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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men’s tennis (13-12, 3-3 Ivy) will conclude its 2025-26 regular season this weekend against Dartmouth (15-10, 3-3 Ivy). The Crimson will take on the Big Green on Sunday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. ET in Cambridge.
The Last Time Out
The Crimson dropped two ranked road battles last weekend to No. 27 Columbia and No. 31 Cornell.
Against the Lions, the Crimson battled through doubles with each match going to a tiebreak. Then in singles, Nathan Blokhin recorded a ranked win over No. 90 Sachin Palta (Columbia) and Masato Perera defeated Abhishek Thorat (Columbia), 6-2, 6-4.
The following day, Blokhin completed an undefeated weekend, dropping Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) in a three-set battle (6-2, 4-6, 6-2).
Mitchell Lee also grabbed a point for the Crimson against the Big Red, defeating Aman Sharma (Cornell), 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Individual Notes
Heading into the final weekend of the Ivy League season, the Crimson remains inside the top 50 in the ITA Division I Men’s Team Rankings, checking in at No. 47.
Nathan Blokhin is having a dominant first-year with the Crimson, leading the team in singles wins with a record of 24-7. In the dual season alone, Blokhin is 16-3 while playing primarily at the No. 3 spot.
The first-year player currently ranks No. 102 in the nation in the ITA singles poll.
Rohan Murali is having a breakout season for the Crimson and has accumulated 20 singles wins and 21 doubles wins.
The junior moved into the No. 1 singles spot midway through the season and currently ranks No. 56 in the nation.
Masato Perera (16), Mitchell Lee (13), and Benjamin Privara (11) have all surpassed double-digit singles wins this season.
In doubles, Murali and Kolos Kincses have accumulated 20 wins as a duo including a record of 15-5 in the dual season.
Kincses has the most doubles wins of any Harvard player this season with an overall record of 24-9.
For the Foes
The Big Green is 15-10 this season and 3-3 in Ivy League play.
Dartmouth started its Ivy League season strong with a pair of wins over Penn and Princeton in the first weekend.
The Big Green has been 1-3 since its first weekend but has accumulated its most conference wins since 2018-19.
Next Up
The Crimson will await its fate in the NCAA Tournament with the selection show on Monday, April 27 at 4:00 p.m. ET.