Box Score KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The University of Chicago men's tennis team opened the 2025 ITA Central Regional Tournament on Friday afternoon with the opening rounds of both the singles and doubles draws. The Maroons finished day one with a 6-1 record in singles and a 4-0 record in doubles.

In doubles play, Chicago cruised to dominance. Albert Mackey and Heyang Li took down both their opponents in their two-match day. After rolling to an 8-1 win over the Anderson team, they won the all-out battle over Denison's #2 team in a 8-7(8-6) victory.  Receiving a bye in the first round, the Maroons' other two doubles teams served commanding wins over the doubles teams of Allegheny and Augustana (IL).

In singles play, the Maroons' best seeded #3 Alexander Ekstrand got the 6-4, 6-0 win over Mihaly to roll to day two. Both of Chicago's #9 seeds Shrikeshav Murugesan and Christian Liew opened their first day with a pair of 6-0, 6-0 victories over Principia and Webster respectively to advance to the Round of 32.

Matthew Liew picked up the 7-5 and 6-2 win over North Central, and Albert Mackey rounded out the winning ways with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Allegheny. After dropping his opening round match against Allegheny, Ajer Sher bounced back to win his first consolation round match 8-1 over Albion.

Seven Maroons will return to the courts on Saturday in Kalamazoo for two more doubles matches and two more singles matches on the second day of the four-day invitational.

SINGLES RESULTS:

* Second Round - #3 Alexander Ekstrand d. Levente Mihaly (Allegheny) (6-4, 6-0)
* Second Round - #9 Christian Liew d. Jesús Soto Bossa (Principia) (6-0, 6-0)
* Second Round - #9 Shrikeshav Murugesan d. Jack Forlenza (Webster) (6-0, 6-0)
* Second Round - #17 Matthew Liew d. Rafael Lessa (North Central) (7-5, 6-2)
* Second Round - Albert Mackey d. Olivier Erkens (Allegheny) (6-2, 6-3)
* Second Round - Adam Memije (Allegheny) d. #9 Ajer Sher (6-3, 7-5)
* Consolation Round of 64 - #9 Ajer Sher d. Carter Kendall (Albion) (8-1)

DOUBLES RESULTS:

* First Round - Albert Mackey / Heyang Li d. Suarez / Alves Sette (Anderson) (8-1)
* Second Round - #4 Christian Liew / Shrikeshav Murugesan d. Olivier Erkens / Levente Mihaly (Allegheny) (8-3)
* Second Round - #9 Alexander Ekstrand / Markus Ekstrand d. Jorge Marcelo / Aingeru Garcia (Rose-Hulman) (8-2)
* Second Round - Albert Mackey / Heyang Li d. #9 Patterson / Kallambella (Denison) (8-7(8-6))

SATURDAY SINGLES SCHEDULE (Must win first match to play second):

* Round of 32 - #3 Alexander Ekstrand vs. #17 Nicholas Meyers (Denison)
* Round of 32 - #9 Christian Liew vs. #17 Rodrigo Alipio (Calvin)
* Round of 32 - #9 Shrikeshav Murugesan vs. #17 Jon Totorica (Case Western)
* Round of 32 - #17 Matthew Liew vs. #4 Eric Kuo (WashU)
* Round of 32 - Albert Mackey vs. #5 Paulo Pocasangre (Kenyon)
* 12:30 PM - Consolation Round of 32 - #9 Ajer Sher vs. Juan Diego Pachon Hernandez (Earlham)
* Round of 16 - #3 Alexander Ekstrand vs. Winner of #9 Alejandro Gonzalez (Kenyon) and #17 Cameron Crosby (Kalamazoo)
* Round of 16 - #9 Christian Liew vs. Winner of #8 Matthew Plunkett (Case Western) and #17 Kristian Janci (Allegheny)
* Round of 16 - #9 Shrikeshav Murugesan vs. Winner of #7 Jacob Patterson (Denison) and #17 Colin Fox (WashU)
* Round of 16 - #17 Matthew Liew vs. Winner of #9 George Kosseifi (Case Western) and #17 Anthony Payiavlas (Denison)
* Round of 16 - Albert Mackey vs. Winner of #9 Colin Scruggs (WashU) and #17 JT Bilski (Case Western)
* 3 PM - Consolation Round of 16 - #9 Ajer Sher vs. Winner of Eli Festerling (Alma) and Griffin Olson (Webster)

SATURDAY DOUBLES SCHEDULE:

* Round of 16 - #4 Christian Liew / Shrikeshav Murugesan vs. #9 Kuo / Scruggs (WashU)
* Round of 16 - #9 Alexander Ekstrand / Markus Ekstrand vs. #5 Buelte / Cramer (DePauw)
* Round of 16 - Albert Mackey / Heyang Li vs. Coutinho / Mascarin (Adrian)
* Quarterfinals - #4 Christian Liew / Shrikeshav Murugesan vs. Winner of #8 Chapides / Meyers (Denison) and #9 Cioladis / Llamas Castellanos (Kenyon)
* Quarterfinals - #9 Alexander Ekstrand / Markus Ekstrand vs. Winner of #2 Chen / Totorica (Case Western) and #9 Dixit / Papamichael (Kenyon)
* Quarterfinals - Albert Mackey / Heyang Li vs. Winner of #3 Gonzalez / Pocasangre (Kenyon) and #9 Fagan / Fox (WashU)