HANOVER, NH – In an early morning match today, No. 14 Harvard Men's Tennis toppled Brown in dominating 4-0 fashion.
As the top seed in the tournament, the Crimson began the day by grabbing the doubles point off of wins from
Ronan Jachuck and
Steven Sun at the No. 2 spot and
Daniel Milavsky and
Valdemar Pape at the No. 3 position.
Moving into singles, the Crimson moved to 2-0 as
Alan Yim picked up his second win of the spring season while only dropping two games throughout the two sets played.
Valdemar Pape and No. 13
Harris Walker pulled in two more straight set victories to lift the Crimson to four points and solidify their victory over Brown.
Harvard Highlights
- The Crimson now improve to 5-2 in their first matchup against an unranked opponent, having started the season matching up against six opponents ranked inside the ITA Division I Collegiate Tennis Rankings top-25.
- In the most recent ITA Division I Collegiate Tennis Rankings, Harris Walker earned a spot inside the top 15 for singles, landing at No. 13. With his win today, Walker improves to an impressive 5-1 to begin the spring season.
- Ronan Jachuck and Steven Sun have dominated doubles play this season. Today, as the duo only dropped one game, they improve to 6-1 for the spring, and 9-1 for the overall 2022-23 season.
- With the win, the Crimson improve to 86-7 all-time against Brown with Harvard now having won the last 11 matchups.
Results
Doubles
- Alex Finkelstein/Noah Hernandez (Brown) def. Henry von der Schulenburg/Harris Walker, 7-67
- Ronan Jachuck/Steven Sun def. Niraj Komatineni/Oliver Worth (Brown), 6-1
- Daniel Milavsky/Valdemar Pape def. Zander Bravo/Sam Feldman (Brown), 7-64
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
- No. 13 Harris Walker def. Alex Finkelstein (Brown), 6-4, 6-4
- Daniel Milavsky vs. Noah Hernandez (Brown), (DNF) 6-4, 4-5
- Ronan Jachuck vs. Niraj Komatineni (Brown), (DNF) 6-4, 5-4
- Valdemar Pape def. Roger Chou (Brown), 6-3, 6-2
- Marc Ktiri vs. Oliver Worth (Brown), (DNF) 6-7, 3-1
- Alan Yim def. Alex Koong (Brown), 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 4, 1
Next Up
The Crimson will return to action tomorrow as they take on Cornell at 3:00 p.m. following their 4-3 over Princeton in the first round. With a win tomorrow, Harvard would advance to the finals of the ECAC Championship and be one step closer to defending their title.