BRONX, N.Y. - The Yale men's tennis team continued to roll on Saturday, taking down Cornell, 4-1, at the Cary Leeds Tennis Center.
The victory marked the first time since 2013 that the Bulldogs have defeated the Big Red.
Yale got off to a fast start, as
Jason Shuler and
Krish Gupta (No. 2) and
Jim Ji and
Eric Li (No. 3) secured the doubles point with wins.
In singles, Shuler (No. 3),
Edward Liao (No. 5), and Gupta (No. 6) all picked up victories. Gupta's win also clinched the match for the Bulldogs in a tiebreaker.
Doubles
- Rushil Khosla / Eric Verdes (Cornell) vs. Vignesh Gogineni / Liao (Yale) 5-4 unfinished
- Shuler / Gupta (Yale) def. Nathan Mao / Radu Papoe (Cornell) 6-3
- Ji / Li (Yale) def. Jack McCarthy / Adit Sinha (Cornell) 6-4
Singles
- Papoe (Cornell) def. Gogineni (Yale) 6-0, 6-1
- Sinha (Cornell) vs. Ji (Yale) 4-6, 6-2 unfinished
- Shuler (Yale) def. McCarthy (Cornell) 7-5, 6-1
- Li (Yale) vs. Rodrigo Fernandes (Cornell) 7-6 (1), 2-4 unfinished
- Liao (Yale) def. Mao (Cornell) 6-3, 7-5
- Gupta (Yale) def. Felipe Pinzon (Cornell) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Looking Ahead
The Bulldogs will host Memphis on Sunday, Mar. 2 at 11 a.m.
