CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Brown men’s tennis team finished play on day three of the ITA Regionals on Saturday. The Bears went 4-0 in doubles play and 1-6 in singles action.

The Bears went undefeated in doubles play. Cole Oberg and Elliot Wasserman defeated Jack Lindstrom and Matteo Mejia from Marist, 8-4, with Lucas Kimelman and Tej Bhagra topping Denny Bao and Kunanan Pantaratorn of Dartmouth, 8-5. Lukas Phimvongsa and Justin Lin earned their victory over Miko Lapalme and Mathis Salvestre from Buffalo (SUNY), 8-4, and Ivan Sodan and Robert Yang edged LeMoyne’s Carlo Zucchini and Adrian Daniel, 8-6.

In singles action, Yang defeated Bruno Loch Varella from Siena, 6-1, 6-2, earning a spot in round two versus Rodridgo Fernandes from Cornell but ultimately fell, 6-2, 6-2. Wasserman was topped by Bill Chan of Harvard, 6-3, 6-2, while Gautam Venkatraman was topped by Nathan Blokhin from Harvard as well, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Senior James Lian was edged by Eric Verdes from Cornell, 6-2, 6-2, and Lucas Kimelman fell to Mitchell Lee from Harvard. Justin Lin was edged by Yale’s Zhengqing Ji in a three-set match, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. 

The Bears will be back to compete tomorrow in doubles in the fourth day of the ITA Regionals. 

 

Results:

Doubles

Cole Oberg and Elliot Wasserman (Brown) def. Jack Lindstrom and Matteo Mejia (Marist), 8-4

Lucas Kimelman and Tej Bhagra (Brown) def. Denny Bao and Kunanan Pantaratorn (Dartmouth), 8-5

Lukas Phimvongsa and Justin Lin (Brown) def. Miko Lapalme and Mathis Salvestre (Buffalo SUNY), 8-4

Ivan Sodan and Robert Yang (Brown) def. Carlo Zucchini and Adrian Daniel (LeMoyne), 8-6

 

Singles

Round One

Robert Yang (Brown) def. Bruno Loch Varella (Siena), 6-1, 6-2

Bill Chan (Harvard) def. Elliot Wasserman (Brown), 6-3, 6-2

Nathan Blokhin (Harvard) def. Gautam Venkatraman (Brown), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Eric Verdes (Cornell) def. James Lian (Brown), 6-2, 6-2

Mitchell Lee (Harvard) def. Lucas Kimelman (Brown), 6-2, 6-4

Zhengqing Ji (Yale) def. Justin Lin (Brown), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

 

Round Two

Rodridgo Fernandes (Cornell) def. Robert Yang (Brown), 6-2, 6-2

 

 

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