JANESVILLE, Wis. – The University of Chicago men's tennis team dropped a narrow 5-4 decision to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Friday. The No. 30-ranked Maroons evened their record at 3-3, while the No. 24-ranked Warhawks improved to 7-4.

Freshman Max Hawkins and sophomore Gordon Zhang teamed up to win 8-2 at No. 2 doubles. But the host Warhawks took the other two doubles matches by identical 8-6 scores. The two sides then split the six singles matches, giving Wisconsin-Whitewater the win. Junior Deepak Sabada and freshman Brian Sun won their matches at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively, in straight sets. Hawkins picked up a hard-fought win at No. 5 singles with a pair of sets that were decided via tiebreaker.

Wisconsin-Whitewater 5, UChicago 4
Singles
1. Jake Humphreys (UWW) def. Sven Kranz (UC) 6-4, 7-5
2. Deepak Sabada (UC) def. Ben Shklyar (UWW) 6-1, 6-2
3. Brian Sun (UC) def. Byron Balkin (UWW) 7-5, 6-4
4. R. Rajshekhar Raman (UWW) def. Zsolt Szabo (UC) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
5. Max Hawkins (UC) def. Scott Butler (UWW) 7-6 (10-3), 7-6 (10-6)
6. Matt Bisbee (UWW) def. Gordon Zhang (UC) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
1. Ben Shklyar/Byron Balkin (UWW) def. Sven Kranz/Deepak Sabada (UC) 8-6
2. Max Hawkins/Gordon Zhang (UC) def. Jake Humphreys/Scott Butler (UWW) 8-2
3. Cam Laktash/Martin Beck (UWW) def. Brian Sun/William Leddy (UC) 8-6

NEXT MATCH:

• Saturday, Mar. 1 – UChicago vs. Gustavus Adolphus College (Janesville, Wis.), 3 PM