When asked about Friday’s match against California in the opening round of the ITA National Indoor Championship in Charlottesville, Va., Georgia men’s tennis player KU Singh had a simple message.

“Yeah – just got to win it,” Singh said.

That’s the idea anyway, for the No. 4 Bulldogs, who have their sights on nothing but the top this season.

KU Singh and the Georgia Bulldog tennis squad are looking to continue their winning ways this week, entering the ITA National Team Indoors Championships with a 6-0 record. EVAN STICHLER/Staff

This weekend’s tournament will feature the top-16 teams in the country, pitted together in a series of indoor dual-matches.

And No. 13 California will be the first team on the docket for the Bulldogs.

“[California] is very tough,” Georgia head coach Manuel Diaz said. “Especially throughout the middle of the lineup, I understand that they are very tough at two, three and four singles. Obviously good everywhere else, but those are the strong points.”

While the Bulldogs (6-0) will be guaranteed at least three matches in the tournament, it would be a major disappointment to see them lose in one of the earlier rounds.

If they defeat California, they will face either No. 5 Florida or No. 12 Pepperdine depending on win or loss.

From there, how far they advance will most likely depend on the legs — or more specifically, the groin — of their top-ranked player, No. 3 Wil Spencer.

Spencer has been held out of the last three singles matches with a groin injury that has limited his mobility and forced him off the court.

“[Spencer] aggravated his groin against Virginia Tech, and he’s been improving but is still not really quite 100 percent,” Diaz said.

Diaz thought about putting Spencer back into the singles lineup on Tuesday against Georgia Tech, but was convinced the senior needed more rest before the National Indoors Championship.

“[Tuesday] he felt a little bit better — about 85 percent — and he really wanted to play in the singles but after kind of going back and forth and talking to him, he insisted and insisted, and I really felt like if I gave him one more day today we would be close to 100 percent maybe by Friday,” Diaz said.

No. 10 Sadio Doumbia replaced Spencer at court one and performed well — most recently defeating No. 9 Kevin King of Georgia Tech in straight sets.

Behind Doumbia and Spencer, the Bulldogs have three other players who are ranked — No. 26 Ignacio Taboada, No. 64 Hernus Pieters and No. 101 Campbell Johnson — as well as KU Singh, who is undefeated at courts two and three for the Bulldogs but was not present for the fall season, so wasn’t placed in the rankings.

That lineup could be strong enough to propel a tournament run even without Spencer, but with Spencer playing at 100 percent it becomes a real threat to win the whole thing.

The Bulldogs have launched off to their most dominant start since the 2007 season, when they won a national championship.

They will be looking to win the National Indoors tournament for the third time.

The last time they won the tournament was during its national title season in 2007.

If the Bulldogs can manage to mount a long tournament run in the National Indoors, they would be firmly entrenched as top contenders for the NCAA Championship crown, to be played from May 18-20, in Athens.