After helping UCLA men's tennis to a 29-2 record and an appearance in the NCAA Team Championships in his sophomore season, Dennis Novikov announced Thursday via Twitter that he was turning pro. Read more...
Photo: After a 20-13 individual record in his sophomore season, Dennis Novikov elected to turn pro on Thursday.
From cherry picking in Yakima, Wash., to photo ops with rocky hills along a scenic drive to Portland, Ore., Robin Anderson’s experience with her United States Tennis Association collegiate squad provided a lighthearted change of pace for the Bruin. Read more...
Photo: Rising junior Robin Anderson said her time spent traveling with the United States Tennis Association collegiate squad has been enjoyable despite making her summer busy. Credit: Brandon Choe, Daily Bruin senior staff
Thirteen trips to Applebee’s, thirteen orders of steak and broccoli. A run at the Boys’ 18s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich., and a 2012 U.S. Open berth. Read more...
A 26-4 tennis season in 2011-2012 that ended with a 4-1 semi-final loss to USC in the NCAA championships would have been deemed a success for almost any other team. Read more...
Just a day after the season ended in heartbreak for the UCLA men’s tennis team, three players had to take to the courts. Sophomores Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov and junior Adrien Puget were at it again when they competed for the NCAA men’s tennis singles championships. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Marcos Giron, along with the two other Bruins, sophomore Dennis Novikov and junior Adrien Puget, who competed for an individual national title, struggled to gain momentum just a day after a heartbreaking team finish in UCLA men’s tennis.
Imagine losing an Olympic event by a hundredth of a second – and then competing in the world championships the next day. Read more...
Photo: Marcos Giron is one of the UCLA players that will have to make a turnaround today as he competes in the NCAA Individual Championships the day after the team lost the overall title.
It was all on the final singles match. The score was 5-3, 40-30 in the third set, match point for junior Adrien Puget. Read more...
Photo: Adrien Puget came close to winning the final match for UCLA in the NCAA championships but fell short, losing in the third set and confirming the Bruins’ 4-3 loss to University of Virginia. It was a controversial match, as there were questions about a call that Puget touched the net after scoring the potential game-winning point. He ended up losing shortly afte
