The Oregon men’s tennis team came away with both the “A” and “B” open doubles titles at the Bulldog Classic in Fresno, Calif., over the weekend, capping an impressive showing over the tournament’s three days.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4407&SPID=248&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205307720&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Junior Jeff Mullen and sophomore Robin Cambier combined to defeat Fresno State’s Zach Leslie and Sai Kartik Nakireddi by a score of 8-3 for the A title. Senior Jose Izquierdo and sophomore Aaron Clissold, meanwhile, took the “B” title by way of a commanding 8-2 victory over University of South Florida’s Germain Bahri and Zach Jiganti.
“We played phenomenal,” Oregon head coach Nils Schyllander said to goducks.com. “Our doubles play was outstanding this weekend, and if we can keep at this level, we can be a threat to anyone in the nation.”
The Ducks were less successful in singles play, with no one making it past the semifinals round. Junior Jeff Mullen faced off with Nevada’s Wessim Derbel for a chance to play in the finals, but lost in three sets (1-6, 6-3, 7-5).@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4407&SPID=248&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205307478&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Still, Schyllander couldn’t have been more pleased with the weekend’s results.
“It was just a good start to the fall season,” Schyllander told goducks.com. “And we will look to keep improving and hopefully take things to another level.”