\n Story Links
\n
<\/p>\n
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men’s tennis team delivered a dominant performance in its home opener, sweeping Buffalo 7-0\u00a0on Thursday evening at the Reis Tennis Center. The Big Red improved to 3-1, while Buffalo fell to 0-2.<\/p>\n
The home team seized control early by capturing the doubles point. Eric Verdes<\/a> and Rodrigo Fernandes<\/a> set the tone with a 6-4 win at No. 1, followed by the 90th-ranked duo of Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar<\/a> and Rushil Khosla<\/a>, who edged Emiliano Jorquera and Faiz Nasyam 7-5 at No. 2 to clinch the point.<\/p>\n Cornell carried that momentum into singles, winning all six matches with five coming in straight sets. At the top of the lineup, 120th-ranked Fernandes defeated Theodoros Mitsakos 6-3, 6-2, while Verdes added a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Onder Balci at No. 2.<\/p>\n The Big Red continued to roll through the middle of the order. Senthil Kumar posted a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5, and Aman Sharma<\/a> followed with a 6-4, 6-3 decision at No. 6. At No. 4, 113th-ranked Felipe Pinzon<\/a> earned a 7-6, 6-3 victory over Michael Malkin, before Petar Teodorovic<\/a> closed the match with a hard-fought 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 win at No. 3.<\/p>\n “It was a solid performance tonight,” said Silviu Tanasiou, Cornell’s Director of Intercollegiate Tennis and the Savitt-Weiss Head Coach of Men’s Tennis. “We went out with clear intent and made some competitive strides. We have another week of training where we need to get hyper-focused on what we want to accomplish.”<\/p>\n Cornell returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. when St. John’s visits Reis Tennis Center. The Big Red leads the all-time series 24-1 and holds an active 23-match win streak over the Red Storm.<\/p>\n Cornell 7, Buffalo 0 Doubles Singles Records: Cornell 3-1; Buffalo 0-2
\nJan. 29, 2026 \/\/ Reis Tennis Center \/\/ Ithaca, N.Y.<\/p>\n
\n1. Eric Verdes<\/a>\/Rodrigo Fernandes<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Minjae Kim\/Michael Malkin (Buffalo), 6-4
\n2. #90 Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar<\/a>\/Rushil Khosla<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Emiliano Jorquera\/Faiz Nasyam (Buffalo), 7-5
\n3. Felipe Pinzon<\/a>\/Aman Sharma<\/a> (Cornell) vs. Theodoros Mitsakos\/Onder Balci (Buffalo), 6-6 unfinished
\nOrder of finish: 1, 2<\/p>\n
\n1. #120 Rodrigo Fernandes<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Theodoros Mitsakos (Buffalo), 6-3, 6-2
\n2. Eric Verdes<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Onder Balci (Buffalo), 6-2, 6-3\u00a0
\n3. Petar Teodorovic<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Minjae Kim (Buffalo), 7-6, 3-6, 7-6
\n4. #113 Felipe Pinzon<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Michael Malkin (Buffalo), 7-6, 6-3
\n5. Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Emiliano Jorquera (Buffalo), 6-3, 6-3\u00a0
\n6. Aman Sharma<\/a> (Cornell) defeated Faiz Nasyam (Buffalo), 6-4, 6-3
\nOrder of finish: 1, 2, 5, 6, 4, 3<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Story Links
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men’s tennis team delivered a dominant performance in its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-442109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}