SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Cal men's tennis could walk away with singles and doubles titles when the UCSB Classic concludes on Sunday. On Saturday, Golden Bear senior Dominic Barretto advanced to the A Singles final, while the pair of Thomas Wright and Mert Zincirli reached the B Doubles title match in the Gauchos' annual event.
 
On Saturday in the A Singles quarterfinals, Barretto defeated UCSB's Alex Vedri, 6-1, 6-2, and Zincirli beat Cal Poly's Antoine Noel, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Barretto went on to knock off the Gauchos' Joey Rotheram, 6-2, 6-2, while Zincirli fell to Stanford's Neel Rajeesh, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, in the semifinals to create a Big Match final on Sunday.
 
In the B doubles bracket, Wright and Zincirli edged San Diego State's Rafael Gonzalez Almazan and David Hough, 8-7(5), in the semis to reach Sunday's final against Fresno State's Daniel Baturyn and Johannes Seeman.
 
Wright also competed in the C Singles bracket, but the Cal junior fell to Oregon's Evan Felcher, 7-6(5), 6-2, in the quarterfinals. Wright will next take on UCSB's Josh Williams on Sunday, with the winner advancing to the fifth-place match and the loser playing for seventh place on the last day of the tournament.
 
UCSB Classic
Oct. 12, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
 
Cal Results
 
A Singles – Quarterfinal Round (Rec Cen Courts)
Dominic Barretto (Cal) def. Alex Vedri (UCSB), 6-1, 6-2
Mert Zincirli (Cal) def. Antoine Noel (Cal Poly), 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
 
A Singles – Semifinal Round (Rec Cen Courts)
Dominic Barretto (Cal) def. Joey Rotheram (UCSB), 6-2, 6-2
Neel Rajeesh (Stanford) def. Mert Zincirli (Cal), 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
 
C Singles – Quarterfinal Round (Stadium Road)
Evan Felcher (Oregon) def. Thomas Wright (Cal), 7-6(5), 6-2
 
B Doubles – Semifinal Round (Rob Gym)
Thomas Wright/Mert Zincirli (Cal) def. Rafael Gonzalez Almazan/David Hough (SDSU), 8-7(5)