NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team had a strong finish to the MLK Invitational at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. Facing Vanderbilt, the Bulldogs won five of seven singles matches. In addition, the doubles team of
Renaud Lefevre and
Shervin Dehmoubed posted a 6-3 win.
The singles winners for Yale were
Michael Sun, Vignesh Gogineni, Luke Neal, Dehmoubed and
Aidan Reilly. Eric Li won an exhibition match.
The format of the tournament was individual play with no team scores.
Charlotte and Vanderbilt meet in the final match of the Invitational on Monday at 10 a.m.
Next up for the Bulldogs are matches with Binghamton and Fairfield on Jan. 28.
Yale vs. Vanderbilt
Doubles
Sim Troost/Jeremie Casabon (Vandy) def.
Luke Neal/
Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) 6-1
Nathan Cox/Michael Ross (Vandy) def.
Aidan Reilly/
Walker Oberg (Yale) 6-4
Joubert Klopper/Macsen Sisam (Vandy) def.
Michael Sun/
Eric Li (Yale) 6-2
Renaud Lefevre/
Shervin Dehmoubed (Yale) def. Mitchell Deames/Marcus Ferreira (Vandy) 6-3
Singles
Michael Sun (Yale) def. Nathan Cox (Vandy) 6-1, 7-5
Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) def. Joubert Klopper (Vandy) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Luke Neal (Yale) def. Michael Ross (Vandy) 6-7(4), 6-4, 3-1 (ret.)
Jeremie Casabon (Vandy) def.
Walker Oberg (Yale) 6-4, 6-3
Sim Troost (Vandy) def.
Renaud Lefevre (Yale) 6-4, 6-3
Shervin Dehmoubed (Yale) def. Macsen Sisam (Vandy) 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-3
Aidan Reilly (Yale) def. Marcus Ferreira (Vandy) 6-1, 6-2