Fresno State Athletics
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Bulldogs Remain Perfect on Season
1/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 27, 2010
FRESNO, Calif. - No. 46 Fresno State maintained its homecourt dominancy at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center with a 6-1 victory over No. 71 Pacific on Wednesday.
The `Dogs came out with a purpose, as they swept the doubles portion of the match.
No. 20 Mirko Zapletal and Taylor Leiby knocked off the Tigers' top duo of Vegerd Veskimagi and Fernando Ristow, 8-3. No. 36 Rikus de Villiers and Remi Boutillier defeated Artem Gramma and Ivan Garcia-Castro, 8-2, and Siddharth Alapati and Tejesvi Veerepalli beat Karl-Erik Paaro and Renan Delsin, 8-3.
"I'm really happy with the way we came out for doubles," Fresno State head coach Jay Udwadia said. "I thought all three doubles teams played really well."
The `Dogs kept the momentum through singles.
De Villiers clinched the match for the `Dogs with his dramatic 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Ivan Castro-Garcia.
"I just wanted to keep the ball in play and not make any mistakes," de Villiers said about his tiebreaker victory in the second set.
Newcomer and 83rd-ranked David Ayoun continued his tear with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Paaro.
Boutillier, Veerepalli and Alapati also recorded victories in singles action for the Bulldogs.
Fresno State improves to 3-0 on the season, as it now sets its focus on No. 12 Texas A&M for the first qualifying round of the ITA National Team Indoors on Friday in College Station, Texas.
NCAA MEN'S TENNIS
Jan. 27, 2010 - Fresno, Calif.
No. 46 Fresno State 6, No. 71 Pacific 1
Doubles
1. No. 20 Zapletal/Leiby (FS) def. Veskimagi/Ristow (PAC), 8-3
2. No. 36 Boutillier/de Villiers (FS) def. Gramma/Garcia-Castro (PAC), 8-2
3. Alapati/Veerepalli (FS) def. Paaro/Delsin (PAC), 8-3
Order of Completion: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1. No. 103 Artem Gramma (PAC) def. Mirko Zapletal (FS), 6-1, 6-0
2. Rikus de Villiers (FS) def. Ivan Garcia-Castro (PAC), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
3. Remi Boutillier (FS) def. Fernando Ristow (PAC), 6-3, 6-4
4. Tejesvi Veerepalli (FS) def. Vegerd Veskimagi (PAC), 6-2, 6-3
5. No. 83 David Ayoun (FS) def. Karl-Erik Paaro (PAC), 6-2, 6-2
6. Siddharth Alapati (FS) def. Renan Delsin (PAC), 7-5, 6-2
Order of Completion: 1, 5, 4, 2*, 3, 6
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