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Competition Results
May 14, 2009
NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
Men’s Round of 16
May 14, 2009,
George P. Mitchell Tennis Center
College Station Texas
#7 UCLA 4, #22 Miami 1
RECORDS: UCLA 20-4; Miami 16-9
SINGLES
1. (#64) Matt Brooklyn, UCLA vs. (#13) Daniel Vallverdu, UM, 6-3, 5-2, DNF
2. (#49) Haythem Abid, UCLA def. David Rosenfeld, UM, 6-2, 6-0
3. Harel Srugo, UCLA def. Carl Sundberg, UM, 6-2, 6-3
4. Holden Seguso, UCLA def. Keith Crowley, UM, 6-1, 7-6 (7)
5. Christian Blocker, UM def. (#100) Michael Look, UCLA, 6-2, 6-4
6. (#107) Nick Meister, UCLA vs. Ignacio Taboada, UM, 7-5, 1-6, 1-0, DNF
DOUBLES
1. (#52) Look/Meister, UCLA vs. (#38) Vallverdu/Rosenfeld, UM, 4-5, DNF
2. (#80) Inbar/Srugo, UCLA def. Simon/Blocker, UM, 8-4
3. Abid/Seguso, UCLA def. Sundberg/Crowley, UM, 8-3
ORDER OF FINISH: Doubles: 3, 2; Singles: 2, 5, 3, 4
NOTES:
UCLA advances to quarterfinals and will face the winner between No. 2 Mississippi and No. 15 Texas A&M on Saturday at 5 p.m... UCLA improves to 11-0 all-time against Miami … At 20-4 overall, UCLA has now posted its 11th straight 20-win season … The Bruins extend their winning streak to 13 (last loss was Feb. 28 against Stanford, 4-3) … UCLA has reached at least the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament every year since the team format was adopted in 1977 (33 in a row) … With their win Thursday, UCLA’s No. 2 doubles team of Amit Inbar and Harel Srugo improve to 14-0 on the year.
QUOTES:
UCLA Head Coach Billy Martin:
“I thought we played a good match, especially for being the first one down here. I’m always a little nervous seeing how we react to new conditions. We had a little bit of wind although tonight was probably perfect conditions for the eight matches I’ve ever played down here, which I think helped us a lot. I was very happy. I thought we came out and played very good doubles in the beginning and continued on in the singles, although Miami was really starting to give us a great battle there. Holden Seguso doesn’t win that tiebreaker and we were in two tough three sets at four and six. Matt Brooklyn was up against a great player and just one break. I didn’t feel overly confident by any means with that. We hope if we continue to win, we’ll continue to get a little bit better and a little bit more comfortable with the surroundings. Certainly I believe the opponents get better with each round. We’re going to have to play the winner of this great match out there with A&M and Mississippi, both really good teams. One has a lot better cheering section than the other, but either team is going to be a heck of a battle for us. If we’re lucky enough to get by that one. We certainly know the next one doesn’t get any easier.”
Miami Head Coach Mario Rincon:
“Obviously, UCLA is a very good team. I think one through six in singles, they are extremely even. They don’t really have a very strong point, but all of them are consistent. In order to beat a team like that, you’re going to have to play all six matches well. They took it to us in doubles. Our team was a little bit nervous at the beginning of the match. UCLA is a more experienced team. They’ve been in this situation plenty of more times than that, and I think that played a part. I wish that we could play this type of match more often. In the Sweet Sixteen, obviously it’s really hard to get here, but overall I don’t feel that we played a bad match. UCLA was just better than us.”
