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Men's Tennis

Men’s Tennis Opens Skidmore Invitational

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - The Swarthmore College men's tennis team opened competition at the Skidmore Invitational on Saturday. 

Seth Sadikov won a pair of matches in flight A singles to advance to tomorrow's semifinals. Rishi Verma/ Francis Thoresen then headlined doubles action with a couple victories in flight C doubles. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
- Nicholas Choo/ Dylan Hayes Gilbert triumphed in their opening round matchup of flight B doubles. The Swarthmore duo defeated Simon Catanzaro/ Christian Stubberman (Bowdoin College), 6-2, but then fell 6-3 in their semifinal matchup. 

- Verma/ Thoresen won a pair of matchups in flight C doubles. The pairing won 6-4 in the opening round against Henry Groves/ Nathan Hernandez (Middlebury College) and then prevailed with a 7-5 decision over Mahen Bitkuri/ Nathan Dolgushev (Skidmore College).   

SINGLES
- Sadikov won a pair of singles matches to advance to the flight A semifinals. The junior grinded out a three-set win against William Luke (Williams College), winning 6-3, 4-6, 11-9. He then advanced past Chase Burke (Wesleyan University) with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph.   

- Cameron Samek was victorious in his opening round matchup in flight B singles. The sophomore edged out Brett Keeling (Wesleyan University) in three sets, 6-2, 0-6,11-9. Samek then dropped his second-round battle with Jackson Codd (Bowdoin College), 6-4, 6-4.

- Gilbert opened flight B singles with a three-set victory. The junior took down Matthew Yang (Williams College), 6-2, 5-7, 10-5. Gilbert then fell to Tarun Gopalakrishnan (Bowdoin College) in the second round, 6-2, 6-1.   

- Thoresen won his flight C singles opener against Adam Sun (Williams College). The rookie took both sets with a pair of 6-3 decisions. 

- Aadhi Raja earned a victory in the opening round of flight D singles. The senior battled to a 7-6 victory in the opening set before winning another competitive second set, 7-5. 

- Akshay Kommineni rounded out singles competition with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Aidan Ronan (Wesleyan University) in the first round of flight D. 

UP NEXT
The Garnet continue action in tomorrow's tournament finale.
 
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Players Mentioned

Nicholas Choo

Nicholas Choo

Junior
Dylan Hayes Gilbert

Dylan Hayes Gilbert

Junior
Aadhi Raja

Aadhi Raja

Senior
Seth Sadikov

Seth Sadikov

Junior
Cameron Samek

Cameron Samek

Sophomore
Rishi Verma

Rishi Verma

Senior
Akshay Kommineni

Akshay Kommineni

1st Year
Francis Thoresen

Francis Thoresen

1st Year

Players Mentioned

Nicholas Choo

Nicholas Choo

Junior
Dylan Hayes Gilbert

Dylan Hayes Gilbert

Junior
Aadhi Raja

Aadhi Raja

Senior
Seth Sadikov

Seth Sadikov

Junior
Cameron Samek

Cameron Samek

Sophomore
Rishi Verma

Rishi Verma

Senior
Akshay Kommineni

Akshay Kommineni

1st Year
Francis Thoresen

Francis Thoresen

1st Year