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The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men’s tennis team opened the 2026 OUA championship with a dominant 7-0 victory over the McMaster Marauders on Friday afternoon (Oct. 9) at Mayfair East.
2025 OUA rookie of the year Lucas Mock led the Blues. He, along with Stephen Wong, won the No. 1 doubles match, 8-6, while Mock handily defeated McMaster’s Hadi Niaz 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 1 singles match.
Ben Whitley had an equally impressive day. He and Eric Ma took the No. 2 doubles match, 8-6, while Whitely also won the No. 2 singles match 6-3, 6-0 against McMaster’s Jeffrey Lim.
With the win, the OUA defending champion Blues will face the winner of Western and Brock in tomorrow afternoon’s semifinals at 2:30pm.
Toronto 7, McMaster 0
Doubles
Toronto
McMaster
Score
MD1
Lucas Mock / Stephen Wong
Hadi Niaz / Tristan Brindley
8–6
MD2
Ben Whitley / Eric Ma
Jacob Lim / Jeffrey Lim
8–6
MD3
Alex Zhang / Edward Kruppe
Christian Krustev / Wyatt Clark
8–6
Toronto wins the doubles point
1-0
Singles
Toronto
McMaster
Score
MS1
Lucas Mock
Hadi Niaz
6–1, 6–3
MS2
Ben Whitley
Jeffrey Lim
6–3, 6–0
MS3
Edward Kruppe
Tristan Brindley
6–0, 6–0
MS4
Ryan Mendoza
Nikhilesh Gohil
6–1, 6–1
MS5
Gabriel Dattels
Cyrus Shobeir
6–0, 6–0
MS6
Luka Kirigin
Jacob Lim
8–5
2026 OUA Men’s Tennis Championship
Friday, October 9
Quarter-Final #1: No. 3 Queen’s vs No. 6 York 4-3
Quarter-Final #2: No. 2 Ottawa vs No. 7 Waterloo 4-3
Quarter-Final #3: No. 1 Toronto vs No. 8 McMaster 7-0
Quarter-Final #4: No. 4 Western vs No. 5 Brock
Saturday, October 10
Consolation Semifinal #1:York vs Waterloo 9:00am
Consolation Semifinal #2: McMaster vs TBD 9:00am
Consolation Final: 11:00am
7th/8th: 11:00am
Semifinal #1: Toronto vs TBD 2:30pm
Semifinal #2: Queen’s vs Ottawa 2:30pm
Sunday, October 11
Bronze: 10:30am
Gold: 1:30pm