The 19th-ranked Middlebury men's tennis team continued its fall campaign at the Skidmore Open in Saratoga Springs, New York. The two-day invite featured sixth-ranked Bowdoin, #4 Denison, the 22nd-ranked Thoroughbreds, #7 Swarthmore, Wesleyan and #24 Williams.

SINGLES HIGHLIGHTS

• Three Middlebury athletes competed in the top flight. Noah Lewis grinded out a three-set marathon win over Swarthmore's Rishi Verma (6-2, 4-6, 10-8) before falling in the quarterfinals. Thehan Wijemanne swept Ryuto Saito of Wesleyan 6-4, 6-3 but was knocked out by Cameron Zia of Bowdoin in the next round. Arjun Reiland fell in a marathon match to Polar Bear Simon Catanzaro (7-5, 3-6, 4-10) but tallied a 6-4, 6-2 triumph in consolation action against Skidmore's Ege Topbas.
• Andrew Yim and Hayden Williams represented the navy and white in the 'B' draw. Yim swept Rohan Mishra of Swarthmore (7-6 (7-4), 6-1) and rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 11-9 decision over Denison's Arya Ganapathy Kallambella to reach the semifinals. Williams tallied a three-set marathon (6-4, 4-6, 10-5) victory in the consolation round.
• The 'C' bracket saw two Panthers excel. Anand Sahasrabudhe punched his ticket to the championship match, highlighted by a 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 10-6 win in the quarterfinals against the Thoroughbred Nathan Dolgushev. Sahasrabudhe clinched the title via a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Aden Dorros of Bowdoin.
• Henry Groves also won his first two matches before falling in a heartbreaker to Dorros (6-1, 5-7, 7-10) during the semifinals.

DOUBLES HIGHLIGHTS

• The tandem of Lewis and Wijemanne posted a 6-2 victory and a 6-4 triumph to reach the top flight final against the Denison pairing of Chika Nwaozuzu and Nicholas Meyers. Lewis and Wijemanne claimed the title in a 7-5 win.
• Two Middlebury tandems stormed through the competition in the 'B' draw. Nikky Kondamuri and Yim recorded a 7-6 (7-4) win against Wesleyan's Ryuto Saito and Chase Burke before a 6-3 win in the semifinals pushed them into the title match. 
• Joining Kondamuri and Yim in the title bout was the duo of Williams and Reiland, which won a 6-1 battle in the quarters and earned a 7-6 (7-5) triumph against the Williams tandem of Matthew Yang and Leon Liu. Both sides duked it out in the championship match, with Kondamuri and Yim squeaking out a 7-6 (7-3) victory.
• The final Panther pairing of Groves and Nathan Hernandez earned a 7-5 win against the Denison duo of Balraki Idnani and Minato Koido in the consolation round.

NOTES

• Lewis and Wijemanne won their second title as a duo after winning the 'A' flight during the Middlebury Invitational earlier this fall.
• Yim earned his 20th career doubles triumph, while Sahasrabudhe claimed his 20th win in solo action.
• The Panthers' three titles match the trio that the squad tallied last season.
• Middlebury claimed 23 wins as a unit across singles and doubles.

Lewis closes out the Panthers' fall slate at the ITA Cup, which is set to begin on Thursday at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Georgia.