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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men’s tennis concluded two successful days on its home courts this weekend as it hosted the Battle of Boston. 

First on Friday the Crimson first cruised through doubles beginning with Marc Ktiri and Kolos Kincses posting a nearly unblemished 6-1 win over Jaydon Barki and Adrian Quiros (BU).  Noah Gilligan and Brick Johnson added another victory with a 6-3 defeat of Andrew Andea and Anish Sehgal (BU). 

Harvard then recorded an additional doubles win on day two as Rohan Murali and Kincses teamed up and took down Sehgal and Payton Jim-On (BU), 6-2. 

Kincses and Ktiri each went 2-0 this weekend, dropping their opponents in dominant fashion.  In total Kincses fell in seven games across four sets played and Ktiri, just six. 

James MacDonald recorded his first win of the 2025-26 season battling through a three-set (6-4, 5-7, 6-1) match against Barki. 

Noah Gilligan registered his first collegiate singles win in style, defeating Ege Topkoc (BU), 6-1, 6-0 on day two. 

The final win of the weekend came courtesy of Rohan Murali as the junior cruised past Jim-On in straight sets while only dropping one game. 

Results
Day One
Doubles
Marc Ktiri/Kolos Kincses (Harvard) def. Jaydon Barki/Adrian Quiros (BU), 6-1
Noah Gilligan/Brick Johnson (Harvard) def. Andrew Andea/Anish Sehgal (BU), 6-3

Singles

Kolos Kincses (Harvard) def. Adrian Quiros (BU), 6-2, 6-3

James MacDonald (Harvard) def. Jaydon Barki (BU), 6-4, 5-7, 6-1

Marc Ktiri (Harvard) def. Anish Sehgal (BU), 6-1, 6-1

Andrew Andea (BU) def. Noah Gilligan (Harvard), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)

Ege Topkoc (BU) def. Brick Johnson (Harvard), 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

Day Two

Doubles

Rohan Murali/Kolos Kincses (Harvard) def. Anish Sehgal/Payton Jim-On (BU), 6-2

Andrew Andea/Adrian Quiros (BU) def. Noah Gilligan/James MacDonald (Harvard), 7-6 (3)

Singles

Marc Ktiri (Harvard) def. Adrian Quiros (BU), 6-4, 6-0

Kolos Kincses (Harvard) def. Jaydon Barki (BU), 6-2, 6-0

Rohan Murali (Harvard) def. Payton Jim-On (BU), 6-1, 6-0

Noah Gilligan (Harvard) def. Ege Topkoc (BU), 6-1, 6-0

Anish Sehgal (BU) def. Brick Johnson (Harvard), 6-0, 6-2