'Dogs win 4-3 thriller over Aztecs on the road

SAN DIEGO – The Fresno State men's tennis team won a crucial Mountain West match on Friday afternoon, defeating San Diego State 4-3 in the Aztec Tennis Center.

Fresno State improves 12-9 (2-1 MW) this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Doubles – The Bulldogs sported a new doubles lineup. Zdenek Derkas and Patrik Pech played at the No. 1 position, Mantas Bugailiskis and Cem Erturk played at the No. 2 position along with Angus Bradshaw and Cagatay Soke at the No. 3 position.

Bradshaw and Soke defeated their opponents at the No. 3 position 6-3. Bugailiskis and Soke clinched the doubles point at the No. 2 position, defeating the Aztecs 6-2. The match at the No. 1 position was left unfinished.

The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead into singles play.

Singles – San Diego State tied the match 1-1 when Erturk fell to his opponent 6-4, 6-1. Derkas routed his opponent at the No. 1 position 7-5, 6-0. Derkas remains undefeated in conference play with a 3-0 record at the No. 1 position.

With a win at the No. 3 position, the Aztecs tied the match 2-2. Bradshaw retook the lead for the Bulldogs with a three-set win at the No. 2 position (6-0, 5-7, 7-5). The match was knotted 3-3 when San Diego State managed a three-set victory at the No. 4 position.

Soke clinched the match for Fresno State at the No. 6 position after he fought to grind out a win against his opponent in three set tiebreaker 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(3).

RESULTS
Fresno State 4, San Diego State 3
April 5, 2019
San Diego, Calif.
Aztec Tennis Center

Doubles
1. Zdenek Derkas/Patrik Pech (FS) vs. Sander Gjoels-Andersen/Ignacio Martinez (SDSU), DNF
2. Mantas Bugailiskis/Cem Erturk (FS) def. Jan Kirchhoff/Fabian Roensdorf (SDSU), 6-2
3. Angus Bradshaw/Cagatay Soke (FS) def. Rafael Gonzalez Almazan/Arnaud Restifo (SDSU), 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 2
Fresno State wins doubles point

Singles
1. Zdenek Derkas (FS) def. Sander Gjoels-Andersen (SDSU), 7-5, 6-0
2. Angus Bradshaw (FS) def. Fabian Roensdorf (SDSU), 6-0, 5-7, 7-5
3. Jan Kirchhoff (SDSU) def. Mantas Bugailiskis (FS), 7-6(4), 6-4
4. Ignacio Martinez (SDSU) def. Jeremy Moser (FS), 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
5. Arnaud Restifo (SDSU) def. Cem Erturk (FS), 6-4, 6-1
6. Cagatay Soke (FS) def. Rafael Gonzalez Almazan (SDSU), 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(3)

Order of finish: 5, 1, 3, 2, 4, 6*
* Match-clinching victory

Records: SDSU (9-8, 1-2 MW), FS (12-9, 2-1 MW)

WHAT'S NEXT
Fresno State will travel to the Silver State to face UNLV on Sunday, April 7 at 11 a.m. PT at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

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Players Mentioned

Angus Bradshaw

Mantas Bugailiskis

Zdenek Derkas

Cem Erturk

Jeremy Moser

Patrik Pech

Cagatay Soke

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