MALIBU, Calif. – No. 20 Bassam Beidas clinched the match against Princeton for the Pepperdine men’s tennis team Friday afternoon, at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center, 7-0. The Waves are on a five game winning streak.
Pepperdine (8-6) swept the doubles competition to win the doubles point over Princeton (7-5). No. 3 doubles James Lemke (Melbourne, Australia) and Mahmoud Kamel (Paris, France) won the first doubles match, 8-3. Beidas (Cairo, Egypt) and Rickus de Villiers (South Africa) clinched the doubles point for the Waves in the No. 2 position with a win over Peter Capkovic and George Carpeni, 8-6. No .23 ranked doubles Andre Begemann (Blomberg, Germany) and Omar Altmann (Cairo, Egypt) defeated Alex Kruger-Wyman and Peter Capkovic in No. 1 doubles, in a tie breaker, 9-8 (4).
Brian Brogan (Los Gatos, California) defeated Parker Preyer, 6-1, 6-0, in No. 6 singles to give the Waves a 2-0 lead. No. 10 Begemman finished second in No. 1 doubles, 6-3, 6-4 and Beidas finished third on the next court, in the No. 2 position, 6-1, 6-4, to clinch the match.
No. 123 Altmann played a tough match in No. 3 singles to defeat Kruger-Wyman, 6-4, 7-5.
"I knew I had to play aggressive because I had just played against Kruger-Wyman in doubles and I knew he had a big serve. I broke him down in the first set and then again in the second," said Altmann.
Next up, the Waves host Texas Christian University Saturday, March 22, at 1 p.m., at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
Tennis Match Results
Princeton vs Pepperdine
Mar 21, 2008 at
#15 Pepperdine 7, #64 Princeton 0
Singles competition
1. #10 Andre Begemann (PEP) def. Peter Capkovic (PU) 6-3, 6-4
2. #20 Bassam Beidas (PEP) def. George Carpeni (PU) 6-1, 6-4
3. #123 Omar Altmann (PEP) def. Alex Krueger-Wyman (PU) 6-4, 7-5
4. Mahmoud Kamel (PEP) def. Charlie Brosen (PU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Johannes de Villiers (PEP) def. Alex Faust (PU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Brian Brogan (PEP) def. Parker Preyer (PU) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #23 Begemann/ Altmann (PEP) def. Krueger-Wyman/ Carpeni (PU) 9-8 (7-4)
2. Beidas/ de Villiers (PEP) def. Capkovic/ Vuckovic (PU) 8-6
3. Lemke/ Kamel (PEP) def.Gober/Faust (PU) 8-3
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,1,2,5,3,4)
