Saturday, April 1
Seattle, WA
1:00 PM
University of Washington
2
vs
4
Oregon
Huskies Can’t Rally Back Against Ducks
April 01, 2023 | Men's Tennis
SEATTLE – Oregon snapped a five-match Husky series win streak today with a 4-2 victory over the Dawgs at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. Washington (10-5, 1-1 Pac-12) got singles wins from Han-Chih Lin and Cesar Bouchelaghem but settled for a season split in the rivalry. The Ducks (12-7, 1-1 Pac-12) got revenge for a 4-3 UW win in Eugene earlier this year, and got the Pac-12 counter.
"There's no easy matches out there, and I hope people say that about us as well," said Head Coach Rahim Esmail. "We're going to compete hard, and honestly they just competed harder than we did today. The last time we played them we played with that attitude and we were on top. Today, they played with something to prove and were a little hungrier and had more energy. That's the way it went today, and our guys didn't compete poorly, we just didn't raise our level the way we needed to today."
The Huskies came up just short in the doubles point, as the Ducks won a decisive tiebreaker on the top court to clinch the point and take some momentum into singles. Brett Pearson and Nedim Suko had a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles but Jim Hendrikx and Han-Chih Lin fell, 1-6, at No. 3 doubles. It came down to Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn against 14th-ranked Joshua Charlton and Quinn Vandecasteele. The teams kept holding serve until reaching a tiebreak, but the Ducks duo took it, 7-4.
Lin got the first big singles point for the Huskies with a 7-5, 6-1 upset of 106th-ranked Charlton at the No. 1 spot. That was his second win this year over Charlton after Lin clinched the victory in the first meeting.
Bouchelaghem also rolled in his first set, but the Huskies regretted some missed opportunities at No. 2 and No. 4, where Zharyn and Nedim Suko both served for their first sets, and had set point chances, but both got broken and eventually dropped those sets as Oregon won four first sets total to stay in front.
"We weren't able to capitalize and that makes a big difference," said Esmail. "You win one of those sets and it can go a different way."
Bouchelaghem would get forced to a third set at No. 3 singles, but then he dominated in the third to finish a 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 win over Ivailo Keremedchiev. That puts the 102nd-ranked sophomore at 15-0 in dual play, and given that he won his final five matches in the fall, it's now 20 wins in a row.
But the Ducks finished off straight set wins at the four and five spots to move a point away. Jim Hendrikx fought hard to try and force a third, but came up short to Vlad Breazu, 0-6, 5-7, at No. 5. Suko fell to Jesper Klov-Nilsson at No. 4, 5-7, 1-6.
Brett Pearson had rallied from dropping his first set and won his second and was leading 4-3 in the third set. UW needed Zharyn to force a third set at No. 2 against Vandecasteele, but he dropped his serve at 4-4 in the second set and Vandecasteele served it out in the next game to finish it, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Washington will have a big opportunity to bounce right back this coming Wednesday, in a recently added non-conference match against Pepperdine. That match will be at 5 p.m.
Washington Men's Tennis
April 1, 2023
Seattle, Wash. | Nordstrom Tennis Center
#48 Washington – 2
#64 Oregon – 4
Singles
1. Han-Chih Lin (UW) def. (#106) Joshua Charlton (UO) – 7-5, 6-1
2. Quinn Vandecasteele (UO) def. Dzianis Zharyn (UW) – 7-6 (4), 6-4
3. (#102) Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) def. Ivailo Keremedchiev (UO) – 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
4. Jesper Klov-Nilsson (UO) def. Nedim Suko (UW) – 7-5, 6-1
5. Vlad Breazu (UO) def. Jim Hendrikx (UW) – 6-0, 7-5
6. Brett Pearson (UW) vs. Ray Lo (UO) – 4-6, 6-2, 4-3, DNF
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 4, 3, 2
Doubles
1. (#14) Charlton/Q. Vandecasteele (UO) def. (#61) Zharyn/Bouchelaghem (UW) – 7-6 (4)
2. Suko/Pearson (UW) def. Keremedchiev/Klov-Nilsson (UO) – 6-3
3. L. Vandecasteele/Lo (UO) def. Lin/Hendrikx (UW) – 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
"There's no easy matches out there, and I hope people say that about us as well," said Head Coach Rahim Esmail. "We're going to compete hard, and honestly they just competed harder than we did today. The last time we played them we played with that attitude and we were on top. Today, they played with something to prove and were a little hungrier and had more energy. That's the way it went today, and our guys didn't compete poorly, we just didn't raise our level the way we needed to today."
