San Marcos hadn’t lost a doubles set in over a week, and Dos Pueblos coach Liz Frech was obviously aware of it.
Frech played her top two boys tennis players – Sasha Gryaznov and Christian Edstrom – in doubles pairings and it worked beautifully as the Chargers picked up a 15-3 win at San Marcos on Tuesday afternoon.“She finally let me play doubles, for the first time ever,” said a smiling Gryaznov, who went 3-0 with partner John Kim. “I didn’t really scout the other team or anything, but I just asked her and she said okay… I get to peg people in doubles, which is fun.”
Whether or not trying to “peg” your opponent is a reccomended strategy, it certainly seemed to work for him.
Edstrom and Malcolm Sutton went 3-0 in doubles for DP, as did Andy Silverstein and Eric Katz.
Top singles player Travis Enholm picked up two sets in singles play for the Royals while Sean-Michael Gaudefroy grabbed the other point for the hosts. Despite the loss, Enholm said San Marcos has been rounding into form nicely, especially since six starters – including himself – are sophomores.
“I think we’ve been playing prety well, actually. We just need to keep playing and improving like we’ve been doing and I think we’ll be fine,” he said.
Enholm almost swept his sets after rallying for three straight games to close the gap to 5-4 against Austin Cano, but fell short as Cano took all three of his singles matches.
San Marcos falls to 4-4, 1-1 in the Channel League while DP is 7-1, 3-0.
DOS PUEBLOS 15, SAN MARCOS 3
Singles – DP: Richard Cheng 1-1, Sean Simpson 1-0, Austin Cano 3-0, Peter Shao 0-2, Robert Laskin 1-0. SM: Travis Enholm 2-1, Harrison Strober 0-1, Garrett Timmons 0-1, Jacob Coffey 0-1, Sean-Michael Gaudefroy 1-1, Simon Manson-Hing 0-1.
Doubles – DP: Sasha Gryaznov-John Kim 3-0, Christian Edstrom-Malcolm Sutton 3-0, Andy Silverstein-Eric Katz 3-0, SM: Jackson Mann-Scott Messier 0-3 Parker Funk-Nik Kilpelainen 0-3 Stephen Amspoker-Jackson Foster 0-3.
