MALIBU, Calif. - The University of San Francisco men's tennis team dropped another heartbreaker on the road against Pepperdine on Sunday, January 19. The Dons ended up falling 2-4 to the Waves.

"The Dons are proud of the way the we competing," said head coach Pablo Pires de Almeida. "Now, we just need to be a little cleaner at the end of sets. The guys wanting to win and are showing that they are ready to have a great season."

USF dropped the doubles point when Johan Garpered and Mitch Johnson, and Phuc Huynh and Paul Giraud fell 2-6 and 3-6, respectively. Nitzan Ricklis and Ori Maior's match went unfinished at 4-4.

Pepperdine managed to lead the Dons 3-0 after dropped sets from Garpered (4-6, 1-6) and Huynh (5-7, 6-2). Maior (6-4, 6-2) and Ricklis (6-2, 5-7, 6-1) put the Dons on the board with wins on their courts, but the Waves clinched the 4-2 win after a dropped set from Giraud (4-6, 6-7). Johnson's match went unfinished at 4-6, 6-4, 5-2.

RESULTS
Doubles (order of finish: 3,1,2)
1. Tim Zeitvogel and Enrique Luque Rice def. Huynh and Giraud; 6-3
2. Corrado Summaria and Pietro Fellin def. Ricklis and Maior; 4-4 (unfinished)
3. Pawel Jankowiak and Evan Shamlian def. Garpered and Johnson; 6-2

Singles (order of finish: 6,3,5,1,2,4)
1. Ricklis def. Summaria; 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
2. Rico def. Giraud; 6-4, 7-6
3. Zeitvogel def. Huynh; 7-5, 6-2
4. Robert Shelton def. Johnson; 6-4, 4-6, 5-2 (unfinished)
5. Maior def. Fellin; 6-4, 6-2
6. Shamlian def. Garpered; 6-4, 6-1

UP NEXT
The Dons are back in action on Thursday, January 23 at the Olympic Club. First serve is at noon PT. 

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