SEATTLE, Wash. – Gonzaga men's tennis defeated Seattle 4-0 on Saturday at the Amy Yee Tennis Center, improving to 3-0 on the non-conference dual season.
Giovanni Branchetti/
Jay Fairclough won their doubles match 6-3, while
Diego Herrera/
Tom Dunlop fell 7-3 in a tiebreaker. The Bulldogs claimed the doubles point as
Kai-Luca Ampaw/
Nicholas Reeves survived a tiebreaker of their own, 7-2.
In singles, Fairclough (6-2, 6-1),
Oscar Rashed (6-3, 6-0), and Ampaw (6-2, 6-4) each won in straight sets. Reeves and Dunlop were leading their matches when the singles point was clinched.
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs battle with UW at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 26 in Seattle. Live stats and video will be available at
GoZags.com.
MATCH NOTES
- GU men's tennis is 3-0 this dual season after
sweeping Eastern Washington last weekend.
- This was the first dual meeting between Gonzaga and Seattle since Jan. 2022, when the Bulldogs also won 4-0.
- Dating back to 2009, the Zags are now 15-0 all-time in dual matches against Seattle U, including 4-0 on the road.
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Giovanni Branchetti/
Jay Fairclough are 3-0 in doubles to open the spring slate. The duo were 10-4 when paired up this fall, including a
win over #13 UC Berkeley in October's quarterfinals of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships.
1/25 Dual Results:
Gonzaga 4, Seattle 0
Doubles
1.
Giovanni Branchetti/
Jay Fairclough def. Jun Sasagawa/Filip Stipic (SU) 6-3
2.
Kai-Luca Ampaw/
Nicholas Reeves def. Michael Frank/Veselin Kiselkov (SU) 7-6 (2)
3. Yuan Lu/Yu-Han Hsieh (SU) def.
Diego Herrera/
Tom Dunlop 7-6 (3)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1.
Giovanni Branchetti vs. Filip Stipic (SU) 5-7, 4-2 (unfinished)
2.
Nicholas Reeves vs. Jun Sasagawa (SU) 7-6 (6), 5-2 (unfinished)
3.
Kai-Luca Ampaw def. Veselin Kiselkov (SU) 6-2, 6-4
4.
Jay Fairclough def. Yuan Lu (SU) 6-2, 6-1
5.
Tom Dunlop vs. Dario Ristovski (SU) 6-1, 5-2 (unfinished)
6.
Oscar Rashed def. Yu-Han Hsieh (SU) 6-3, 6-0
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 3