Friday, April 21
Seattle, WA
3:00 PM
University of Washington
4
vs
1
Stanford
Huskies Upset No. 17 Stanford
April 21, 2023 | Men's Tennis
SEATTLE – For the first time since 2007, the Husky men's tennis team fought off the Cardinal. Washington (11-10, 2-5 Pac-12) upset 17th-ranked Stanford (13-8, 4-3 Pac-12) by a 4-1 count today at the Nordstrom Tennis Center, getting their biggest win of the season in the second-to-last match of the regular season.
Washington got the key doubles point in a decisive tiebreak to take the 1-0 lead, then took four of the six first sets in singles to keep the momentum going. Then Brett Pearson and Jim Hendrikx closed out their singles victories to push the lead to 3-0. The clincher came at No. 2 singles where Cesar Bouchelaghem rebounded from his first and to date only singles loss of the season, as he got the highest-ranked win of his career, beating 12th-ranked Nishesh Basavareddy, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
It was a heck of a way to snap a six-match losing skid for the Huskies, during which time Head Coach Rahim Esmail said the Huskies had to keep working to get better each and every day and be ready when the opportunities came.
"The guys fought and we've kept fighting and believing in ourselves," said Esmail. "Any season you have ups and downs and when you have opportunities you hope you can take advantage of them. At the start of the season I thought we did a great job of believing in what we're building, and we hit a patch where we were tested on the road against really tough teams, and we had opportunities that didn't go our way. The important thing we focused on was to get better every day. We put ourselves in a position today because of the way we fought."
Esmail credited the full team effort today that also saw Dzianis Zharyn and Nedim Suko battling into third sets when the match was halted. Suko was actually two points from ending things earlier, as he led at No. 4 singles, 6-4, 5-4 and was at 30-30 on the serve of Stanford's Aryan Chaudhary, but the Cardinal held serve and then won the next two games to take things to a third set before Bouchelaghem clinched on the adjacent court.
Zharyn bounced back from a tiebreak first set loss to win his second set, 6-3, and he broke serve to go up 1-0 in the third set on court three against Filip Kolasinski when the match ended.
Pearson posted a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles over Stanford's Anders Matta, and then Hendrikx put the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles over Isaac Gorelick. Stanford's one point came at No. 1 singles, where 22nd-ranked Max Basing held off Han-Chih Lin, 6-4, 7-5.
In doubles, Bouchelaghem and Zharyn earned the Dawgs the first win with a 6-2 victory at the top court over Chaudhary/Kolasinski. The Dawgs switched things up with their lineups at 2 and 3. At the two spot, Nedim Suko teamed with Jim Hendrikx for the first time.
Suko and Hendrikx were down a break but got even at 4-4. After Stanford's Basing/Basavareddy held for 4-5, the Huskies had a 40-15 start to their service game, but Stanford won the next three points to break and win the match, 4-6.
At No. 3, Han-Chih Lin and Brett Pearson saved two match points serving at 2-5, and then they broke and held to get back even at 5-5. The set went to a tiebreak at 6-6, and Stanford won three of the first four points, but then the Dawgs won five in a row to earn match point at 6-3 in the breaker. Stanford saved one, but the Huskies clinched on the next rally to take the doubles point.
Washington will have another big opportunity at hand in the regular season finale on Sunday, as 28th-ranked California comes in for a 12 noon match at either Nordstrom Tennis Center or Bill Quillian Stadium.
Washington Men's Tennis
April 21, 2023
Seattle, Wash. | Nordstrom Tennis Center
#56 Washington – 4
#17 Stanford – 1
Singles
1. (#22) Max Basing (Stan) def. Han-Chih Lin (UW) – 6-4, 7-5
2. (#124) Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) def. (#12) Nishesh Basavareddy (Stan) – 7-6 (1), 6-3
3. Dzianis Zharyn (UW) vs. Filip Kolasinski (Stan) – 6-7 (1), 6-3, 1-0, DNF
4. Nedim Suko (UW) vs. Aryan Chaudhary (Stan) – 6-4, 5-7, DNF
5. Jim Hendrikx (UW) def. Isaac Gorelik (Stan) – 6-4, 6-1
6. Brett Pearson (UW) def. Anders Matta (Stan) – 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 1, 2
Doubles
1. (#65) Zharyn/Bouchelaghem (UW) def. Chaudhary/Kolasinski (Stan) – 6-2
2. Basing/Basavareddy (Stan) def. Suko/Hendrikx (UW) – 6-4
3. Lin/Pearson (UW) def. Matta/Banerjee (Stan) – 7-6 (4)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Washington got the key doubles point in a decisive tiebreak to take the 1-0 lead, then took four of the six first sets in singles to keep the momentum going. Then Brett Pearson and Jim Hendrikx closed out their singles victories to push the lead to 3-0. The clincher came at No. 2 singles where Cesar Bouchelaghem rebounded from his first and to date only singles loss of the season, as he got the highest-ranked win of his career, beating 12th-ranked Nishesh Basavareddy, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
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— Washington Men's Tennis (@UW_MTennis) April 22, 2023
For the first time since 2007, the Dawgs take down the Cardinal!!#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/z6zRb8VF39
It was a heck of a way to snap a six-match losing skid for the Huskies, during which time Head Coach Rahim Esmail said the Huskies had to keep working to get better each and every day and be ready when the opportunities came.
