Men’s Tennis Wraps Up Brown Invitational

Friday, September 27

Providence, RI

Brown University

Brown Invitational

9/29/2019 5:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown men's tennis team hosted the Brown Invitational this weekend at the Brown Varsity Tennis Courts. Boston College, Bryant, Quinnipiac, UConn and Villanova joined the Bears in the tournament with a hidden dual format.

"As our first home event of the season we certainly were excited to get out in front of some home fans and compete," said head coach Tim Gray. "While it's always good to see some successful results in the early fall, we know we are building steadily towards the ITA Regional in a few weeks. Overall, we had many positives for our first time seeing the whole squad together, and as a coaching staff we got a good look at areas we need to tweak. We are excited to continue to get our young guys some more experience next week at the Dartmouth Invitational."

Day One vs. Villanova
The Bears opened the tournament on Friday dominating Villanova, winning all but one match against the Wildcats. Senior Jacob Walker (Bethesda, Md.) and junior Ben Collier (Darien, Conn.) teamed up for a 7-6 (2) win in first doubles while junior Teddy van Eck (Rye, N.Y.) and sophomore Roger Chou (Austin, Texas) recorded a 6-1 victory in second doubles. Freshman Niraj Komatineni (Mason, Ohio) and junior Ching Lam (Sai Kung, Hong Kong) followed in the third spot (6-4) while freshman Matthew Mu (La Jolla, Calif.) and sophomore Alan Arocho (Norridge, Ill.) closed out doubles play with a 7-5 win (fourth).

For singles, Walker claimed a 7-5, 6-3 win in the top spot while Litsky won 6-2, 6-0 in second singles. Lam (6-4, 6-4, third), Chou (6-2, 7-5, fourth), Komatineni (6-1, 6-1 fifth) and Mu (6-1, 7-5, seventh) all won in two sets while Collier legged out a 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 victory in the sixth position.

Day Two vs. Bryant
On Saturday, Brown took on Bryant and duplicated it's results from the day before as the Bears won all but one match again. Brown won every singles match and took three-of-four from the Bulldogs in doubles. The Bears took all of the singles matches in two sets, with Walker (6-4, 6-2, first), Listky (6-4, 6-5 (ret.), second), Chou (6-3, 6-2, third), Lam (6-3, 6-2, fourth), Komatineni (7-5, 6-0, fifth), Mu (6-2, 6-2, sixth), Collier (6-3, 7-6 (5), seventh) and van Eck (6-3, 6-2, eighth) all winning their respective matches. Chou and van Eck were the top seeded team to win doubles (6-2, second) while Collier/Komatineni (6-4, third) and Litsky/Arocho (6-2, fourth) also posted wins.

Day Three vs. Boston College
The Bears split doubles with Boston College on Sunday, picking up two wins, while four Bears recorded singles wins. Chou recorded the top win in singles with a 7-5, 6-3 showing in the third spot while Collier (6-4, 6-1, sixth), van Eck (6-2, 7-5, seventh) and Arocho (6-2, 6-3, eighth) also registered victories. Doubles action saw Walker/Komatineni cruise to a 6-1 win in second doubles while Collier/Litsky paired up for a 6-3 win in the fourth spot.

The Bears next compete at the Dartmouth Invitational, Friday, Oct. 4 through Sunday, Oct. 6.

Results
Friday vs. Villanova
Doubles
1. Walker/Collier (B) def. Roth/Kim (V), 7-6 (2)
2. van Eck/Chou (B) def. Flanagan/Mulflur (V), 6-1
3. Komatineni/Lam (B) def. S. Suarez/Jones (V), 6-4
4. Mu/Arocho (B) def. J. Suarez/Martinez (V), 7-5

Singles
1. Jacob Walker (B) def. Tyler Roth (V), 7-5, 6- 3
2. Peter Litsky (B) def. Dylan Flanagan (V), 6-2, 6-0
3. Ching Lam (B) def. Stefan Suarez (V), 6-4, 6-4
4. Roger Chou (B) def. Alex Kim (V), 6-2, 7-5
5. Niraj Komatineni (B) def. Justin Suarez (V), 6-1, 6-1
6. Ben Collier (B) def. Tommy Mulflur (V), 6-3, 3-6, 10-3
7. Matthew Mu (B) def. Daniel Martinez (V), 6-1, 7-5
8. Matt Jones (V) def. William Bader (B), 6-3, 6-2

Saturday vs. Bryant
Doubles
1. Dong/Massam (Bryant) def. Lam/Walker (Brown),6-2
2. Chou/van Eck (Brown) def. Ortiz/Pertile(Bryant), 6-2
3. Collier/Komatineni (Brown) def. Schou/Burger (Bryant), 6-4
4. Litsky/Arocho (Brown) def. Lorenz/Belmatch (Bryant), 6-2

Singles
1. Jacob Walker (Brown) def. Wilson Dongc(Bryant), 6-4, 6-2
2. Peter Litsky (Brown) def. Trent Massam (Bryant), 6-4, 6-5 (Ret.)
3. Roger Chou (Brown) def. Jorge Isaias Ortiz-Garcia (Bryant), 6-3, 6-2
4. Ching Lam (Brown) def. Grant Pertile (Bryant), 6-3, 6-2
5. Niraj Komatineni (Brown) def. Alexander Schou (Bryant), 7-5, 6-0
6. Matthew Mu (Brown) def. Andrew Forcetti (Bryant), 6-2, 6-2
7. Ben Collier (Brown) def. Teague Burger (Bryant), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
8. Teddy van Eck (Brown) def. Nick Lorenz (Bryant), 6-3, 6-2

Sunday vs. Boston College
Doubles
1. Grasel/Motlagh (BC) def. van Eck/Chou (B), 7-6 (4)
2. Walker/Komatineni (B) def. Amantegui/Palmer (BC), 6-1
3. Fung/Montufar (BC) def. Mu/Lam (B), 7-5
4. Collier/Litsky (B) def. Mendelsohn/Barros (BC), 6-3

Singles
1. Chris Grasel (BC) def. Jacob Walker (B), 6-3, 4-6, 10-5
2. Javi Amantegui (BC) def. Peter Litsky (B), 7-6(6), 6-3
3. Roger Chou (B) def. Max Motlagh (BC), 7-5, 6-3
4. Max Mendelsohn (BC) def. Niraj Komatineni (B), 6-2, 4-6, 10-7
5. Mason Fung (BC) def. Matthew Mu (B), 3-6, 7-5, 10-8
6. Ben Collier (B) def. Santiago Montufar (BC), 6-4, 6-1
7. Teddy van Eck (B) def. Max Palmer (BC), 6-2, 7-5
8. Alan Arocho (B) def. Jayson Barros (BC), 6-2, 6-3