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<\/p>\n MEDFORD, MA (March 28, 2025) \u2013 Returning from their win at the Stag-Hen Invitational in California over spring break, the No. 2 Tufts men’s tennis team played a pair of matches on Saturday. The first match saw the team face off against the No. 24 Brandeis Judges in Waltham, while the second showdown welcomed New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) opponent Hamilton to Medford.<\/p>\n Match 1: Tufts 6 vs. Brandeis 1 The Jumbos jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead after securing two of the three doubles matches. At No. 1 doubles, Alex Ganchev<\/a> and Sacha Maes<\/a> delivered a strong and efficient performance, defeating Oliver Lorenz and Daniel Shemesh 6-1 in just 21 minutes. Brandeis responded at No. 3 doubles, where freshman Logan Mahan<\/a> and Anirudh Dhanwada<\/a> fell 6-0 to Muaz Malik and Huasen Dong. However, Kaetan Mehta<\/a> and Andrej Djokic<\/a> sealed the doubles point for Tufts at No. 2, defeating Aidan Wang-Fan and Pierce Garbett 6-2.<\/p>\n After falling 6\u20133 in the first set to Garbett at No. 2 singles, Djokic battled back and won the next two sets 6-2,\u00a06-2 to give the Jumbos a 2-0 match lead.<\/p>\n Ganchev followed suit, as he too dropped the first set to Shemesh at No. 1 singles. He fought back and won the next two sets en route to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory. Davide Mirza<\/a> narrowly dropped his first set 7-5 to Wang-Fan at No. 6 singles. He was able to power through a tight second set, winning 6-4. In the third set, Mirza found himself up 5-0 before Wang-Fan tied it up at 5-5. The match went to a tiebreak, where Mirza was able to pull through and gut out a 7-6 (9-7) victory.<\/p>\n At No. 4 singles, Mehta was the next Jumbo to win, defeating Huasen Dong. He had an easy time in the first set, winning 6-3, but the second set pushed him much harder. Dong was able to force a tiebreak in the second, which Mehta won 7\u20136 (10\u20138).<\/p>\n At No. 5 singles, Dhanwada dropped the first set to Lorenz 6-1. Down 1-4 in the second set, Dhanwada was able to fight back and take it 7-5 to set up a 10-point match tiebreaker. Lorenz was able to take down Dhanwada 10\u20138 in the tiebreaker, giving the Judges their only point of the day.<\/p>\n ORDER OF FINISH: 1, 3, 2 Match 2: Tufts 7, Hamilton 0 Tufts took early control of the match and secured the doubles point. At No. 1 doubles, Javier Gonzalez<\/a> and Stavros Mastrogamvrakis<\/a> narrowly beat Villem Aadamsoo and Lleyton Mendieta 6-4 after they managed to force an early break. Matej Djokic<\/a> served for the match at 5-4 alongside his partner Garv Bahl<\/a> and delivered a 6\u20134 win. The two of them clinched the doubles point over Anson Anderson and Tarun Korwar at No. 2 doubles.<\/p>\n Last to finish was the No. 3 doubles pair of William Moldenhauer and Takehiro Shuda<\/a>, facing off against Alexei Katelevsky and Fillip Glov Moeller. Finding themselves down 5-4, they tied the match and shortly after broke Hamilton’s serve to go up 6\u20135 and serve for the match. Moldenhauer wasn’t able to close things out on his serve, and a tiebreaker was forced. The Tufts duo wasn’t able to win the tiebreak, falling 7\u20134.<\/p>\n
\nTufts has historically been dominant against Brandeis, holding a 21-4 record in the matchup dating back to 1995. Saturday only added to that dominance, as the Jumbos took care of business with a convincing win.<\/p>\n
\nIt was Maes, playing No. 3 singles, who was able to clinch the match for the Jumbos with his 6\u20133, 6\u20130 routing of Malik.<\/p>\n
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\nHamilton entered the match with a 5-3 overall record this year and an 0-2 record in NESCAC play. The Continentals have also had a difficult time with the Jumbos, as they currently sit on a 12-match losing streak against the Brown and Blue.<\/p>\n