SEATTLE, Washington – The Pepperdine men's tennis program started its week-long road trip on a high note, dispatching #51 Washington 4-2 on Wednesday night at the Nordstrom Tennis Center to round out the non-conference portion of its schedule.
 
Doubles were close throughout, as the teams exchanged leads on all three courts. Pepperdine (11-7) took court two to open the scoring after Maxi Homberg (Freising, Germany) and Eero Vasa (Turku, Finland) posted a 6-4 win. The Waves clinched the doubles point over Washington (10-6) with a 6-4 win on court three courtesy of Linus Carlsson Halldin (Stockholm, Sweden) and Pietro Fellin (Milan, Italy).
 
Singles was neck-and-neck throughout, and the Waves took four of six first sets. Washington, however, tied the match and took its first lead of the day with straight-set wins on courts three and six. Soon after, #94 Tim Zeitvogel (Baden-Baden, Germany) earned a critical 6-2, 7-6 (6) win on court two over #111 Dzianis Zharyn to tie the match at two apiece.
 
With three courts remaining, #69 Daniel De Jonge (Vlissingen, Netherlands) ground out a 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-0 win on the top court over Han-Chih Lin to give the Waves a 3-2 lead. Fellin closed out the match by defeating Jim Hendrikx 7-6 (7), 6-3 on court five to clinch Pepperdine's fifth consecutive win.
 
RESULTS
 
DOUBLES
 
#47 De Jonge/Zeitvogel vs. #51 Bouchelaghem/Zharyn 5-4 unfinished
Homberg/Vasa def. Pearson/Suko 6-4
Carlsson Halldin/Fellin def. Hendrikx/Lin 6-4
 
Order of finish: 2, 3
 
SINGLES
 
#69 De Jonge def. Lin 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-0
#94 Zeitvogel def. #111 Zharyn 6-2, 7-6 (6)
#103 Bouchelaghem def. Vasa 6-2, 6-4
Homberg vs. Suko 6-3, 5-7, 3-4 unfinished
Fellin def. Hendrikx 7-6 (7), 6-3
Pearson def. Carlsson Halldin 6-4, 7-5
 
Order of finish: 3, 6, 2, 1, 5*
 
NEXT UP: Pepperdine stays in Washington to face Gonzaga on Friday, April 7th at 1 p.m.
 
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