CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 20 Harvard men's tennis fell to No. 9 Columbia, 4-1, this evening at a packed Beren Tennis Center.
Despite a ranked battle at the top court, the Lions were dominant at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles spots to take the doubles point. Columbia moved up 1-0 following a pair of 6-2 results.
Looking to get back into the contest, the Crimson won three first sets in singles, including
Daniel Milavsky, winning in tiebreakers over the top-ranked national singles player Michael Zheng (Columbia).
Rohan Murali provided the sole Crimson win of the day with a statement victory over No. 73 nationally ranked singles player Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia). The sophomore won the first set, 6-2, before falling in the next, 6-3. Murali ultimately settled the contest with a dominant 6-1 final set.
Despite the loss, the Crimson is the only Ivy team to have won a point against the Lions this season.
Results
Harvard – 1,
Columbia – 4
Doubles
- No. 55 Daniel Milavsky/David Lins (Harvard) vs. No. 45 Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng (Columbia), 4-5 DNF
- Max Westphal/Sachin Palta (Columbia) def. No. 26 Benjamin Privara/Masato Perera (Harvard), 6-2
- Hugo Hashimoto/Jayden Templeman (Columbia) def. Melchior Delloye/Valdemar Pape (Harvard), 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles
- No. 1 Michael Zheng (Columbia) def. No. 39 Daniel Milavsky (Harvard), 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-0
- No. 52 Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def. No. 103 Benjamin Privara (Harvard), 6-1, 6-1
- Max Westphal (Columbia) def. Valdemar Pape (Harvard), 7-6 (7), 6-4
- Rohan Murali (Harvard) def. No. 73 Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
- Melchior Delloye (Harvard) vs. Sachin Palta (Columbia), 7-6 (6), 4-6, 1-2 DNF
- Mitchell Lee (Harvard) vs. Thanaphat Boosarawongse (Columbia), 4-6, 6-4, 1-5 DNF
Order of finish: 2, 3, 4, 1
Next Up
The Crimson will await its fate in the NCAA Tournament, which begins the weekend of May 2. The postseason will be hosted at the campuses of the top 16 teams in the nation.
