SAN FRANCISCO – The fall tennis campaign opened with Battle in the Bay, hosted at California Tennis Club, with Nico Godsick and Hudson Rivera participating for the Cardinal.
In singles, both players went 1-1 and advanced to the round of 16. Godsick earned the first ranked singles win of his career, taking out Santa Barbara’s No. 121 Lucca Liu, 6-1, 7-6 (5). Rivera also posted a first round win, defeating Pepperdine’s David Fix in three sets, 5-7, 6-1, 6-0.
One of the top doubles tandems in the ACC a year ago, Godsick and Rivera went 2-1 in San Francisco, reaching the semifinals. First, they took out Illinois’ duo of Jilly and Miyoshi, 8-5, and then earned their first ranked win of the season over Georgia’s No. 84 pair of Chen and Giamichelle, 8-3.
Stanford returns to action Sept. 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the ITA All-American Championships.
SINGLES
[5] No. 86 Nico Godsick (1-1)
R32 – vs. No. 121 Lucca Liu (UC Santa Barbara) – W, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
R16 – vs. Santiago Giamichelle (Georgia) – L, 6-3, 6-1
Hudson Rivera (1-1)
R32 – vs. David Fix (Pepperdine) – W, 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
R16 – vs. [3] No. 12 Sebastian Gorzny (Texas) – L, 7-5, 6-1
DOUBLES
[2] No. 16 Godsick/Rivera (2-1)
R16 – vs. Jilly/Miyoshi (Illinois) – W, 8-5
QF – vs. No. 84 Chen/Giamichelle (Georgia) – W, 8-3
SF – vs. Chan/Rolland de Ravel (TCU) – L, 8-5