Kento Perera improved his season record to 14-0, but San Marcos dropped a 13-5 decision to San Luis Obispo in a non-league tennis match on Wednesday.
The Royals (3-2) won only two sets in doubles and fell behind early in the match.
“We’ve played consistently better each round in our matches so I need to find a way to help us start better,” San Marcos coach Jarrod Bradley said. “ We dig a hole and then have to climb out.”
Perera scored an impressive 6-2 win over SLO’s Mason Hansen, a top-100 player in the Boys 18s.
“Kento was mentally tough today against a big server. He waited patiently for his opportunities to break and did so in the sixth and eighth games to finish the set,” said Bradley.
San Marcos singles:
Kento Perera 3-0
Nicholas Leeds 0-3
Christo Anderson 0-3
Doubles:
Owen Lincoln-Travis Smelley 0-3
Mathis McComb-Matthew Lockwood 0-3
Daniel Coulson-Oliver Piltch 1-0
Daniel Coulson-Cody Krueger 1-1
San Luis Obispo singles:
Mason Hansen 0-1
Cameron Davis 2-0
Ryan Hsieh 2-1
Chase Braun 2-1
Doubles:
Josh Milla-Luke Olson 3-0
Noah Cleere-Alex Dill 3-0
Scott Hicks-Adie Alwen 1-2
