{"id":4870,"date":"2009-01-29T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/49er-tennis-loses-season-opener-to-usc\/"},"modified":"2009-01-29T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T07:13:00","slug":"49er-tennis-loses-season-opener-to-usc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/49er-tennis-loses-season-opener-to-usc","title":{"rendered":"49er Tennis Loses Season Opener to USC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style='float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;'><img src='images\/archive\/sports\/photo6797539.jpg' align='left' \/><\/div>\n<p>   <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">From LBSU reports<\/span>     <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Long Beach State (#48) lost their first match of the season 7-0 to the #10 Trojans at USC on Wednesday. &nbsp;The 49ers will travel up north to take on Cal in a double header, before hosting Florida International in the new Rhodes Tennis Center on February 6th.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The rankings held throughout the doubles, with #21 Fink and Niculescu of USC defeating LBSU&#8217;s Lisa Sutton and Deborah Armstrong 8-4, and #53 Sanchez and Ramos defeating Jessica Weeks and Rachael Manasse.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In singles, Hannah Grady (who was held out of the doubles) rebounded from a first-set loss to #38 Sarah Fansler to battle through a tight second set before eventually falling 7-6 in a 9-7 tiebreaker.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anais Dallara, the freshman from France taking on her first opponent as a 49er, looked good against USC&#8217;s Gabriela Niculescu (#67). &nbsp;She worked the opening set to 6-4 and sent the second set to 7-5, but ultimately lost.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Doubles<\/span><\/div>\n<div>#31 Fink\/Niculescu (USC) def. 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