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Thoroughbreds complete fall season with Skidmore Open

Kyle Lundberg
| Box Score 2 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's tennis team completed its fall schedule over the weekend as it hosted the Skidmore Open against several of the nation's top teams at the McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center.
  • Mahen Bitkuri had a first-round victory (7-5, 6-4) in the C Flight Singles draw against Swarthmore's Nicholas Choo. The first year dropped his quarterfinal match despite forcing a first-set tiebreak.
  • Also in the C Flight, Nika Mori battled from a dropped opening set to force a third-set tiebreak against Nathan Jackson of Middlebury.
  • Kyle Lundberg and Ege Topbas advanced to the semifinals of the Doubles C Flight thanks to a 6-4 win over their opponents from Denison.
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Skidmore will pick up its schedule in February for the beginning of its dual-match slate.
 
RESULTS
Singles
Flight A
Round of 16
William Luke (WILL) def. Kyle Lundberg (SKID) – 6-4, 6-0
Arya Ganapathy Kallambella (DENI) def. Yuval Goodman (SKID) – 6-1, 7-5
Backdraw
Max Lindstrom (SWAR) def. Kyle Lundberg (SKID)- 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(14-12)
 
Flight B
Round of 16
Thomas Jani (WESL) def. Fletcher King (SKID) – 6-2, 6-3
Anthony Lim (WILL) def. Ege Topbas (SKID) – 6-2, 6-2
Backdraw
Matthew Yang (WILL) def. Fletcher King (SKID) – 6-0, 6-1
Reif Larsen (MIDD) def. Ege Topbas (SKID) – 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(10-6)
 
Flight C
Round of 16
Mahen Bitkuri (SKID) def. Nicholas Choo (SWAR) – 7-5, 6-4
Nathan Jackson (MIDD) def. Nika Mori (SKID) – 5-7, 7-5, 1-0(10-2)
Quarterfinals
Lucas Riezebeek (BOWD) def. Mahen Bitkuri (SKID) – 7-6(7-5), 6-0
Backdraw
Jack Pollock (BOWD) def. Nika Mori (SKID) – 6-2, 4-6, 1-0(10-7)
 
Flight D
Round of 16
Carter Fayard (WILL) def. Harrison Gradin (SKID) – 6-1, 6-0
Balraj Idnani (DENI) def. Bruce Lunder (SKID) – 6-4, 6-2
Backdraw
Kyle Patrick (DENI) def. Harrison Gradin (SKID) – 6-2, 6-0
Christian Stubbeman (BOWD) def. Bruce Lunder (SKID) – 6-1, 7-5
 
Doubles
Flight A
Quarterfinals
Chapides/Huang (DENI) def. Goodman/Gradin (SKID) – 6-4
 
Flight B
Quarterfinals
Nwaozuzu/Kallambella (DENI) def. Mori/King (SKID) – 7-6(7-3)
Backdraw
Stubbeman/Tamas (BOWD) def. Mori/King (SKID) – 6-1
 
Flight C
Quarterfinals
Lundberg/Topbas (SKID) def. Idnani/Suedmeyer (DENI) – 6-4
Semifinals
Zhang/Pal (SWAR) def. Lundberg/Topbas (SKID) – 6-3
 
Flight D
Semifinals
Zhou/Jackson (MIDD) def. Bitkuri/Lunder (SKID) – 6-3
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