At the collegiate level, while it is the overall team effort that acquires a win or loss, tennis is still very much an individual sport. Read more...
Photo: Junior Adrien Puget believes the key to postseason success for men’s tennis is maintaining a positive attitude regardless of how matches go.
The UCLA men’s tennis team entered singles play against No. 4 USC with a sense of urgency. Having just lost a tight doubles point, the No. 3 Bruins needed to win four of the next six singles matches to clinch a victory. Read more...
Photo: With the tennis team in need of four singles victories to beat USC, Dennis Novikov used strategic serving to clinch his win.
USC, which holds claim to the last four NCAA titles, is the only team standing between UCLA men’s tennis and a Pac-12 title. Coach Billy Martin is expecting a crowd upward of 1,000 fans when the No. Read more...
When the men’s tennis team faltered early against Pepperdine, it fell to the squad’s veterans to help dig the Bruins out of the hole. After barely losing the doubles point, No. Read more...
Photo: After a close contest with the Pepperdine Waves, junior Clay Thompson brought home the win for the Bruins by taking a third set tiebreaker with three straight points.
The UCLA men’s tennis team controls its own fate in its quest to claim the Pac-12 regular season title after this weekend’s sweeps of conference opponents Washington and Oregon. Read more...
Photo: AREN ALEXANDER/daily bruin Junior Adrien Puget and the men’s tennis team swept Washington and Oregon, bringing the Bruins within two games of a perfect conference record.
As it tries to downplay recent success and remain focused on closing out the season, the UCLA men’s tennis team is leaning on the leadership from the older, more experienced players on the team. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman Karue Sell and other younger players on the men’s tennis team look to older members for leadership and direction.
An unappreciated aspect of doubles tennis, according to players on the UCLA men’s tennis team, is the location and placement of the first serve, which is often decided by the partner who isn’t currently serving. Read more...
Photo: Marcos Giron said that he and doubles partner Dennis Novikov have developed game chemistry well through being a team.
