UCLA Subdues Stubborn Hosts to Advance to ITA Indoor Quarterfinal
©Colette Lewis 2009--
Chicago, IL--
It took over three and a half hours, but the No. 4 seeded UCLA Bruins finally dropped the No. 13 seeded Illinois team 4-2 in Friday's final match.
Illinois took the doubles point and a 2-0 lead, when Roy Kalmanovich beat Harel Srugo at No. 3 singles, but the Fighting Illini were trailing in all the remaining matches. At No. 1, UCLA's Haythem Abid had won the first set from Dennis Nevolo, but the Illinois freshman took a 5-2 lead in the second set, only to see Abid win the final five games to give the Bruins their first point. On the back three courts, UCLA won at No. 5, with Michael Look in two sets and with and at No. 4 with Holden Seguso in three sets, but Illinois' Marc Spicijaric at No. 2 earned a split, as did Billy Heiser at No. 6.
Illinois needed to win both matches to advance, however, and Spicijaric fell to Matt Brooklyn 6-4 in the third when the former Arizona State Sun Devil finally held after having been broken leading 3-2 and 4-3. It was an unreturnable serve on the first match point that put UCLA in the quarterfinals, where they will meet Virginia.
For complete scores, see the ITA results page.
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