NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team got back to its winning ways on Saturday, kicking off Ivy League play with a dominant 6-1 victory over the Brown Bears at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
Yale started strong, with the pairs of
Dylan Tsoi and
Krish Gupta (No. 2) and
Edward Liao and
Eric Li (No. 3) securing the doubles point. The Bulldogs carried that momentum into singles, where Liao (No. 2), Li (No. 3), Gupta (No. 4),
Aidan Reilly (No. 5), and
Walker Oberg (No. 6) all earned victories, capped off by Oberg clinching the match on his birthday.
Doubles
- Noah Hernandez / Lukas Phimvongsa (Brown) vs. Reilly / Jason Shuler (Yale) 5-5 unfinished
- Tsoi / Gupta (Yale) def. Alex Finkelstein / Alexander Bravo (Brown) 6-4
- Liao / Li (Yale) def. Sam Feldman / James Lian (Brown) 6-4
Singles
- Finkelstein (Brown) def. Shuler (Yale) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
- Liao (Yale) def. Oliver Worth (Brown) 6-2, 6-1
- Li (Yale) def. Noah Hernandez (Brown) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
- Gupta (Yale) def. Phimvongsa (Brown) 7-5, 6-0
- Reilly (Yale) def. Lian (Brown) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
- Oberg (Yale) def. Toby Luo (Brown) 6-3, 6-3
Looking Ahead
The Bulldogs will hit the road to face Cornell on Saturday, Apr. 5.
