CHICAGO – Locked in a battle that went down to the wire, No. 17 Stanford men’s tennis fell to No. 4 Michigan, 4-2, in the round of 16 at the ITA Indoor National Championships. The Cardinal will take on Tennessee in a consolation match on Saturday.
The Cardinal claimed the doubles point with a pair of victories, on courts one and three. Nishesh Basavareddy and Arthur Fery tallied a 6-4 win over the nation’s sixth-ranked pair, while Aryan Chaudhary and Filip Kolasinski scored a 6-4 clinching result in the third position.
Fery continued the momentum in singles, winning in straight sets over the ITA’s seventh-ranked singles player. His win leveled the match at 2-2, as Michigan put up points on courts two and three. Tiebreakers went the Wolverines’ way, helping the Big Ten team advance to the quarterfinal.
Stanford returns to the courts on Saturday, Feb. 18 against No. 11 Tennessee. The match will be broadcast by Cracked Racquets.
#4 Michigan 4, #17 Stanford 2
DOUBLES
1) Basavareddy/Fery (STAN) d. No. 6 Fenty/Young (MICH), 6-4
2) Maloney/Styler (MICH) d. Banerjee/Rajesh (STAN), 6-3
3) Chaudhary/Kolasinski (STAN) d. Bickerstetch/Cooksey (MICH), 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
SINGLES
1) No. 43 Arthur Fery (STAN) d. No. 7 Andrew Fenty (MICH), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
2) No. 42 Patrick Maloney (MICH) d. No. 4 Max Basing (STAN), 6-4, 6-3
3) No. 20 Ondrej Styler (MICH) d. Samir Banerjee (STAN), 7-5, 6-3
4) No. 36 Gavin Young (MICH) d. No. 2 Nishesh Basavareddy (STAN), 7-6 (4), 6-2
5) No. 74 Aryan Chaudhary (STAN) vs. Jacob Bickersteth (MICH), 6-7 (2), 6-3, 2-5 uf
6) Will Cooksey (MICH) d. Filip Kolasinski (STAN), 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1, 4, 6
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