Men's Tennis Starts the Season 2-0

Friday, January 20

Eugene, OR

11:00 AM

University of Oregon

Utah State

Photo by: Luke Domenick

01/20/23 | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

EUGENE, Ore. – The 2023 men's tennis team started on the right track on Friday, defeating Utah State 6-1 and UC Riverside 7-0.

Match one: Oregon's doubles lineups saw some new faces teaming up to kick of the new season. Ivailo Keremedchiev and Wichita State transfer Ray Lo were at the No. 2 spot in the doubles lineup, followed by freshman Vlad Breazu and Jesper Klov-Nilsson. The Duck's returning duo of Joshua Charlton and Quinn Vandecasteele continue to hold the No. 1 spot for Oregon.

Charlton and Vandecasteele gave the Ducks the first advantage of the match with a 6-4 win over Cierny and Zarkovic on court one. Court three then went to Utah State as Breazu and Klov-Nilsson were defeated by Ruiz and Savin of the Aggies. That left the point to be decided on court two, where Oregon clinched it 6-2.

The Ducks one-through-four spots in the singles lineup returned from last season, with Breazu and Lo rounding out the squad in fifth and sixth. Quinn was in top form today and got the second point of the day with a 6-0, 6-3 sweep. Klov-Nilsson quickly followed with the same scoreline, and Oregon found themselves in good shape up 3-0. Breazu clinched the match on court five in another sweep, 6-2, 6-3. With the match in-hand, Oregon played out the remaining singles matches.

The lone point of the day for Utah State came on court three, Keremedchiev falling 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8). Lo got his first singles win for Oregon in a battle at 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 1-0 (10-5). The match of the day took place on court one as Chartlon and Cierny went head-to-head. Charlton took the first set 7-6 with an incredible 13-11 tiebreak. The second set went 6-6 and Charlton edged out the win 7-2 in the tiebreak.

Results
Oregon Ducks 6, Utah State 1
Singles competition
1. Joshua Charlton (ORE) def. David Cierny (USU) 7-6 (13-11), 6-6 (7-2)
2. Quinn Vandecasteele (ORE) def. Bodin Zarkovic (USU) 6-0, 6-3
3. Stijn Paardekooper (USU) def. Ivailo Keremedchiev (ORE) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Jesper Klov-Nilsson (ORE) def. Nuno Pinheiro (USU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Vlad Breazu (ORE) def. Roko Savin (USU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Ray Lo (ORE) def. Javier Ruiz (USU) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)

Doubles competition
1. Joshua Charlton/Quinn Vandecasteele (ORE) def. David Cierny/Bodin Zarkovic (USU) 6-4
2. Ivailo Keremedchiev/Ray Lo (ORE) def. Stijn Paardekooper/Nuno Pinheiro (USU) 6-2
3. Javier Ruiz/Roko Savin (USU) def. Vlad Breazu/Jesper Klov-Nilsson (ORE) 6-4

Match Notes:
Utah State 0-1
Oregon Ducks 1-0
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,4,5,3,6,1)

Match two: Oregon picked up where they left off in match two, quickly securing the doubles point, winning all three matches. Luke Vandecasteele and Avi Shugar teamed up on court three and won 6-0. Five of the six Ducks in singles won in straight sets to give Oregon the victory. With the remaining matches to be played out, the final result was just a formality.

In the end, Charlton, Keremedchiev, Klov-Nilsson, Breazu and Luke Vandecasteele all won in straight sets. Quinn Vandecasteele clinched the sweep with a 10-6 tiebreak win.

Results:
Oregon Ducks 7, UC Riverside 0
Singles competition
1. Joshua Charlton (ORE) def. Daniel Velek (UCR) 6-3, 6-2
2. Quinn Vandecasteele (ORE) def. Antreas Djakouris (UCR) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
3. Ivailo Keremedchiev (ORE) def. Joshua Roth (UCR) 6-1, 6-1
4. Jesper Klov-Nilsson (ORE) def. Justin Lamy (UCR) 6-1, 6-0
5. Vlad Breazu (ORE) def. Aarav Sane (UCR) 6-3, 6-2
6. Luke Vandecasteele (ORE) def. Ryan Huynh (UCR) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Joshua Charlton/Quinn Vandecasteele (ORE) def. Joshua Roth/Antreas Djakouris (UCR) 6-1
2. Ivailo Keremedchiev/Ray Lo (ORE) def. Ryan Huynh/Daniel Velek (UCR) 6-1
3. Luke Vandecasteele/Avi Shugar (ORE) def. Aarav Sane/Matthew Yanuck (UCR) 6-0
Match Notes:
UC Riverside 0-3
Oregon Ducks 2-0
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,4,3,5,1,2)