MALIBU – The 15th-ranked California women's tennis lost to sixth-ranked Pepperdine 4-1 on Sunday at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in the teams' second meeting in the last eight days. Cal's Johanne Svendsen — ranked 55th — won to remain unbeaten in singles.
 
The Golden Bears fell to 6-3 after the nonconference setback, while the Waves improved to 11-3.
 
Trailing 1-0 after dropping the doubles point, Cal fell behind 2-0 when Anya Murthy retired from her Court-6 match while trailing 7-5.
 
Svendsen defeated 10th-ranked Anastasiia Grechkina 6-3, 6-2 at Court-2 singles to trim the Waves' lead to one at 2-1. The Cal freshman — who joined the Bears in January — improved her singles record to 4-0.
 
But Pepperdine won the next two matches, with Cal's 92nd-ranked Naomi Xu falling to Duru Soke 6-3, 6-2 on Court 5 to end the day.
 
Cal resumes ACC action when it plays at No. 60 Boston College on Friday and at No. 61 Syracuse next Sunday.
 
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