NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Despite registering a handful of victories to open the day, Harvard men's tennis concluded action at the Ivy League ITA Conference Masters Qualifier this afternoon. 

Mitchell Lee and Valdemar Pape were able to advance to the semifinals of the doubles main draw, defeating Alexander Bravo and Alex Finkelstein (Brown), 8-6.  The Crimson duos run came to an end after a battle with Princeton foes, Alan Kam and Evan Wen. 

The Crimson picked up three additional wins on the day in both the doubles and singles consolation brackets.  The pairing of Melchior Delloye and Masato Perera dropped Shaurya Bharadwaj and Justin Chung (Penn), 8-3. 

Either Harvard player also collected singles wins.  First, Delloye dropped Sanjeev Chundu (Penn) in straight sets, followed by Perera dominating tiebreakers to drop Noah Eisenberg (Cornell), 6-2, 4-6, 10-1. 

Results

Doubles Main Draw
Mitchell Lee/Valdemar Pape (Harvard) def. Alexander Bravo/Alex Finkelstein (Brown), 8-6
Alan Kam/Evan Wen (Princeton) def. Mitchell Lee/Valdemar Pape (Harvard), 8-3

Doubles Consolation Draw
Melchior Delloye/Masato Perera (Harvard) def. Shaurya Bharadwaj/Justin Chung (Penn), 8-3

Singles Main Draw
[1] Rodrigo Fernandes (Cornell) def. Valdemar Pape (Harvard), 7-5, 6-4
Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) def. [3] Mitchell Lee (Harvard), 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1

Singles Consolation Draw
Melchior Delloye (Harvard) def. Sanjeev Chundu (Penn), 7-6 (5), 6-3
Masato Perera (Harvard) def. Noah Eisenberg (Cornell), 6-2, 4-6, 10-1

Next Up

The Crimson will travel to Dallas, Texas next weekend to compete at the SMU Invite from Friday, November 1 to Sunday, November 3.