{"id":942070,"date":"2026-10-26T23:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942070\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T23:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:38:18","slug":"patel-leads-columbia-at-ivy-league-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942070\/","title":{"rendered":"Patel Leads Columbia at Ivy League Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRINCETON, N.J. \u2014 Columbia men’s tennis competed at the Ivy League Qualifier, hosted by Princeton at the Meadows Complex, Oct. 23-24. Shaan Patel<\/a> advanced to the singles main draw round of 16 and teamed with Andrew Kotzen<\/a> to reach the doubles quarterfinals. The Lions also collected three singles victories and a doubles win in the consolation draws.
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\nColumbia 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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\nCharlie Valentine<\/a> 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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\nAndrew Kotzen<\/a> fell to Yale’s Krish Gupta, 6-4, 7-6(3), while Jung Hee You<\/a> dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision to Penn’s Bharadwaj Shaurya.
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\nIn 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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\nPatel 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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\nKotzen 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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\nThe 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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\nYou 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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\nColumbia continues its fall on Friday as it travels to South Bend, Ind., to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.<\/p>\n

Tournament Results

\nSingles Main Draw Round of 32 – Friday, Oct. 23
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\n\tKrish Gupta (Yale) def. Andrew Kotzen<\/a> (COL), 6-4, 7-6(3)
\n\tBharadwaj Shaurya (PENN) def. Jung Hee You<\/a> (COL), 6-2, 6-2
\n\tAleksander Mitric (Princeton) def. Charlie Valentine<\/a> (COL), 7-6(3), 3-6, 7-5
\n\tShaan Patel<\/a> (COL) def. Lukas Phimvongsa (Brown), 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4 <\/p>\n

Doubles Main Draw Round of 16 – Friday, Oct. 23<\/p>\n

Singles Main Draw Round of 16 – Saturday, Oct. 24<\/p>\n


\n\tRethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (COR) def. Shaan Patel<\/a> (COL), 6-3, 6-2 <\/p>\n

Consolation Round of 16 – Saturday, Oct. 24<\/p>\n

Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinals – Saturday, Oct. 24<\/p>\n

Doubles Consolation Quarterfinals – Saturday, Oct. 24<\/p>\n

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