Bears Open Pacific Coast Doubles Championship

Bears Open Pacific Coast Doubles Championship

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LA JOLLA, Calif. – Cal's Andre Goransson and J.T. Nishimura as well as Nikhil Jayashankar and Jordan Smith reached the fourth round of the consolation draw at the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship on Friday at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.

On Saturday at 10:30 a.m., Goransson and Nishimura will play the Georgetown duo of Daniel Khanin and Jack Murphy, while Smith and Jayashankar take on Peter Smith and Kaes Van't Hof in their fourth-round match.

In the consolation third round, Goransson, a sophomore, and Nishimura, a freshman, beat the team of Grant Chena and Evan Jurgensen, 8-2, while Jayashankar, a senior, and Smith, a junior, knocked off Colter Smith and Krzysztof Kwinta, 9-7.

Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton went the deepest of the Cal teams in the main draw, as the two seniors reached the round of 32. But the William & Mary duo of Aaron Chaffee/Will Juggins advanced past the Bears, who withdrew due to injury.

The tournament ends on Sunday.

Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship

March 6, 2015, in La Jolla, Calif.

La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club

Cal Results

Main Draw

Round of 128

[4] Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (Cal) bye

[9] Filip Bergevi/Oskar Wikberg (Cal) def. Aidan McNulty (BC)/Lestter Yeh (CMS) – w/o (admin.)

Anthony Tsodikov/Trey Strobel (Stanford) def. Andre Goransson/J.T. Nishimura (Cal) – 8-6

Billy Griffith (Cal)/Tyler Browne def. Alastair Hurry/Luis Miranda (Villanova) – 8-0

Tommy Lam/James Wade (UC Davis) def. Nikhil Jayashankar/Jordan Smith (Cal) – 8-2

Round of 64

[1] Thibault Forget/Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Billy Griffith (Cal)/Tyler Browne – 9-8

[4] Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (Cal) def. Kona Luu/Eric Tseng (UCSD) – 8-4

Nicolai Ferrigno/Lucas Gerch (Okla. St.) def. [9] Filip Bergevi/Oskar Wikberg (Cal) – 8-2

Round of 32

Aaron Chaffee/Will Juggins (William & Mary) def. [4] Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton (Cal) – w/o (inj.)

Consolation Draw

First Round

Andre Goransson/J.T. Nishimura (Cal) bye

Nikhil Jayashankar/Jordan Smith (Cal) def. Ozzy Abraham (UNLV)/Juan Carranza – 8-4

Second Round

Andre Goransson/J.T. Nishimura (Cal) bye

Nikhil Jayashankar/Jordan Smith (Cal) bye

Third Round

Andre Goransson/J.T. Nishimura (Cal) def. Grant Chen/Evan Jurgensen – 8-2

Nikhil Jayashankar/Jordan Smith (Cal) def. Colter Smith/Krzysztof Kwinta – 9-7

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