Men's Tennis Continues Play in Irvine Giron, Mkrtchian reach round of 16 at ITA Regionals.
Dennis Mkrtchian

Dennis Mkrtchian

Oct. 20, 2012

Irvine, Calif. - UCLA's Marcos Giron and Dennis Mkrtchian each posted singles wins on Saturday to advance to the round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Southwest Regionals, which is being played this year on the campus of UC Irvine.

Giron was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over UCSB's Sasha Gryaznov in Saturday's third round, setting up a Sunday showdown with another Gaucho player, Benjamin Recknagel, at 11:00 a.m. Joining Giron in the round of 16 is Mkrtchian, who beat Cal Poly's Jordan Kepler, 6-2, 7-5. Next up is a meeting with LMU's Nicholas Bjerke on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

UCLA has two doubles teams that will compete in Sunday's quarterfinals, as Warren Hardie and Mkrtchian will take on top-seeded Max De Vroome and Roberto Quiroz of USC, while second-seeded Giron and Dennis Novikov will face USD's Ciaran Fitzgerald and Romain Kalaydjian.

Complete UCLA results from the tournament are below.

Singles competition
Main Draw
128  Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) def. Miles Seemann (UC Santa Barbara) 6-4, 7-6
64  Jurgen DeJager (Cal Poly) def. Karue Sell (UCLA) 6-1, 6-2
64  Jonathan Brooklyn (Hawaii) def. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) 6-7, 7-5, 6-2
64  Marcos Giron (UCLA) def. Jimmy Roberts (UC Riverside) 6-2, 6-1
64  Warren Hardie (UCLA) def. Nils Schuhmann (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-2
64  Johnny Wang (USC) def. Dennis Novikov (UCLA) 6-4, 6-4
64  Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Conor Smith (USC) 7-5, 6-1
32  Marcos Giron (UCLA) def. Sasha Gryaznov (UC Santa Barbara) 6-3, 6-2
32  Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Warren Hardie (UCLA) 6-1, 6-4
32  Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Jordan Kepler (Cal Poly) 6-2, 7-5


Doubles competition
-- Main Draw
32  Marcos Giron/Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. Justin Agbayani/Caryl Hernandez (UC Irvine) 8-3
32  Warren Hardie/Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Calvin Ngo/Julian Ruffin (UC Riverside) 8-2
16  Marcos Giron/Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. Ciaran Fitzgerald/Romain Kalaydjian (San Diego) 8-4
16  Warren Hardie/Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Alex Bouillin/Sasha Gryaznov (UC Santa Barbara) 8-6

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