PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University men’s tennis team sent all four doubles teams along with four individuals to the Main Draw Round of 16 at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Regional Saturday.
No. 31 Fnu Nidunjianzan and Ellis Short defeated Sanjeev Chundu and Parashar Bharadwaj of the University of Pennsylvania, 8-5, to earn a spot in the Round of 16. Aleksandar Mitric and Evan Wen earned an 8-6 victory over Filip Paroulek and Simon Hegarty of St. John’s, while Sawyer Severance and Milan Markovits outlasted Bucknell’s Amar Tahirovic and Brendan McDonald, 8-7 (10-8). Sebastian Sec and Meecah Bigun advanced after knocking off Filip Horak and Diego Cueto de Romana of Fordham, 8-4.
In singles, No. 18 Paul Inchauspe cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 win over Lehigh’s Alex Van Lumich while Wen took down Jakob Katuch of Columbia, 6-2, 6-3. No. 35 Nidunjianzan earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Columbia’s Andrew Ena and No. 97 Sec overcame Penn’s Matthew Rutter, 6-0, 6-1.
In the consolation bracket, Bigun and Markovits both advanced to the Round of 16. Bigun triumphed over Eyal Shyovitz of Penn State with a score of 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) and Markovits prevailed over Bucknell’s Adamantios Stavrakas, 6-3, 6-3.
Results
Main Draw Singles
Round of 32
No. 18 Paul Inchauspe (PRIN) def. Alex Van Lumich (LEHIGH) 6-0, 6-2
Ernesto Ruy (SJU) def. Aleksandar Mitric (PRIN) 0-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4
Evan Wen (PRIN) def. Jakob Katuch (COL) 6-3, 6-4
No. 35 Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRIN) def. Andrew Ena (COL) 6-2, 6-3
No. 97 Sebastian Sec (PRIN) def. Matthew Rutter (PENN) 6-0, 6-1
Abhishek Thorat (COL) def. Sawyer Severance (PRIN) 6-1, 6-0
Main Draw Consolation Singles
Round of 32
Meecah Bigun (PRIN) def. Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Milan Markovits (PRIN) def. Adamantios Stavrakas (BUCK) 6-3, 6-3
Main Draw Doubles
Round of 32
No. 31 Fnu Nidunjianzan/Ellis Short (PRIN) def. Sanjeev Chundu/Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 8-5
Aleksandar Mitric/Evan Wen (PRIN) def. Filip Paroulek/Simon Hegarty (STJ) 8-6
Sawyer Severance/Milan Markovits (PRIN) def. Amar Tahirovic/Brendan McDonald (BUCK) 8-7 (10-8)
Sebastian Sec/Meecah Bigun (PRIN) def. Filip Horak/Diego Cueto de Romana (FORD) 8-4