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California Men's Tennis Wraps Weekend at Battle in the Bay and San Diego Veterans Classic
10/4/2026 6:52 PM | Men's Tennis
The California men's tennis team split up over the weekend, competing at the Battle in the Bay Classic in San Francisco and the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic in San Diego.
At the Battle in the Bay, the doubles pairing of Paris Pouatcha and Lenn Luemkemann fell 8-0 to Pepperdine's Fix/de Almeida in the Round of 16. The duo responded by winning three straight matches in the consolation bracket, including a victory over No. 73 Ludoski/Berard of Arizona, to claim the consolation title.
In singles, Pouatcha earned the highest-UTR win of his career, defeating No. 90 Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou of Duke 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3. He followed that with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Arizona State's Niels Villard in the Round of 16 before falling in the quarterfinals to TCU's No. 93 Albert Pedrico Kravtsov, 6-0, 6-4.
Meanwhile, four Golden Bears traveled to San Diego, where Leonardo Cattaneo, Melchior Delloye and Andrea Meduri each went undefeated in singles.
Up Next
The Golden Bears will be back in action at the ITA Northwest Regionals, which will be held in Seattle, Washington, on Oct. 15-20.
