April 26, 2008
The Arizona State men's tennis team has one singles player and one doubles team that made it to their respective finals at the 2008 Pac-10 Men's Tennis Championships at the Ojai Valley Tennis Club in Ojai, Calif. Wes Miller will compete in the Pac-10 Invitational Singles Championship. T.J. Bellama and Matt Brooklyn, the No. 2 seeded doubles team, will continue on to the final.
Wes Miller earned a spot in the championship match with a win over Washington's David Chu. The No. 4 seeded Miller defeated Chu in straight sets, winning 6-3, 6-1. Miller will compete against No. 2 seed Bozhidar Katasarov from California tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.
Bellama and Brooklyn took on their instate rival team of Bruno Alcala and Claudio Christen from Arizona in the semi-final. The No. 43 ranked Sun Devil doubles team handily defeated the Wildcats top doubles team 8-3 to continue on to the championship match. Bellama and Brooklyn will compete against USC's No. 1 seeded Robert Farah and Kaes Van't Hof. The match begins at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Doubles Championships
Semifinal
T.J. Bellama and Matt Brooklyn (ASU) def. Bruno Alcala and Claudio Christen (UA) 8-3
Singles Invitational
Semifinal
Wes Miller (ASU) def. David Chu (Wash) 6-3, 6-1