By one match, the Bruins are the team to beat in the Pac-12. No. 4 UCLA men’s tennis blanked the Arizona Wildcats 4-0 Friday in Tucson, Arizona, and the Utah Utes 4-0 Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah. Read more...

Photo: Junior Joseph Di Giulio notched a win for the Bruins in his doubles victory with senior Karue Sell. The duo beat Arizona’s doubles team 6-3 and Utah’s 6-4.

While the other top teams in the nation are gearing up for a national championship run, UCLA men’s tennis is stuck in neutral. The team has lacked focus and intensity during its doubles matches the past two weeks, inexplicably giving away multiple breaks with double faults and unforced errors – something junior Mackie McDonald attributed to mentally fraying away in the middle of doubles play. Read more...

Photo: With an undefeated conference record and NCAA seeding on the line, UCLA men’s tennis will focus on simplifying its doubles game against conference rivals Arizona and Utah. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Singles make the headlines. But doubles win championships. No. 4 UCLA men’s tennis has dropped the doubles point in three of its last four dual matches against Oregon, Stanford and California. Read more...

Photo: Junior Mackenzie McDonald addressed the teams doubles struggles, but is confident the Bruins can return to success they experienced early in the season.

His teammates were calling him “the comeback kid” – for good reason. It was during No. 5 UCLA men’s tennis last dual match of the weekend against No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Logan Staggs almost completed what his coach called one of the best comebacks in a long time, fighting off eight match points before the match went unfinished.

Joe Di Giulio knew what was coming. As Stanford’s Maciek Romanowicz rocked back and tossed the ball up to serve, Di Giulio shifted half a step to his left. Read more...

Photo: Junior Joseph Di Giulio clinches the dual match against Stanford with a straight set victory over Maciek Romanowicz. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)

Sometimes rankings don’t reveal everything. That’s certainly the case in the Pac-12 this year. The No. 5 UCLA men’s tennis team will be tested when it squares off against Stanford on Friday and No. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s tennis faces Stanford and Cal this weekend, powered by sophomore Martin Redlicki, who has won three of his past four singles matches and boasts a 10-3 record in dual matches this season. (Bailey Greene/Daily Bruin)

Not even bad hips can keep Marcos Giron away from tennis. After learning that he had to undergo hip surgery and put his professional career on hold, Giron, a former UCLA standout and the 2014 NCAA singles champion, reached out to UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin about coming back to Westwood as a volunteer assistant coach. Read more...

Photo: Marcos Giron, the 2014 NCAA singles champion, is back at UCLA as a coach while he recovers from hip surgery. (Daily Bruin file photo)