CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's tennis opened its 2025-26 season with four victories on day one of its annual home event, Chowderfest. 

To begin the day, the Crimson recorded a pair of victories in doubles action beginning with Benjamin Privara and Valdemar Pape blanking Edward Liao and Eric Li (Yale), 6-0. 

Kolos Kincses and Mitchell Lee added the second win, squeezing out a 7-6 (6) win over Petar Teodorovic and Nathan Gold (Cornell). 

Harvard went on to collect two more wins in singles beginning with Valdemar Pape defeating Jason Shuler (Yale).  The senior breezed to a 6-1 victory in set one but Shuler responded with a 6-3 second set.  Pape regained control of the match and solidified his victory with a 6-4 third set result. 

Mitchell Lee notched the final victory of the day for Harvard, defeating Rethin Kumar (Cornell).  After falling 6-3 in the opening set, the sophomore responded with a pair of 6-4 results in the following two sets. 

Results

Doubles

1. Benjamin Privara/Valdemar Pape (Harvard) def. Edward Liao/Eric Li (Yale), 6-0
2. Rodrigo Fernandes/Rethin Kumar (Cornell) def. Melchior Delloye/Masato Perera (Harvard), 6-4
3. Kolos Kincses/Mitchell Lee (Harvard) def. Petar Teodorovic/Nathan Gold (Cornell), 7-6 (6)
4. Jason Shuler/Dylan Tsoi (Yale) def. Jack Casciato/James MacDonald (Cornell/Harvard), 6-0

Singles

1. Edward Liao (Yale) def. No. 49 Benjamin Privara (Harvard), 6-4, 6-2
2. Valdemar Pape (Harvard) def. Jason Shuler (Yale), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
3. Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) def. Melchior Delloye (Harvard), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
4. Mitchell Lee (Harvard) def. Rethin Kumar (Cornell), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Eric Li (Yale) def. Masato Perera (Harvard), 6-2, 6-0
6. Roshil Khosla (Cornell) def. James MacDonald (Harvard), 2-6, 7-6 (0), 6-3
7. Nathan Gold (Cornell) def. Kolos Kincses (Harvard), 6-1, 7-6 (2)

Next Up

Harvard will return to action at Chowderfest tomorrow beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET and continuing with the afternoon session at 1:30 p.m. ET.