Huskies Take Fourth In Diablos College Invitational

Saturday, March 1

Tempe, AZ

9:00 AM

University of Washington

Arizona

March 01, 2025 | Men's Tennis

SEATTLE – The Huskies finished up their weekend of play at the Diablos College Invitational today resulting in a fourth-place finish.

After a strong start in their doubles round against Arizona yesterday, they continued their match into the singles round today with a 1-0 lead. Arizona proved to be a tough opponent, beating the Huskies in four out of six singles matches. Highlights of the match included Washington's Dzianis Zharyn defeating No. 60 ranked Zoran Ludoski. Cesar Boughelaghem also played in a toe-to-toe match with No. 8 ranked Jay Friend with a final score of 7-6(7-4), 7-5.

The Huskies then took on Boise State for their last match of the day to fight for third and fourth place. Another strong start in doubles lead to an early 1-0 lead for the Huskies with wins from doubles duo Bouchelaghem and Zharyn as well as Rohan Belday and Brett Pearson.

Another tough round of singles led to a UW loss of 2-4. Bouchelaghem won his match against No. 92 Jett Middleton 6-3, 6-3.

The Huskies are back on the road next weekend with a Friday match against Michigan State and a Sunday match against Michigan.

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February 28/March 1, 2025 | Tempe, Ariz.
Kiwanis Tennis Center
Washington – 3
Arizona – 4

Singles:
1. #8 Jay Friend (UA) def. #57 Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
2. #105 Dzianis Zharyn (UW) def. #60 Zoran Ludoski (UA) 6-2, 6-1
3. Soham Purohit (UW) def. Glib Sekachov (UA) 6-2, 6-4
4. Filip Gustafsson (UA) def. Nedim Suko (UW) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-1
5. Casper Christensen (UA) def. Ivan Sodan (UW) 6-4, 6-4
6. Alexander Rozin (UA) def. Rohan Belday (UW) 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 6, 2, 3, 5, 1, 4

Doubles:
1. #53 Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn (UW) vs. #63 Jay Friend/Eric Padgham (UA), 5-6, DNF
2. Nedim Suko/Soham Purohit (UW) def. Alexander Rozin/Glib Sekachov (UA) 6-4
3. Rohan Belday/Brett Pearson (UW) def. Inaki Cabrera-Bello/Cole Stelse (UA) 6-4
Order of finish: 3,2

March 1, 2025 | Tempe, Ariz.
Kiwanis Tennis Center
Washington – 2
Boise State – 4

Singles:
1. #57 Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) def. #92 Jett Middleton (BSU) 6-3, 6-3
2. #105 Dzianis Zharyn (UW) vs. Carson Baker (BSU) 6-2, 6-6, DNF
3. Lukas Velik (BSU) def. Soham Purohit (UW) 6-3, 7-5
4. James Van Herzeele (BSU) def. Nedim Suko (UW) 6-1, 7-6 (7-1)
5. John Chin (BSU) def. Stephane Kamendje (UW) 6-3, 6-2
6. Idriss Haddouch (BSU) def. Brett Pearson (UW) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
Order of finish: 5, 1, 3, 4, 6

Doubles:
1. #53 Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn (UW) def. Jett Middleton/Carson Baker (BSU), 6-3
2. Nedim Suko/Soham Purohit (UW) vs. Taiyo Kurata/Julius Seifert (BSU) 6-5, DNF 3.
3. Rohan Belday/Brett Pearson (UW) def. John Chin/James Van Herzeele (BSU) 7-6 (7-5)