Jacob Brumm and Yuta Kikuchi (not pictured) posted another upset win Friday at the All-American.
MTEN10/5/2018 9:23 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Cal Doubles Wins Again In Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. – California's
Yuta Kikuchi and
Jacob Brumm beat another top-20 team on Friday at the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Championships when they knocked off Virginia Tech's 16th-ranked Carlo Donato and Mitch Harper, 7-6(1), 6-3, in the main draw singles round of 16.
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This marked the second straight big win for the unranked Golden Bears, who on Thursday upset the top-ranked and top-seeded team of Mississippi State's Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
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Brumm and Kikuchi will next play Ohio State's Alex Kobelt and Kyle Seelig in Saturday's quarterfinals not before 3 p.m. CT at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Like the Bears, the Buckeyes advanced into the main draw as lucky losers.
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Also on Friday, Kikuchi fell in the consolation singles draw to UC Santa Barbara's 32nd-ranked Nicolas Moreno de Alboran, 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3, in the opening round of 32.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Cal won three out of four matches on Friday to start the UCSB Classic.
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In the A Singles draw, junior
Dominic Barretto fell to Fresno State's Zdenek Derkas, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, while sophomore
Jackson Suh topped David Goulak of UC Davis, 6-0, 6-4, in B singles and sophomore
Can Kaya beat LMU's Ethan Prost, 6-4, 7-5, in C singles.
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The pair of Barretto and Kaya defeated UCLA's Connor Hance and Connor Rapp, 8-3, in the A Doubles bracket.
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The Gauchos' tournament ends on Sunday.
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