NEW YORK, N.Y. – Harvard men's tennis (13-11, 3-2 Ivy) fell to No. 27 Columbia, 4-2, in Ivy League action on Saturday afternoon in New York City.

The doubles point was tightly contested, with all three matches decided in tiebreaks. Columbia secured the point with wins on courts one and three. Harvard's lone doubles victory came from Melchior Delloye and Nathan Blokhin, who defeated Sachin Palta and Ena (Columbia), 7-6(6).

In singles, Columbia earned three victories to seal the match. Harvard picked up two singles wins from Nathan Blokhin, who defeated Sachin Palta, 6-3, 6-4, and Masato Perera, who topped Abhishek Thorat, 6-2, 6-4.

Results
Columbia – 4, Harvard – 2

Doubles
Michael Zheng/Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def. Rohan Murali/Kolos Kincses (Harvard), 7-6(3)
Melchior Delloye/Nathan Blokhin (Harvard) def. Sachin Palta/Ena (Columbia), 7-6(6)
Thanaphat Boosarawongse/Abhishek Thorat (Columbia) def. James MacDonald/Masato Perera (Harvard), 7-6(2)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
Michael Zheng (Columbia) def. Rohan Murali (Harvard), 7-6(5), 6-4
Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def. Benji Privara (Harvard), 7-6(3), 7-6(5)
Nathan Blokhin (Harvard) def. Sachin Palta (Columbia), 6-3, 6-4
Thanaphat Boosarawongse (Columbia) def. Melchior Delloye (Harvard), 6-1, 6-2
Masato Perera (Harvard) def. Abhishek Thorat (Columbia), 6-2, 6-4
Mitchell Lee (Harvard) vs. Aditya Govila (Columbia), 6-2, 6-7(6), 0-1 DNF
Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 1, 2

NEXT UP
Harvard travels to Ithaca tomorrow to take on No. 31 Cornell.