The Ventura College men's tennis team opened the 2018 season with a decisive 8-1 victory over visiting College of the Desert Saturday afternoon at the VC Tennis Center. Rafael Dunan was a double winner, at No. 5 singles and with Solal Cherqui in No. 1 doubles, as was Priyank Soni (No. 2 singles) and Adrien Etiemble (No. 3 singles), as they teamed up to win No. 2 doubles. Manu Rowe also won twice, in No. 6 singles, and with Alexander Martin in No. 3 doubles.
Augustin Lestelle won his No. 4 singles match to complete the 8-1 victory for Ventura.
Ventura will open Western State Conference play Tuesday Feb. 6 at Glendale College.
Ventura 8, Desert 1
Doubles
1. Cherqui/Dunan (VC) def. Kryvchurn /Vukovic (COD), 8-6
2. Soni/Etiemble (VC) def. Johnson/Dvorken (COD), 8-1
3. Rowe/Alexander Martin (VC) def. Marcus Simon/Leon-Soriano (COD), 8-0
Singles
1. Solal Cherqui (VC) kost to Kyryll Kryvchurn (COD), 7-5, 6-1
2. Priyank Soni (VC) def. Brian Johnson (COD) 6-1, 3-0, ret.
3. Adrien Etiemble (VC) def. Dimitrije Vukovic (COD), 6-0, 6-1
4. Augustin Lestelle (VC) def. Jakob Dvorken (COD), 6-2, 6-1
5. Rafael Dunan (VC) def. Elvis Leon-Soriano (COD) 6-0, 6-0
6. Manu Rowe (VC) def. Joau Luiz Zillo Prado (COD), 6-0, 6-0