PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Edward Liao from the Yale men's tennis team advanced to the singles Round of 16 after earning a straight-sets victory on Friday to open play at the Ivy League Qualifier Tournament, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania.
 
Doubles

• Matthew Rutter/Nischal Spurling (Penn) def. Liao/Troy Kudrjavtsev (Yale) 8-4
• Aleksandar Mitric/Evan Wen (Princeton) def. Jim Ji/Krish Gupta (Yale) 8-3

 
Singles

• Liao (Yale) def. Elliot Wasserman (Brown) 6-3, 6-3
• Milan Markovits (Princeton) def. Ji (Yale) 6-4, 7-5
• Rutter (Penn) def. Gupta (Yale) 7-5, 6-4
• Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Kudrjavtsev (Yale) 6-4, 6-1

 
Up Next
The tournament will continue on Saturday, Oct. 25.