"The guys fought and we've kept fighting and believing in ourselves," said Esmail. "Any season you have ups and downs and when you have opportunities you hope you can take advantage of them. At the start of the season I thought we did a great job of believing in what we're building, and we hit a patch where we were tested on the road against really tough teams, and we had opportunities that didn't go our way. The important thing we focused on was to get better every day. We put ourselves in a position today because of the way we fought."
Esmail credited the full team effort today that also saw Dzianis Zharyn and Nedim Suko battling into third sets when the match was halted. Suko was actually two points from ending things earlier, as he led at No. 4 singles, 6-4, 5-4 and was at 30-30 on the serve of Stanford's Aryan Chaudhary, but the Cardinal held serve and then won the next two games to take things to a third set before Bouchelaghem clinched on the adjacent court.
Hendrikx makes it 3-0 Dawgs with a 6-4, 6-1 win on 5??
— Washington Men's Tennis (@UW_MTennis) April 22, 2023
Keep pushing, Dawgs!!#GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/PISHtl6jQ6
Zharyn bounced back from a tiebreak first set loss to win his second set, 6-3, and he broke serve to go up 1-0 in the third set on court three against Filip Kolasinski when the match ended.
Pearson posted a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles over Stanford's Anders Matta, and then Hendrikx put the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles over Isaac Gorelick. Stanford's one point came at No. 1 singles, where 22nd-ranked Max Basing held off Han-Chih Lin, 6-4, 7-5.
In doubles, Bouchelaghem and Zharyn earned the Dawgs the first win with a 6-2 victory at the top court over Chaudhary/Kolasinski. The Dawgs switched things up with their lineups at 2 and 3. At the two spot, Nedim Suko teamed with Jim Hendrikx for the first time.
Suko and Hendrikx were down a break but got even at 4-4. After Stanford's Basing/Basavareddy held for 4-5, the Huskies had a 40-15 start to their service game, but Stanford won the next three points to break and win the match, 4-6.
At No. 3, Han-Chih Lin and Brett Pearson saved two match points serving at 2-5, and then they broke and held to get back even at 5-5. The set went to a tiebreak at 6-6, and Stanford won three of the first four points, but then the Dawgs won five in a row to earn match point at 6-3 in the breaker. Stanford saved one, but the Huskies clinched on the next rally to take the doubles point.
B.P. and Hans clinch?? They saved match points back at 2-5 and win in a 7-4 tiebreak!!
— Washington Men's Tennis (@UW_MTennis) April 21, 2023
Huskies take a 1-0 lead into singles. #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/RKUPBxNer3
Washington will have another big opportunity at hand in the regular season finale on Sunday, as 28th-ranked California comes in for a 12 noon match at either Nordstrom Tennis Center or Bill Quillian Stadium.
Washington Men's Tennis
April 21, 2023
Seattle, Wash. | Nordstrom Tennis Center
#56 Washington – 4
#17 Stanford – 1
Singles
1. (#22) Max Basing (Stan) def. Han-Chih Lin (UW) – 6-4, 7-5
2. (#124) Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) def. (#12) Nishesh Basavareddy (Stan) – 7-6 (1), 6-3
3. Dzianis Zharyn (UW) vs. Filip Kolasinski (Stan) – 6-7 (1), 6-3, 1-0, DNF
4. Nedim Suko (UW) vs. Aryan Chaudhary (Stan) – 6-4, 5-7, DNF
5. Jim Hendrikx (UW) def. Isaac Gorelik (Stan) – 6-4, 6-1
6. Brett Pearson (UW) def. Anders Matta (Stan) – 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 1, 2
Doubles
1. (#65) Zharyn/Bouchelaghem (UW) def. Chaudhary/Kolasinski (Stan) – 6-2
2. Basing/Basavareddy (Stan) def. Suko/Hendrikx (UW) – 6-4
3. Lin/Pearson (UW) def. Matta/Banerjee (Stan) – 7-6 (4)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
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