Waves Sweep UC Irvine For Third Consecutive Win

Thursday, March 2

Malibu, Calif.

11:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

UC Irvine

Photo by: Morgan Davenport

3/2/2023 2:05:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: By Athletic Communications

MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine men's tennis program shut out UC Irvine in a Thursday matinee, defeating the Aneaters 4-0 at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center for the Waves' third straight victory.

Doubles went the distance to begin the match, as the Pepperdine (4-5) tandem of Linus Carlsson Halldin (Stockholm, Sweden) and Pietro Fellin (Milan, Italy) collected a 6-3 win on court three to open up the scoring. This was the first dual season action of Halldin's career. After UC Irvine (1-5) got a win on the top court, a tiebreaker on court two would decide the doubles point. Maxi Homberg (Freising, Germany) and Max Wuelfing (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) took that court 7-6 (7) to give Pepperdine an early lead and momentum heading into singles.

The Waves kept the pressure on in singles, winning five of six first sets. Homberg was the first singles winner, taking court four from Rithvik Krishna 6-1, 6-4. Eero Vasa (Turku, Finland) then gave Pepperdine a 3-0 lead after a 6-3, 6-3 win on court two over Noah Zamora.

To close out the sweep, Fellin earned a 6-1, 6-3 win on court five.

RESULTS

DOUBLES

Park/Zamora def. De Jonge/Vasa 6-4
Homberg/Wuelfing def. Amiri/Smart 7-6 (7)
Carlsson Halldin/Fellin def. Sah/Sherif 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

SINGLES

#124 Zeitvogel vs. Luque Rico 4-6, 3-3 unfinished
Vasa def. Zamora 6-3, 6-3
Hadigian vs. Park 6-4, 5-3 unfinished
Homberg def. Krishna 6-1, 6-4
Fellin def. Amiri 6-1, 6-3
Shelton vs. Smart 6-4, 5-1 unfinished

Order of finish: 4, 2, 5*

NEXT UP: Pepperdine heads to San Diego for the weekend, competing in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship which starts tonight. On Sunday, the Waves will face Penn in a neutral-site match at 2 p.m. on the campus of the University of San Diego.

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