RENO, Nev. -Â Nevada men's tennis rolled to a 6-1 victory over Pacific in its 2022 home opener at McArthur Tennis Center Sunday.
Sunday's match was rescheduled after the previous day's original match was postponed due to inclement weather. Nevada (12-5) will host Denver Monday at 2 p.m. in a rescheduling of a match that was originally set for Sunday.
Against Pacific (3-10), the Pack quickly nabbed the doubles point, as the tandem of
Juan Batalla and
Daniel Dudockin took a 6-0 victory over Coby McCaig and Liam Puttergill.
Loris Zisswiller and
Satchel Benn clinched the point with a 6-2 win over Aleska Mardjonovic and Ran Amar.
Nevada's momentum continued in singles play. Zisswiller dispatched Puttergill, 6-2, 6-2, to get it started at No. 5, while at No. 1,
Matheo Coupu beat Mardjonovic, 6-3, 6-1 to put Nevada on the precipice of victory.
The match-clinching point came from
Delmas N'Tcha's 6-3, 6-3 victory over Amar at No. 3. With the teams playing out the rest of the matches, additional Pack wins were bagged by Dudockin (6-2, 6-2 at No. 6) over McCaig, and
Satchel Benn (7-5, 6-2 at No. 4) over Manroop Saini.
Nevada 6, Pacific 1
Doubles
No. 1 -
Matheo Coupu/
Delmas N'Tcha (NEV) def. Manroop Saini/Peter Alam (PAC) 6-3
No. 2 -
Loris Zisswiller/
Satchel Benn (NEV) def. Aleska Mardjonovic/Ran Amar (PAC) 6-2
No. 3 -
Juan Batalla/
Daniel Dudockin (NEV) def. Coby McCaig/Liam Puttergill (PAC) 6-0
Order of finish:Â 3, 2, 1
Singles
No. 1 - Coupu (NEV) def. Mardjonovic (PAC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 - Alam (PAC) def. Batalla (NEV) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (6)
No. 3 - N'Tcha (NEV) def. Amar (PAC) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 - Benn (NEV) def. Saini (PAC) 7-5, 6-2
No. 5 - Zisswiller (NEV) def. Puttergill (PAC) 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 - Dudockin (NEV) def. McCaig (PAC) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish:Â 5, 1, 3, 6, 4, 2