Adrien Berrut Upsets No. 1 Seed as Toreros Reach Singles, Doubles Semifinals at ITA Southwest Regional

MALIBU, Calif. — San Diego men’s tennis’ Adrien Berrut is one win from the NCAA Singles Championships. The Torero junior upset top-seeded Emon van Loben Sels of UCLA 6-2, 6-1 in Saturday’s round of 16 at the ITA Division I Men’s Southwest Regional Championship, then rallied past the Bruins’ Cassius Chinlund 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 in Sunday’s quarterfinals at Pepperdine’s Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center. Berrut, one of the 9-16 seeds, faces Pepperdine’s Lasse Poertner in Monday’s semifinals. Poertner, a 5-8 seed ranked No. 69 nationally, beat USC’s third-seeded Nathan Trouve 7-5, 6-0 in his quarterfinal. The regional’s two finalists earn automatic…