CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's tennis opened its 2024 fall season this afternoon with competition at its annual home tournament, Chowderfest.  The Crimson collected a trio of doubles wins as well as a pair of singles victories courtesy of Melchior Delloye and Mitchell Lee. 

The No. 84 nationally ranked dup of Bejamin Privara and Masato Perera collected their first win as a duo, defeating Rushil Khoshla and Eric Verdes (Cornell), 7-6 (3).  Rohan Murali and Delloye posted an identical result as they took down Petar Teodorovic and Aman Sharma (Cornell). 

Lee and Valdemar Pape recorded the final doubles victory of the day, besting Adam Duda and Idriss Haddouch (Boise State), 6-3. 

Lee recorded his first collegiate victories in both doubles and singles action after downing James van Herzeele (Boise State) in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.  Delloye carried his successes from last year into his junior season by recorded the second singles win of the day after defeating Ivy foe, Aman Sharma (Cornell), 6-4, 6-2. 

Results

Doubles
No. 84 Benjamin Privara/Masato Perera (Harvard) def. Rushil Khoshla/Eric Verdes (Cornell), 7-6 (3)
Rohan Murali/Melchior Delloye (Harvard) def. Petar Teodorovic/Aman Sharma (Cornell), 7-6 (3)
Mitchell Lee/Valdemar Pape (Harvard) def. Adam Duda/Idriss Haddouch (Boise State), 6-3
Kale Mize/Noah McDonald (SMU) def. James MacDonald (Harvard)/Rodgrigo Pernandes (Cornell), 6-4

Singles
Rodgrigo Fernandes (Cornell) def. No. 68 Bejamin Privara (Harvard), 6-2, 2-6, 10-5
Melchior Delloye (Harvard) def. Aman Sharma (Cornell), 6-4, 6-2
Adam Duda (Boise State) def. Masato Perera (Harvard), 6-4, 3-6, 11-9
Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) def. Valdemar Pape (Harvard), 1-6, 6-4, 10-5
Mitchell Lee (Harvard) def. James van Herzeele (Boise State), 6-4, 6-4
Eric Verdes (Cornell) def. Marc Ktiri (Harvard), 6-3, 6-1
Noah McDonald (SMU) def. Elisha Thornton (Harvard), 6-1, 6-3

Next Up

The Crimson will continue play at Chowderfest tomorrow beginning at 2:00 p.m. from Cambridge, Mass.