Dos Pueblos’ boys tennis team beat San Marcos at its own game on Tuesday, winning 6-of-9 doubles sets to take the Condor League matchup 14-4.
The Chargers moved top singles player Sasha Gryaznov into the doubles lineup, where he won three sets with two different partners. Andy Silverstein and Eric Katz also swept their three sets, although two of the wins came by a single break.
Dos Pueblos' Robert Laskin readies for an overhead while doubles partner Sasha Gryaznov watches.
[nggallery id=27]”They always come with strong doubles,” Silverstein said. “They’re well coached, they use signals and are good at the net so it’s definitely always hard to play them.”
Dos Pueblos’ singles lineup was still strong enough to score for the Chargers, as starters Austin Cano, Richard Cheng and Christian Edstrom went a combined 7-0.
San Marcos’ Petar Jivkov took the Royals’ lone singles set and almost got more but lost two sets 5-7.
“The match score does not indicate how tough the match was,” said Chargers head coach Liz Frech.
Both teams are now 3-4 in league heading into Thursday’s Channel League finales. The Chargers meet the league-leading Dons while San Marcos takes on Ventura.
DOS PUEBLOS 14, SAN MARCOS 4
DP Singles – Austin Cano 2-0, Richard Cheng 2-0, Christian Edstrom 3-0, Stephen Long 1-0, Yohan Chappaz 0-1. SM Singles – Petar Jivkov 1-2, Jacob Coffey 0-3, Garrett Hazarian 0-3. DP Doubles – Andy Silverstein/Eric Katz 3-0, Sean Handley/Kyle Davis 0-1, Malcolm Sutton/Sasha Gryaznov 2-0, Robert Laskin/Gryaznov 1-0, Eric Zmolek/Sean Handley 0-1, Peter Shao/Sean Simpson 0-1. SM Doubles – Jackson Foster/Parker Funk 1-2, Nik Kilpelainen/Garrett Timmons 1-2, Jackson Mann/Scott Messier 1-2.
