FRESNO, Calif. — After a fall season filled with six team tournaments, UC Davis men's tennis wrapped up play at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic on Sunday.
After the tournament's first day, sophomore Chethan Swanson and freshman Alex Scemanenco earned a spot in the Flight A doubles semifinal against San Francisco's Paul Giraud and Phuc Huynh, but barely fell, 8-7(2).
In singles, sophomore Arjith Jayaraman got through his first round consolation match in Flight B, defeating St. Mary's Boris Reckow in three sets, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, to join Scemanenco in the consolation semifinal round. Scemanenco received a walkover in his first round consolation match against Sacramento State's Louis Chabut. Unfortunately, neither player was able to reach the final, losing in straight sets to opponents from San Francisco and St. Mary's.
In Sunday's extra matches, Scemanenco and Swanson both went undefeated, earning a win together over Jeremy Merville and Delmas N'tcha (Nevada) 8-3 in doubles. In singles, Scemanenco won his match against Patrick Pech (Fresno) in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0(3), while Swanson needed just two sets to dispatch Reckow (St. Mary's), 6-4, 6-3.
The Aggies will return to action with the start of the spring dual season in January 2019. The full schedule will be posted on UCDavisAggies.com.
UC Davis Full Results From Fresno State Bulldog Classic
Doubles Flight A
First Round
Chethan Swanson/Alex Scemanenco def. Patrick Pech/Cem Erturk (Fresno) 8-3
Semifinal
Paul Giraud/Phuc Huynh (USF) def. Chethan Swanson/Alex Scemanenco 8-7(2)
Doubles Flight B
First Round
Ryan Nuno/Leyton Boren (APU) def. Mitchell Iwahiro/Arjith Jayaraman 8-4
Consolation First Round
Delmas N'tcha/Jeremy Merville (Nevada) def. Mitchell Iwahiro/Arjith Jayaraman 8-7(7)
Singles Flight A
First Round
Nitzan Ricklis (USF) def. Chethan Swanson 7-6(5), 6-3
Jan Kirchoff (SDSU) def. Mitchell Iwahiro 6-2, 6-4
Consolation First Round
Jeremy Merville (Nevada) def. Chethan Swanson 6-2, 6-3
Akram El Sallaly (Pacific) def. Mitchell Iwahiro 6-1, 6-3
Consolation South Draw
Chethan Swanson def. Dom Miller (Sacramento State) Walkover
Krutik (St. MAry's) def. Mitchell Iwahiro 6-4, 6-2
Singles Flight B
First Round
Delmas N'tcha (Nevada) def. Arjith Jayaraman 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(2)
Matvey Rodionov (Nevada) def. Alex Scemanenco, Walkover
Consolation First Round
Arjith Jayaraman def. Boris Reckow (SMC) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
Alex Scemanenco def. Louis Chabut (Sacramento State), Walkover
Consolation Semifinal
David Abfalter (SMC) def. Alex Scemanenco 6-2, 6-1
Romeo Jivraj (USF) def. Arjith Jayaraman 6-2, 6-4
Sunday Matches
Doubles
Boris Reckow/Brian Lee (SMC) def. Mitchell Iwahiro/Arjith Jayaraman 8-3
Chethan Swanson/Alex Scemanenco def. Jeremy Merville/Delmas N'tcha (Nevada) 8-3
Singles
Chethan Swanson def. Boris Reckow (SMC) 6-4, 6-3
Jan Kirchoff (SDSU) def. Arjith Jayaraman 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(9)
Alex Scemanenco def. Patrick Pech (Fresno) 6-3, 4-6, 10-3
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