STANFORD, Calif. – California men's tennis fell to eighth-ranked Stanford, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon at the Taube Family Tennis Center. The Cardinal clinched its win when top-ranked Arthur Fery defeated Cal senior Yuta Kikuchi in singles.
 
Cal's record fell to 3-3 after the nonconference Big Slam, while Stanford improved to 7-0.
 
The teams play their Pac-12 Conference match in the regular-season finale on April 17 in Berkeley.
 
The Golden Bears trailed 1-0 after doubles on Saturday. Stanford clinched the point when Axel Geller and Tomas Kopczynski beat Cal's Sean Hill and Lucas Magnaudet, 6-2.
 
Cal fell behind 3-0 in singles after Stanford's Geller beat Hill, 6-2, 6-2, on court three and then Sangeet Sridhar knocked off Magnaudet, 6-2, 6-2, on court six. Kikuchi lost to Fery, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, on court one to end the match.
 
Cal returns to the Hellman Tennis Complex to host Army on Feb. 26 and UNLV on Feb. 28.
 
No. 8 Stanford (7-0) defeated California (3-3), 4-0
Feb. 12, 2022, in Stanford Calif.
Taube Family Tennis Center
 
Doubles
1. No. 8 Yuta Kikuchi/Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) vs. No. 7 Arthur Fery/Alexandre Rotsaert (Stanford), 5-4 (Unfinished)
2. Axel Geller/Tomas Kopczynski (Stanford) def. Sean Hill/Lucas Magnaudet (Cal), 6-2*
3. Timothy Sah/Sangeet Sridhar (Stanford) def. Alex Chang/Philip Hjorth (Cal), 6-1
 
Order of Finish – 3, 2*
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles
1. No. 1 Arthur Fery (Stanford) def. Yuta Kikuchi (Cal), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2^
2. No. 38 Alexandre Rotsaert (Stanford) vs. Philip Hjorth (Cal), 6-3, 2-6, 5-4 (Unfinished)
3. No. 74 Axel Geller (Stanford) def. Sean Hill (Cal), 6-2, 6-2
4. Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) vs. No. 49 Max Basing (Stanford), 6-4, 6-7(4), 2-1 (Unfinished)
5. No. 108 Aryan Chaudhary (Stanford) vs. Derrick Chen (Cal), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 3-1 (Unfinished)
6. Sangeet Sridhar (Stanford) def. Lucas Magnaudet (Cal), 6-2, 6-4
 
Order of Finish: 3, 6, 1^
^Clinched the overall match