BERKELEY, Calif. -- The USF Dons men's tennis program was in action this weekend in the East Bay as they were competing at the 2022 ITA Northwest Regional Championships at the Hellman Tennis Center on UC Berkeley's campus. 

It was a strong overall weekend for USF's program as Nil Giraldez was outstanding all weekend playing against quality competition, as he was able to qualify for the ITA Super Regionals later this month.

The Dons were able to get off to a great start on Thursday morning, with five of the six Dons singles players winning their initial singles match to reach the round of 32. Not to be outdone, all four USF doubles teams also won their doubles matches on Thursday in what was a strong overall performance as a team in Berkeley.

RESULTS:
Thursday Singles:
Round of 64:
(NEV) Juan Batalla def. (USF) Luka Kalenic (6-3, 6-2)
(USF) Moritz Hoffmann def. (UOP) Micah Erwin (6-2, 7-5)
(USF) Nikola Kuraica def. (SCU) Matthew Rodriguez (6-1, 6-2)
(USF) Nil Giraldez def. (NEV) Sasha Nicolau (6-2, 6-2)
(USF) Stevie Gould def. (SSU) Patrick Wong (6-3, 6-3)
(USF) Johan Garpered def. (UCD) Coleton Hottman (7-5, 6-2)

Round of 32:
(UCD) Constantinos Djakouris def. (USF) Moritz Hoffmann (6-1, 6-3)
(UCD) Ryan Torres def. (USF) Nikola Kuraica (6-4, 6-1)
(USF) Nil Giraldez def. (UCD) Lucas Bollinger (6-2, 6-1)
(SCU) Mann Shah def. (USF) Stevie Gould (6-7, 6-3, 7-6)
(USF) Johan Garpered def. (CAL) John King (6-3, 6-4)

Thursday Doubles:
Round of 64:
(USF) Stevie Gould/Nikola Kuraica def. (SCU) James Bell/Matthew Rodriguez (8-2)
(USF) Luka Kalenic/Moritz Hoffmann def. (SSU) Hayden Rand/RudolfsAksenkos (8-4)
(USF) Johan Garpered/Nil Giraldez def. (UCD) Andras Necz/Sam De Vries (8-6)

Friday Singles:
Round of 16:
(USF) Nil Giraldez def. (STAN) Neel Rajesh (6-0, 6-0)
(UOP) Ran Amar def. (USF) Johan Garpered (1-6, 6-3, 6-1)

Friday Doubles:
Round of 16:
(UOP) Ran Amar/Andre Rodeia def. (USF) Stevie Gould/Nikola Kuraica (8-4)
(UCD) Mitchell Davis/Andrei Volgin def. (USF) Luka Kalenic/Moritz Hoffmann (8-6)
(NEV) Juan Batalla/Youssef Kadiri def. (USF) Johan Garpered/Nil Giraldez (8-5)

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