The Huskies came up just short in the doubles point, as the Ducks won a decisive tiebreaker on the top court to clinch the point and take some momentum into singles. Brett Pearson and Nedim Suko had a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles but Jim Hendrikx and Han-Chih Lin fell, 1-6, at No. 3 doubles. It came down to Bouchelaghem and Dzianis Zharyn against 14th-ranked Joshua Charlton and Quinn Vandecasteele. The teams kept holding serve until reaching a tiebreak, but the Ducks duo took it, 7-4.
Lin got the first big singles point for the Huskies with a 7-5, 6-1 upset of 106th-ranked Charlton at the No. 1 spot. That was his second win this year over Charlton after Lin clinched the victory in the first meeting.
?? Hans puts the Dawgs on the board on the top court!! ??
— Washington Men's Tennis (@UW_MTennis) April 1, 2023
Takes down 106th-ranked Charlton for the second time this season
UW - 1; UO - 1#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/XR1Acaiuhi
Bouchelaghem also rolled in his first set, but the Huskies regretted some missed opportunities at No. 2 and No. 4, where Zharyn and Nedim Suko both served for their first sets, and had set point chances, but both got broken and eventually dropped those sets as Oregon won four first sets total to stay in front.
"We weren't able to capitalize and that makes a big difference," said Esmail. "You win one of those sets and it can go a different way."
Bouchelaghem would get forced to a third set at No. 3 singles, but then he dominated in the third to finish a 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 win over Ivailo Keremedchiev. That puts the 102nd-ranked sophomore at 15-0 in dual play, and given that he won his final five matches in the fall, it's now 20 wins in a row.
But the Ducks finished off straight set wins at the four and five spots to move a point away. Jim Hendrikx fought hard to try and force a third, but came up short to Vlad Breazu, 0-6, 5-7, at No. 5. Suko fell to Jesper Klov-Nilsson at No. 4, 5-7, 1-6.
Brett Pearson had rallied from dropping his first set and won his second and was leading 4-3 in the third set. UW needed Zharyn to force a third set at No. 2 against Vandecasteele, but he dropped his serve at 4-4 in the second set and Vandecasteele served it out in the next game to finish it, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Washington will have a big opportunity to bounce right back this coming Wednesday, in a recently added non-conference match against Pepperdine. That match will be at 5 p.m.
Washington Men's Tennis
April 1, 2023
Seattle, Wash. | Nordstrom Tennis Center
#48 Washington – 2
#64 Oregon – 4
Singles
1. Han-Chih Lin (UW) def. (#106) Joshua Charlton (UO) – 7-5, 6-1
2. Quinn Vandecasteele (UO) def. Dzianis Zharyn (UW) – 7-6 (4), 6-4
3. (#102) Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) def. Ivailo Keremedchiev (UO) – 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
4. Jesper Klov-Nilsson (UO) def. Nedim Suko (UW) – 7-5, 6-1
5. Vlad Breazu (UO) def. Jim Hendrikx (UW) – 6-0, 7-5
6. Brett Pearson (UW) vs. Ray Lo (UO) – 4-6, 6-2, 4-3, DNF
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 4, 3, 2
Doubles
1. (#14) Charlton/Q. Vandecasteele (UO) def. (#61) Zharyn/Bouchelaghem (UW) – 7-6 (4)
2. Suko/Pearson (UW) def. Keremedchiev/Klov-Nilsson (UO) – 6-3
3. L. Vandecasteele/Lo (UO) def. Lin/Hendrikx (UW) – 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
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