to host UC Irvine on Thursday, March 2 at 11 a.m. Following the match, the Waves will head to San Diego for the Pac Coast Doubles Championship on Friday and Saturday. Pepperdine will face Penn in San Diego on Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m.

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