Men’s tennis The Huskies are tamed 4-2 under the bright lights

TEMPE – The Sun Devils (12-8, 1-4) secured a conference win against the Washington Huskies (10-7, 1-2) in a gritty, straight game. The doubles point was secured by Arizona State thanks Murphy Cassone and Max McKennonwins on court No. 2 and Roi Ginat and Spencer Brachmanon court No. 3 after the Huskies took the match on court No. 1. Moving toward singles play, Cassone, Brachman and McKinnon earned wins to lead the Sun Devils to victory Friday night at the Whiteman Tennis Center. The team returns to action against Oregon at 10:30 a.m. AZT, where it beat the Ducks 4-0 at the ASU Invite last month.

How did it happen:

• Washington’s Cesar Bouchelaghemand Dzianis Zaryn won the opening doubles match, but the duo of McKinnon and Cassonecruiss defeated ASU on court No. 2 with a 6-2 win, then Ginat and Brachman took care of things on court No. 3 to take. colon.
• Cassone continued her stellar play, dominating her opponent with a quick 6-2, 6-1 victory to give the Sun Devils their second point of the match. his fourth straight win of the year. Brachman was able to win in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, bringing ASU closer to victory.
• Despite Washington getting two points, Max McKennonwon his singles opener 6-3 over Dzianis Zharyn, but managed to recover and force a third set. Trailing 0-3 at the start of the deciding set, McKennon was able to rally and take advantage of three break points from Zharynto to eventually win the match over the Sun Devils 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Next

The Sun Devils are back in action on Easter Sunday as they look for another conference win against No. 48 Oregon. The game is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. MST and will be broadcast via the ASU Live Stream.

4/7/2023 in Tempe, AZ
(Whiteman Tennis Center)
Washington 2, #46 Arizona State 4

DOUBLE

#51 Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn (WASH) def. Jacob Bullard/Constantinos Koshis (ASU) – 6-3
Murphy Cassone/Max McKennon (ASU) def. Nedim Suko/Brett Pearson (WASH) – 6-3
Roi Ginat/Spencer Brachman (ASU) def. Han-Chin Lin/Jim Hendrikx (WASH) – 6-2

Finishing order: 1, 2, 3

Singles

#49 Murphy Cassone (ASU) def. Han-Chin Lin (PESU) – 6-2, 6-1
Max McKennon (ASU) def. #111 Dzianis Zharyn (PESU) – 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
#103 Cesar Bouchelaghem (WASH) def. Jacob Bullard (ASU) – 7-6, 6-3
Nedim Suko (WASH) def. Constantinos Koshis (ASU) – 6-4, 4-6, 5-3
Jim Hendrikx (WASH) def. Roi Ginat (ASU) – 7-6, 6-5 (forfeit)
Spencer Brachman (ASU) def. Brett Pearson (WASH) – 6-4, 6-2

Finishing order: 1, 6, 3, 4, 2*, 5