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Timofey Stepanov won twice in singles and once in doubles on the first day of matches at SMU’s tournament in Dallas.
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES – Four members of the California men’s tennis team swept seven matches on the first day of the Dennis Rizza Intercollegiate Classic on Friday at the Jack Kramer Club. Carl Emil Overbeck led the way with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Loyola Marymount’s Inigo Diaz Ibarguengoitia.
The 56th-ranked Cal senior is tuning up for the NCAA Singles Championship slated for later in November at Baylor.
Overbeck paired with sophomore Alex Aney to defeat LMU’s Nikola Kuraica and Sascha Nothdurft 6-3 in doubles, while the Cal senior duo of Derrick Chen and Mikey Wright bested the Lions’ Diaz Ibarguengoitia and Alex Padro Parra 6-4.
The Bears also got singles wins from Chen, Wright and Aney, who won twice Friday.
The tournament continues Saturday.
DALLAS – A group of four Bears combined to win seven of nine matches Friday as the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge began at SMU’s Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.
In doubles, Cal sophomores Timofey Stepanov and Jonathan Irwanto beat Harvard’s Masato Perera and Valdemar Pape 6-3, while freshman Bernardo Munk Mesa and sophomore Ethan Schiffman bested James MacDonald and Elisha Thornton 6-1.
Stepanov and Munk Mesa each won twice in singles, while Irwanto also posted a victory.
The Bears continue play Saturday starting at 9 a.m. PT, when they face opponents from Baylor, Oklahoma and Memphis.
Dennis Rizza Intercollegiate Classic – Cal Results
Nov. 1, 2024, in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
Jack Kramer Club
Doubles
Derrick Chen/Mikey Wright (Cal) def. Inigo Diaz Ibarguengoitia/Alex Padro Parra (LMU), 6-4
Alex Aney/Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Nikola Kuraica/Sascha Nothdurft (LMU), 6-3
Singles
No. 56 Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Inigo Diaz Ibarguengoitia (LMU), 6-2, 6-3
Derrick Chen (Cal) def. Alex Padro Parra (LMU), 6-1, 6-4
Alex Aney (Cal) def. Nikola Kuraica (LMU), 6-1, 6-1
Mikey Wright (Cal) def. Sascha Nothdurft (LMU), 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Alex Aney (Cal) def. Teo Masera (UCSB), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge
Nov. 1, 2024, in Dallas, Texas
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex
Doubles
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