PRINCETON, N.J. — Columbia men’s tennis competed at the Ivy League Qualifier, hosted by Princeton at the Meadows Complex, Oct. 23-24. Shaan Patel advanced to the singles main draw round of 16 and teamed with Andrew Kotzen to reach the doubles quarterfinals. The Lions also collected three singles victories and a doubles win in the consolation draws.
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Columbia opened play Friday, Oct. 23, in the singles main draw round of 32. Patel earned a three-set victory over Brown’s Lukas Phimvongsa, 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4, taking the deciding set to advance.
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Charlie Valentine also pushed Princeton’s Aleksander Mitric to three sets, responding to a first-set tiebreaker loss with a 6-3 second-set win before falling, 7-5, in the third.
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Andrew Kotzen fell to Yale’s Krish Gupta, 6-4, 7-6(3), while Jung Hee You dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision to Penn’s Bharadwaj Shaurya.
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In doubles, Kotzen and Patel defeated Yale’s Bryan Assi and Jason Shuler, 8-3, in the main draw round of 16. You and Valentine narrowly fell to Brown’s Lukas Phimvongsa and Justin Lin, 8-7(4).
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Patel returned to singles action Saturday, Oct. 24, facing Cornell’s Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar in the main draw round of 16 and falling 6-3, 6-2.
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Kotzen and Patel also competed in the doubles quarterfinals, pushing Harvard’s Nathan Blokhin and Kolos Kincses to a tiebreaker before falling, 8-7(5).
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The Lions found success in the consolation draws, earning three singles victories. Kotzen defeated Cornell’s Rushil Khosla, 6-4, 6-1, while Valentine posted a 6-1, 6-3 win over Cornell’s Jack Casciato. You secured a three-set victory over Yale’s Ethan Chung, 6-3, 4-6(10-6), taking the opening set before prevailing in the deciding-set tiebreaker.
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You and Valentine closed out the weekend with an 8-6 victory over Yale’s Krish Gupta and Ethan Chung in the doubles consolation quarterfinals.
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Columbia continues its fall on Friday as it travels to South Bend, Ind., to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.

Tournament Results

Singles Main Draw Round of 32 – Friday, Oct. 23


Krish Gupta (Yale) def. Andrew Kotzen (COL), 6-4, 7-6(3)
Bharadwaj Shaurya (PENN) def. Jung Hee You (COL), 6-2, 6-2
Aleksander Mitric (Princeton) def. Charlie Valentine (COL), 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-5
Shaan Patel (COL) def. Lukas Phimvongsa (Brown), 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4

Doubles Main Draw Round of 16 – Friday, Oct. 23

Singles Main Draw Round of 16 – Saturday, Oct. 24


Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (COR) def. Shaan Patel (COL), 6-3, 6-2

Consolation Round of 16 – Saturday, Oct. 24

Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinals – Saturday, Oct. 24

Doubles Consolation Quarterfinals – Saturday, Oct. 24

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