Oregon (4-1) welcomed Nevada (0-0) for the Wolf Pack’s first match of the season. The Ducks kept the undefeated home streak alive with ease Friday evening, sweeping Nevada 7-0. 
“We really made an emphasis to come out with a lot of energy early,” head coach Nils Schyllander said. “Because there is definitely some uncertainty your first time out and I think we were able to use that to our advantage.”
The Ducks took care of the doubles point with ease. In under 30 minutes, Kevin Farin and Jayson Amos, Daan Maasland and Daniel Sardu beat their Nevada opponents 6-2 and 6-1, respectively. Simon Stevens and Cormac Clissold – a freshman combination – was called off with the two-match sweep.
On court one, Farin was matched up against Moez Chargui. In set one, Farin was outmatched by Chargui, 4-6 hitting the bench in frustration. Early into set two, Farin was struggling to find his rhythm and the balls weren’t bouncing his way.
Chargui’s accuracy was wearing down Farin, but he kept fighting. And, eventually, he made his comeback. Down by two points at one time, Farin battled back late in the second set to tie it at 4. The set went to a tie-breaking round. Farin got a 4-3 advantage and never looked back, winning 7-4, forcing a match tie-breaker. Down 3-5, Farin came back for 5 consecutive points making it 8-5. Farin’s comeback was completed winning, 10-6.
“It was a battle of the will, a very physical match” Schyllander said. “(Farin) stepped up and played really aggressive when he closed it out.”
Maasland and Cormac Clissold handled their opponents well during singles. Maasland swept the first set over Andrew Poustie on court two and won set two 6-3 to earn Oregon the point. Clisshold’s sets were tallied by a thinner margin, 6-3 and 6-2, but the freshman was poised controlling the match, and the point, over Nevada’s Robert Margitfalvi.
“(Maasland) the last couple of matches has done a great job,” Schyllander said.
Maasland improved to 6-2 on the season and 4-1 on court two.
“I started well and have a lot of confidence here,” Maasland said.
For Clissold, the win was his first on court six.
With their courts being the first to finish, the Ducks only needed one more point to take the match. And within minutes of Clisshold’s finish, they got it in.
On court four, Sardu was clinical. Nevada’s Robert Allan went on few runs, but Sardu’s experience showed. The senior finished his sets 6-3 and 6-4, respectively. Sardu is now 2-0 on court four and 7-2 on the season.
With three courts still playing, the Ducks had claimed the match and improved their overall record to 5-1. They play Nevada again tomorrow, Saturday, at 3 p.m. at the Student Tennis Center.
Here are the final results:
Doubles:
1. Farin/Amos vs. Allan/Chargui – 6-2 Oregon
2. Maasland/Sardu vs. Sunago/Poustie – 6-1 Oregon.
3. Stevens/Clissold vs. O’Donovan/Margitfalvi – 5-3.
Singles:
1. Kevin Farin vs. Moez Chargui – 4-6, 7-6 (7-4 tiebreaker), 10-6
2. Daan Maasland vs. Andrew Poustie -6-0, 6-3 Oregon
3. Jayson Amos vs. Ryan Andrada – 6-2, 6-2 Oregon
4. Daniel Sardu vs. Robert Allan – 6-3, 6-4 Oregon
5. Simon Stevens vs. Peter O’Donovan – 6-4, 6-3 Oregon
6. Cormac Clissold vs. Robert Margitfalvi – 6-3, 6-2 Oregon
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