STANFORD, Calif. — Both Aggie doubles teams won their main draw match to open Saturday morning, before falling in the round of 16. Chethan Swanson was the only UC Davis singles player in action in the main draw, but lost to Stanford in the round of 32 at the ITA Northwest Regional.
In their debut match at the regional, #43 Thamma/Goulak overcame a slow start to defeat Portland's Carlos Donat and Issa Yoshida 8-4, winning the last six consecutive games of the match. Andrei Volgin and Daniel Landa also advanced out of the round of 32, putting up a solid 8-3 win over Seattle U's Adrian Alvarez-Sanabria and Alex Chan.
Both Aggie pairs fell in the round of 16, with Thamma/Goulak getting upset by ninth seed Timothy Sah and Neel Rajesh of host Stanford, while Landa/Volgin lost to second-seeded Ty Gentry and Joshua Charlton of Oregon.
In main draw singles, Swanson faced Stanford's Sah, the draw's fifth seed and No. 119 in the nation, but lost in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.
UC Davis men's tennis posted a near-perfect day in consolation matches, with both doubles teams winning, and three out of the four singles matches going in favor of the Aggies. Dariush Jalali and Arjith Jayaraman posted an 8-4 win over Portland State's Nikola Dimitrijevic and Otto Holtari, while Brett Brinkman and Swanson edged Sacramento State's Louis Chabut and Hermont Legaspi 8-7(5).
In singles play, Jayaraman posted his second win of the day over Portland State, dominating Abdulmajeed Bukhari 6-2, 6-0. Volgin improves his record to a team-best 8-3 so far this fall, defeating Santa Clara's Santiago Hinojosa 7-6(4), 3-6, 1-0(6); Hinojosa compiled an 11-1 dual record in the spring for the Broncos. Thamma posted a third win for the Aggies, dispatching Sacramento State's Carlos Rodriquez 6-3, 7-5.
The Aggies continue the fall season next weekend at the prestigious Jack Kramer Classic in Rolling Hills Estates and the Pacific Invitational, hosted by Pacific, Nov. 1-3.
ITA NORTHWEST REGIONAL SATURDAY RESULTS
UC Davis only
DOUBLES
Round of 32
(1) #43 David Goulak/Ivan Thamma (UCD) def. Carlos Donat/Issa Yoshida (UP) 8-4
Daniel Landa/Andrei Volgin (UCD) def. Adrian Alvarez-Sanabria/Alex Chan (SU) 8-3
Round of 16
Timothy Sah/Neel Rajesh (STAN) def. (1) #43 Ivan Thamma/David Goulak (UCD) 8-6
(2) Ty Gentry/Joshua Charlton (UO) def. Daniel Landa/Andrei Volgin (UCD) 8-2
SINGLES
Round of 32
(5) #119 Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Chethan Swanson (UCD) 6-4, 6-2
CONSOLATION DOUBLES
Dariush Jalali/Arjith Jayaraman (UCD) def. Nikola Dimitrijevic/Otto Holtari (PSU) 8-4
Brett Brinkmann/Chethan Swanson (UCD) def. Louis Chabut/Hermont Legaspi (SAC) 8-7(5)
CONSOLATION SINGLES
Arjith Jayaraman (UCD) def. Abdulmajeed Bukhari (PSU) 6-2, 6-0
Andrei Volgin (UCD) def. Santiago Hinojosa (SCU) 7-6(4), 3-6, 1-0(6)
Matis Bot (SMC) def. Daniel Landa (UCD) 6-4, 6-1
Ivan Thamma (UCD) def. Carlos Rodriguez (SAC) 6-3, 7-5
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