CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 17-ranked University of Chicago men's tennis squad knocked off its first NCAA Division I opponent of the season, defeating University of Illinois-Chicago 6-1 on Saturday.
The Maroons improved to 6-2 and sent the Flames to 2-8 on the year.
After splitting at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions, the doubles point ended up being decided by the No. 2 spot. Senior Deepak Sabada and freshman David Liu triumphed in the tiebreak 8-7 (7-5). With the doubles point in hand, UChicago rolled through the singles lineup, taking five out of six. Sabada came through in three sets at No. 2 singles while the other four wins came in straight sets. Sabada, Liu and freshman Nicolas Chua all went 2-0 on the day.
UChicago 6, UIC 1
Singles
1. Nicolas Chua (UC) def. Isaac Lloveras (UIC) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
2. Deepak Sabada (UC) def. Carl Hedstrom (UIC) 6-4, 0-6, 6-0
3. Sven Kranz (UC) def. Christopher Cole (UIC) 6-2, 6-4
4. Louis Theodor (UIC) def. Luke Tsai (UC) 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Peter Leung (UC) def. Maurizio Feoli (UIC) 6-2, 6-1
6. David Liu (UC) def. Mitch Granger (UIC) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Isaac Lloveras/Carl Hedstrom (UIC) def. Max Hawkins/Luke Tsai (UC) 8-2
2. Deepak Sabada/David Liu (UC) def. Louis Theodor/Maurizio Feoli (UIC) 8-7 (7-5)
3. Nicolas Chua/Ankur Bhargava (UC) def. Christopher Cole/Mitch Granger (UIC) 8-4
NEXT MATCH:
- Sunday, March 1 – Carroll University at UChicago (XS Tennis), 11 AM
