Box Score TOLEDO, Ohio -- The University of Chicago men's tennis team continued the first tournament of the 2025-26 season at Toledo University with several great performances in both singles and doubles.
To open the second day of doubles,
Juan Kim and
Heyang Li pulled off the win over Division I Youngstown State with a 7-5 victory, and
Matthew Liew and
Ajer Sher added a 7-6(7-3) win over Holy Cross.
In singles play,
Shrikeshav Murugesan remained unbeaten with a straight-set win over Youngstown State and a win in a three-set thriller against Holy Cross to move to 3-0 in the invite.
Christian Liew also moved to 3-0 in singles on the weekend with a pair of wins over Division I opponents. Liew took down Toledo (7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-3) before getting a walkover victory over Youngstown State in walkover fashion.
Albert Mackey rounded out the three players with a perfect 3-0 record on the season as he took down Wayne State (6-1, 6-2) and Tiffin (6-0, 6-3) in dominating fashion on Saturday.
Juan Kim,
Timothy Nguyen,
Ajer Sher, and
Jack Wong all added a singles win with a 1-1 record on the day.
The Maroons will return to the courts on Sunday in Toledo as they wrap up the season-opening invitational.
DAY 1 SINGLES RESULTS:
* George Day (Wayne State) d.
Emil Grantcharov (6-3, 6-0)
* Dominik Vonbank (Youngstown State) d.
Emil Grantcharov (6-0, 7-6(7-5))
* Tom Wasner (Wayne State) d.
Juan Kim (6-2, 6-1)
*
Juan Kim d. Luca McManus (Holy Cross) (Walkover)
* Matt Jezyk (Holy Cross) d.
Heyang Li (6-4, 6-4)
* JT Bilski (Case Western) d.
Heyang Li (6-2, 6-2)
*
Christian Liew d. Alejandro Gonzalez (Toledo) (7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-3)
*
Christian Liew d. Matteo Cerdelli (Youngstown State) (Walkover)
* Ching Wa Wei (Holy Cross) d.
Matthew Liew (7-6(12-10), 6-4)
* Natholin Golmei (Holy Cross) d.
Matthew Liew (6-2, 6-1)
*
Albert Mackey d. Sam Knowles (Wayne State) (6-1, 6-2)
*
Albert Mackey d. Erwin Colin (Tiffin) (6-0, 6-3)
*
Shrikeshav Murugesan d. Alexis Maulouet (Youngstown State) (6-3, 6-3)
*
Shrikeshav Murugesan d. Ching Wa Wei (Holy Cross) (6-3, 3-6, 11-9)
*
Timothy Nguyen d. Rafael Le Fur (Youngstown State) (6-0, 6-2)
* Joshua Mackey (Toledo) d.
Timothy Nguyen (7-5, 2-6,10-5)
*
Ajer Sher d. Derek Shiffer (Case Western) (6-4, 7-6(7-5))
* Cole Cozens (Toledo) d.
Ajer Sher (6-4, 6-4)
* Santiago Salazar Garza (Case Western) d.
Jack Wong (6-4, 6-3)
*
Jack Wong d. Harry Forsyth (Wayne State) (6-1, 4-1 (Ret.))
DAY 1 DOUBLES RESULTS:
* Ceradelli / Vonbank (Youngstown State) d.
Shrikeshav Murugesan /
Christian Liew (6-4)
* Britez / Gonzalez (Toledo) d.
Emil Grantcharov /
Timothy Nguyen (6-2)
*
Juan Kim /
Heyang Li d. Gippet / Haita (Youngstown State) (7-5)
*
Matthew Liew /
Ajer Sher d. Golmei / O'Sullivan (Holy Cross) (7-6(7-3))
* Friesen / Jezyk (Holy Cross) d.
Albert Mackey /
Jack Wong (6-2)