Bruins crash Pilots
As expected, the No. 3 UCLA men’s tennis team handily
defeated the unranked Portland Pilots, 6-1, on Tuesday. The only
loss for UCLA came from Lassi Ketola, who was defeated 6-4, 3-6,
6-4 by freshman Matt Baer.
Players get ranked
Singles rankings were released this week by the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association. UCLA has five players in the top 100. Sophomore
Jean-Julien Rojer is No. 10 in the nation, followed by senior
Jean-Noel Grinda at No. 33, sophomore Erfan Djahangiri at No. 51,
freshman Tobias Clemens at No. 53, and sophomore Lassi Ketola at
No. 62.
The ITA also ranked Rojer and Grinda No. 12 in doubles, despite
their early season struggles.
Rojer, home country win
Rojer won two singles matches and a doubles match en route to
carrying his home country, the Netherlands-Antilles, to a first
round victory over Costa Rica, 3-2, in the Davis Cup. One of
Rojer’s victories included a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 win over
Juan-Antonio Marin, ranked No. 117 in the world.
Rojer and his doubles partner, Elmar Gerth, came back from two
sets down to pull off a five-set victory, winning 9-7 in the fifth
set. The doubles win clinched the Netherlands-Antilles first round
victory.
LATC scores a scoreboard
The Los Angeles Tennis Center is scheduled to get a new,
state-of-the-art scoreboard before the end of the school year. The
scoreboard will keep match scores electronically, and will also be
capable of playing video and other forms of streaming media.
Bleachers will also be added to the LATC on Courts 4, 5, and 6,
in order to accommodate spectators of back court matches.
Notes compiled by Greg Schain, Daily Bruin Contributor.