This post was updated March 11 at 5:58 p.m.

After spending last weekend on the beach, the Bruins spent this one cruising to victory.

In its second consecutive sweep to open Big Ten play, UCLA men’s tennis (4-6, 2-0 Big Ten) trounced Purdue (8-3, 0-1) by a score of 7-0 on Sunday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. The Bruins clinched the match more than half an hour before its official conclusion, with the team winning five of its six singles matches in straight sets.

Following a 7-0 sweep of Indiana on Friday, UCLA has seemingly turned the tide after losing four straight matchups and getting off to the worst start to a dual-match season since coach Billy Martin took the helm.

“At least three of those (last four) matches, we were so close we could taste it a little bit,” Martin said. “We all had to do a little soul searching. … So I was really happy with the way the guys came out this weekend and showed their determination to not roll over and die but to make the season successful, which I certainly think it can be.”

After last weekend’s Pacific Coast Doubles Championship at La Jolla Beach Tennis Club, Martin said he was happy with his newly implemented doubles lineups and will continue fine-tuning in the absence of No. 14 All-American sophomore Spencer Johnson.

The tandem of redshirt sophomore Emon van Loben Sels and junior Gianluca Ballotta made their dual-match debut, taking down Maj Premzl and Henrik Villanger 6-1 before reigning doubles championship winners seniors Giacomo Revelli and Alexander Hoogmartens defeated Aleksa Krivokapic and Juan David Velasquez 6-3 to capture the doubles point.

Freshman Kaylan Bigun improved to 3-1 over his last four singles matches after defeating David Velasquez 6-0, 6-2. After the freshman started his dual-match singles career 0-3, Martin said it was just a matter of Bigun getting acclimated to the college environment.

“Being thrown in in January to UCLA, college, dormitory, now these matches, it was like someone hit him with a two-by-four on his head,” Martin said. “He’s matured a lot in these first two months here at UCLA, and I think he embraces it. And I think now he really knows what it’s all about.”

After losing his first set, No. 37 freshman Rudy Quan defeated Krivokapic 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(3).

Martin said Quan’s slow start was just part of a readjustment period many athletes go through after playing in the professional ranks and returning to the collegiate world.

The freshman recently competed in the BNP Paribas Open qualifiers in Indian Wells, California, defeating No. 21 seed and world No. 135 Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4, 7-5 in Monday’s opening round. Quan later fell to world No. 349 Yosuke Watanuki 6-3, 6-2 in Tuesday’s second round.

Quan and Martin both added that the event gave the freshman a chance to live out his dream of competing against the world’s best.

“I lived tennis out there,” Quan said. “I saw what the pros were doing, … and that’s what I want to do one day, is to play and beat more of the top players in the world. … I had a lot of fun.”

Since earning the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship title March 2, Revelli has amassed two Big Ten doubles victories and one Big Ten singles victory.

“I liked that I was patient in the rallies, and I liked how I was just outmaneuvering my opponent a little bit,” Revelli said after his 6-3, 6-1 singles win over Nour Fathalla. “I was a little bit stronger on the forehand wing. And when we got into the longer cross-court rallies, I felt I was coming out on top more.”

Martin said that Revelli has gotten healthy recently after injuries and illness and touted the senior’s experience and ability to excel in both singles and doubles.

The coach added that the Bruins’ recent success stems from the leadership of Johnson, Hoogmartens and van Loben Sels, as well as the team’s collective unity in the face of defeat.

“A lot of times when you have a string of losses, I find that everybody’s trying to point the finger and trying to blame,” Martin said. “I saw nothing of that. I just saw, ‘Gosh, we’re close. We can do this.’”