Cornell
Bulls Notch Doubles Point In Spring Opener
1/19/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
ITHACA, NY - The University at Buffalo men's tennis team opened their spring schedule on Thursday, falling 6-1 to Cornell. The Bulls picked up the doubles point, earning a pair of wins in doubles play.
UB began the day with an early 1-0 lead as they won as second doubles as the team of Hao Sheng Koay and Vidit Vaghela won set second doubles, 6-3, and the third doubles team of Tony Miller and Ethan Nittolo won 6-4.
Cornell won all six matches in singles, but the Bulls were able to force a three set match at fifth singles as Villhelm Fridell won his opening set 6-4 before dropping the final two sets by identical 6-2 scores. Vaghela played at number one singles in his UB dual debut, forcing a tiebreaker in the second set.
The Bulls will continue their run through the Ivy League on Saturday when they face Yale at 1:00 pm.
Singles
1. Lev Kazakov (C) def. Vidit Vaghela, 6-1, 7-6(3)
2. #62 Chris Vrabel (C) def. Filip Grbic, 6-4, 7-5
3. Colin Sinclair (C) def. Petr Vodak, 6-2, 6-1
4. Daniel Grunberger (C) def. Hao Sheng Koay, 7-6(2), 7-5
5. Pietro Rimondini (C) def. Villhelm Fridell, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
6. Bernardo Casares Rosa (C) def. Ethan Nittolo, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
1. Casares Rosa/Vrabel (C) def. Fridell/Grbic, 6-4
2. Koay/Vaghela (B) def. Rohan Sikka/Sinclair, 6-3
3. Tony Miller/Nittolo (B) def. Kazakov/McAllister, 6-4
