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MALIBU, Calif. \u2014 The Hawai\u02bbi men’s tennis team concluded Day 3 at the ITA Southwest Regionals on Saturday at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center. S\u00f6eren Grandke gave everything, but his run in the main draw was halted by a hard-fought three-set loss in Malibu, Caif.. ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONALS\u00a0 SINGLES RESULTS DOUBLES RESULTS \n—<\/p>\n Never miss a moment of Hawai’i Athletics! Catch over 200 live games\u2014both home and away\u2014across all your favorite sports on the all-new MW+. Ready to get in on the action? Click HERE<\/a> to subscribe to MW+ today!
\nIn the quarterfinal round of the main singles draw, Grandke went toe-to-toe with USC’s Nathan Trouve. Grandke set the pace early by edging Trouve in a gritty opening set tiebreaker, 7-6 (1). However, Trouve managed to reclaim the momentum back over the final two sets to end Grandke’s stellar run, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-2.
In doubles qualifying action, Hawai\u02bbi secured a standout victory as duo of Simon Knezevic<\/a> and Kosuke Nakanishi<\/a> delivered a dominant 8-2 performance to defeat UC Irvine’s Mason Bui and Nathaniel Suh. The rest of the Rainbow Warriors’ doubles lineup pushed their opponents to the limit in close battles. Grandke teamed with Mats Breschneijder, taking Arizona State’s Ofek Shimajov and Simon Caldwell into a tiebreaker before falling 8-7 (7-2). Hikaru Takahashi<\/a> and Kent Mueller<\/a> suffered a similarly tight heartbreak, dropping an 8-7 (7-5) tiebreaker to LMU’s Denis Maijorov and Max Wuelfing. Meanwhile, Adriano Dzhenev<\/a> and David Knesl<\/a> dropped an 8-3 match against UC Riverside’s Jovan Pedroza and Owen Pearson.
\nThe Rainbow Warriors will stay on the road to compete in the UTR PTT Newport Beach beginning on Monday, Oct. 19 and running through Sunday, Oct. 25. Hawai’i’s Kosuke Nakanishi<\/a>, David Knesl<\/a> and Adriano Dzhenev<\/a>\u00a0 will represent the Green and White in Newport Beach. S\u00f6eren Grandke, Mats Bredschneijder<\/a>, Kent Mueller<\/a>, Simon Knezevic<\/a>, and Hikaru Takahashi<\/a> will compete in the Mountain West Invite which begins on Wednesday, Oct. 21 in Las Vegas, Nev. at UNLV’s Fertitta Tennis Complex.<\/p>\n
\nDAY 3 RESULTS
\nSaturday, Oct. 17, 2026
\nRalphs-Straus Tennis Center (Malibu, Calif.)<\/p>\n
\nMain Draw – Quarterfinal
\nNathan Trouve (USC) def Soeren Grandke (UH), 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, 6-2<\/p>\n
\nQualifying – Round of 64
\nOfek Shimajov\/Simon Caldwell (ASU) def. Mats Breschneijder\/S\u00f6eren Grandke (UH), 8-7 (7-2)
\nSimon Knezevic<\/a>\/Kosuke Nakanishi<\/a> (UH) def. Mason Bui\/Nathaniel Suh (UCI), 8-2
\nJovan Pedroza \/Owen Pearson (UCR) def. Adriano Dzhenev<\/a>\/David Knesl<\/a> (UH). 8-3
\nDenis Maijorov\/Max Wuelfing (LMU) def. Hikaru Takahashi<\/a>\/Kent Mueller<\/a> (UH), 8-7 (7-5)
\nJovan Pedroza\/Owen Pearson (UHR) def. Adriano Dzhenev<\/a>\/David Knesl<\/a> (UH), 8-3
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