LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego men's tennis team fell to Nevada by scores of 6-1 and 4-0 in a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon in the season opener for both teams.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Match #1: Nevada 6, UC San Diego 1
Final Match #2: Nevada 4, UC San Diego 0
Records: UC San Diego 0-2 (0-0 Big West); Nevada 2-0 (0-0 Mountain West)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
In the morning match, Nevada took the doubles point by a score of 2-1 with wins on courts one and three.
 
In singles play, the Wolf Pack secured wins at No. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. Pelayo Rodriguez earned his first career victory at the No. 4 spot, as well as the only Tritons victory in doubles with partner Jett Cole. 
 
In the afternoon dual, Nevada secured the doubles point by sweeping all three courts.
 
The Wolf Pack earned wins at No. 2, 3 and 5 to clinch the match. Cole took the first set 6-4 and fell in the second set 2-6 at No. 1 before the match concluded. Additionally, Rodriguez trailed one set to none at No. 4 and Sanjith Devineni trailed 0-2 in the third set at No. 6 when the match concluded.

RESULTS | Match #1
Doubles
1. Juan Batalla/Ambroise Marchand (NEV) def. Zach Ermert/Phillip Lan (UCSD), 6-4
2. Jett Cole/Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD) def. Daniel Dudockin/Satchel Benn (NEV), 5-3
3. Matheo Coupu/Loris Zisswiller (NEV) def. Sanjith Devineni/Joseph Teh (UCSD), 6-1
 
Singles
1. Matheo Coupu (NEV) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD), 6-1, 6-4
2. Juan Batalla (NEV) def. Jett Cole (UCSD), 6-2, 6-2
3. Daniel Dudockin (NEV) def. Zach Ermert (UCSD), 7-5, 6-1
4. Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD) def. Satchel Benn (NEV), 6-2, 7-5
5. Delmas N'TCha (NEV) def. William Lan (UCSD), 4-6, 6-2, 10-3
6. Sasha Nicolau (NEV) def. Joseph Teh (UCSD), 7-5, 6-3

RESULTS | Match #2
Doubles
1. Juan Batalla/Ambroise Marchand (NEV) def. Jett Cole/Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD), 5-3
2. Matheo Coupu/Loris Zisswiller (NEV) def. Sanjith Devineni/Zach Ermert (UCSD), 6-2
3. Daniel Dudockin/Gilad Tamar (NEV) def. Phillip Lan/William Lan (UCSD), 6-2
 
Singles
1. Jett Cole (UCSD) vs. Matheo Coupu (NEV), 6-4, 2-6, dnf
2. Juan Batalla (NEV) def. Phillip Lan (UCSD), 6-2, 6-4
3. Loris Zisswiller (NEV) def. Zach Ermert (UCSD), 7-5, 6-1
4. Gilad Tamar (NEV) vs. Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD), 7-5, dnf
5. Daniel Dudockin (NEV) def. William Lan (UCSD), 6-1, 6-3
6. Sanjith Devineni (UCSD) vs. Ambroise Marchand (NEV), 1-6, 6-3, 0-2, dnf
 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego will remain home at Northview Tennis Courts to play host to Sacramento State on Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. PT. It will be the second of four consecutive duals hosted by the Tritons.
 
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