Bears Play In SF, Napa This Week

Mikey Wright will represent the Bears in Napa this weekend.

MTEN9/22/2022 4:42 PM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – The California men’s tennis team sends Lucas Magnaudet to compete in the Battle in the Bay Classic in San Francisco and sends three Golden Bears – Alex Chang, John Kim and Mikey Wright – to play in the Napa Valley Invitational from Friday through Sunday.
 
Magnaudet advanced to his competition – held at the California Tennis Club – by reaching the main draw singles final at the recent Battle in the Bay Qualifier at Cal. Fans can follow the action in the Battle in the Bay Classic through the live stream by clicking here.
 
Players from several schools – host San Francisco, Cal, Georgia, USC, Pepperdine, Colorado, Arizona State, Arizona, Fresno State, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Michigan, Pacific, San Diego, TCU, UC Santa Barbara, Portland, Hawaii, Stanford and Saint Mary’s – will vie for singles and doubles titles in the 13th annual Battle in the Bay Classic.
 
The Silverado Resort and Spa is the host of the Napa Valley Invitational, which includes players from UNLV, San Diego State and Cal.
 
Bears Shine In BITB Qualifier
Lucas Magnaudet reached the singles final of the Battle in the Bay Qualifier on Sept. 17 and advanced to the Battle in the Bay Classic, as the qualifying tournament came to a close at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The event had been scheduled to conclude on Sept. 18, but officials ended the tournament a day early due to rain in the forecast.
 
Magnaudet defeated UNLV’s sixth-seeded Maxim Verboven, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the quarterfinals and beat Stanford’s seventh-seeded Neel Rajesh, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, in the semifinals. James Watt of Saint Mary’s, the other singles finalist, also advanced to the Battle in the Bay.
 
In doubles, the Cal pair of Derrick Chen and John Kim, seeded second, won twice on Sept. 17 to reach the final. Chen, a sophomore, and Kim, a freshman, defeated UNLV’s Aaron Bailey and Dusan Rsovac, 8-1, in the quarterfinal round and then beat the duo of Cal sophomore Mikey Wright and Andrei Volgin of UC Davis, 8-5, in the semifinals. The Bears would have faced Watt and Thibaud Maxant of Saint Mary’s in the final, after the Gaels knocked off Magnaudet and Cal teammate Alex Chang in the semis, 8-4. With…