KAILUA, Hawaii – Nevada Men's Tennis opened the season 1-0 after earning a 7-0 victory over Hawai'i Pacific.
 
The Pack scored their first point of the season with a dominant doubles session. San Francisco transfer Paul Théate and freshman Max Contet paired up for the first time, defeating Jon William Karlstad and Adam Vasir, 6-1. Nevada clinched the doubles point with a victory on court one by transfers Lucas Hammond and Rayen Hermassi. Hammond, transferring from West Alabama, and Hermassi, from Montana State, defeated the Sharks' top duo, Jakub Beran and Mile Matic, 6-2.
 
Three straight-set victories by the transfers propelled Nevada to clinch the match win. Hermassi made his first dual appearance for the Wolf Pack on court five. Hermassi defeated Karlstad, 6-2, 6-2. Théate and Hammond also picked up singles wins in their Nevada dual debuts. Théate defeated Vasir, 6-4, 6-3, on court three, while Hammond beat Matic, 6-2, 7-5 to clinch the dual on court two.
 
Nevada kept tacking on the points following the clinch, starting with Contet's first collegiate dual victory coming against Arthur Pery, 5-7, 6-1, [10-7]. Wolf Pack sophomore Rémy Trégourès played out his third set against Finnegan Heber after winning set one, 6-2, and dropping the second set, 6-3. Trégourès prevailed in the third set, defeating Heber, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Nevada's number one, Youssef Kadiri, earned his first victory as a ranked singles player. Kadiri was challenged in the top-flight match, losing a first-set tiebreaker to Beran, 7-6 (7). Kadiri won a close second set 6-4 before winning the super tiebreaker 10-5.
 
The Wolf Pack head to Manoa tomorrow for the second half of their back-to-back in Hawaii. Nevada will take on Hawaii at 6 p.m. PT, live stats will be available HERE.
 
Nevada 7, Hawai'i Pacific 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Hammond/Hermassi (NEV) def. Beran/Matic (HPU), 6-2
No. 2 – Kadiri/Trégourès (NEV) vs. Heitzeberg/Heber (HPU), 3-4, unfinished
No. 3 – Théate/Contet (NEV) def. Karlstad/Vasir (HPU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
 
Singles
No. 1 - #121 Kadiri (NEV) def. Beran (HPU), 6-7 (7), 6-4, [10-5]
No. 2 – Hammond (NEV) def. Matic (HPU), 6-2, 7-5
No. 3 – Théate (NEV) def. Vasir (HPU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 – Trégourès (NEV) def. Heber (HPU), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
No. 5 – Hermassi (NEV) def. Karlstad (HPU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Contet (NEV) def. Pery (HPU), 5-7, 6-1, [10-7]
Order of Finish: 5, 3, 2, 6, 4, 1