Men’s tennis rallies for 5-4 win

The men's tennis team got off to a good start to the 2021 campaign on Tuesday with a 5-4 win over Orange Coast College.  Saddleback rallied from a 2-1 deficit in doubles play, winning 4-of-6 singles matches.

Saddleback won three straight singles matches as Oliver Svensson, Amir Joudat and Brandon Ho put Saddleback in the lead at 4-2.  They finished off the Pirates when Riley McCall went three sets in defeating Nicholas Brockie (6-4, 4-6, 6-0) at No. 5 singles.

Saddleback and Orange Coast will meet again on Thursday at OCC.  Match time is set for 2:00 PM in Costa Mesa.

Doubles:

Malik Thiaw/Nicholas Brockie (OCC) def. Oliver Svensson/Amir Joudat (SC) 8-4
Jake Hastings/Nick Tran OCC def. Max Svensson/Race Bernal SC 8-3
Riley McCall/Thomas Henrick (SC) def. Farress Sorial/ Nao Sone (OCC) 9 - 7 

Singles:

Oliver Svensson (SC) def. Malik Thiaw (OCC) 6-4, 6-2
Amir Joudat (SC) def. Jake Hastings (OCC) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6  (7-2)
Brandon Ho (SC) def. Khalid Alsadek (OCC) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Nick Tran (OCC) def. Max Svensson (SC) 6-1, 6-0   
Riley McCall (SC) def. Nicholas Brockie (OCC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 
Ferress Sorial (OCC) def. Justin Boberg (SC) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4