MTEN3/7/2015 5:34 AM | By: Cal Athletics
Bears Open Pacific Coast Doubles Championship
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