MEMPHIS, TN – No. 11 Harvard men's tennis dropped their 2024 season opener tonight, falling to Memphis, 2-4. 
 
The Crimson began the day by winning the No. 3 doubles match courtesy of Ronan Jachuck and Masato Perera.  As the duo teamed up for the first time this season, they cruised to a 6-1 victory over Maxime Dubouch and Pau Fanlo (Memphis).
 
Despite pushing the matches at the No. 1 and 2 positions to 7-6 and 7-5 results, respectively, the Crimson were not able to capitalize, ultimately dropping the doubles point. 
 
Moving into singles play, the Crimson pulled into the lead following a pair of straight set wins from Daniel Milavsky and Ronan Jachuck.  First, Milavsky looked strong against the No. 80 nationally ranked player, Pau Fanlo (Memphis), winning 6-1, 6-4.  Jachuck followed, picking up the final Crimson win of the day with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of Harry Rock (Memphis) at the No. 4 position.    
 
Despite pushing the final two outstanding matches to third sets, Harvard ultimately dropped the battle to the Tigers, 2-4. 

Results

Doubles

1. Pablo Alemany/Charlie Barry (Memphis) def. No. 5 Cooper Williams/Daniel Milavsky, 7-6 (6)
2. Conor Gannon/Harry Rock (Memphis) def. Alan Yim/Henry von der Schulenburg, 7-5
3. Ronan Jachuck/Masato Perera def. Maxime Dubouch/Pau Fanlo (Memphis), 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles

1. No. 15 Cooper Williams vs. Pablo Alemany (Memphis), 6-7, 7-5, 3-1 DNF
2. Conor Gannon def. Henry von der Schulenburg, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
3. Daniel Milavsky def. No. 80 Pau Fanlo (Memphis), 6-1, 6-4
4. Ronan Jachuck def. Harry Rock (Memphis), 7-5, 6-1
5. Maxime Dubouch (Memphis) def. Rohan Murali, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
6. Juan Zabala (Memphis) def. Masato Perera, 6-4, 6-4

Order of finish: 4, 3, 2, 6, 5

Next Up

The Crimson will look to bounce back as they return home to welcome No. 21 NC State and Bryant to Cambridge, Mass. for a doubleheader on Sunday, January 21 at 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.