| Box Score 2 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - The doubles team of Kyle Lundberg and Ege Topbas reached the A Flight Doubles Finals highlighting a strong season-opening weekend for the Skidmore College men's tennis team at the Middlebury Invitational.

• Lundberg, a senior, and Topbas, a first-year, rattled off victories over squads from Bates (8-3), Hamilton (8-7[7-2]), and Bradeis (8-6) to reach the championship match.
• Their run came to an end against Wu and Lewis from host Middlebury.
• Two out of Skidmore's three doubles team in the top draw earned victories. The other (Harrison Gradin/Yuval Goodman) fell in an ultra-competitive tiebreak (9-7[9-7]).
• Nika Mori and Fletcher King worked an 8-7(7-5) victory over opponents from Hamilton in the first round.
• Topbas also showed out in singles. In the B Flight, the first-year was victorious over Bates' James Sacco, 7-6(7-4), 6-4. He later fell in a close match in the quarterfinal round To Aidan Wang-Fan of Brandeis.
• Bruce Lunder won his first match in C Singles ( 6-3, 6-2) over Griffin Williams from Bates.
• After dropping his first-round match in B Singles, Mahen Bitkuri bounced back to outlast Filip Moller (3-6, 7-6[8-6], 10-8) despite dropping the first set.
• Mori made it through the C Flight Singles backdraw, claiming wins over players from Bates (6-2, 6-2) and Hamilton (6-4, 6-1).

 
 
RESULTS
A Singles
Round 1
Julian Wu (Midd) def. Fletcher King (Skid), 6-3, 6-1
Eric Diop (Bates) def. Yuval Goodman (Skid), 7-5, 6-2
Daniel Shemesh (Brand) def. Kyle Lundberg (Skid), 6-4, 7-6(7-2)
 
Backdraw
Akshat Dhull (Ham) def. Fletcher King (Skid), 7-6(7-5), 6-3
Muaz Malik (Brand) def. Yuval Goodman (Skid), 6-3, 7-5
Villem Aadamsoo (Ham) def. Kyle Lundberg (Skid), 5-7, 6-2, 10-3
 
B Singles
Round 1
Ege Topbas (Skid) def. James Sacco (Bates), 7-6(7-4), 6-4
Sidney Huet (Midd) def. Harrison Gradin (Skid), 7-6(7-5), 6-2
Nathan Jackson (Midd) def. Mahen Bitkuri (Skid), 6-1, 6-4
 
Quarterfinals
Aidan Wang-Fan (Brand) def. Ege Topbas (Skid), 7-6(7-5), 6-3
 
Backdraw
Alexei Katelevsky (Ham) def. Harrison Gradin (Skid), 6-1, 7-5
Mahen Bitkuri (Skid) def. Filip Moller (Ham), 3-6, 7-6(8-6), 10-8
 
C Singles
Round 1
Josh Maller (Bates) def. Nika Mori (Skid), 6-7(4-7), 6-4, 10-4
Bruce Lunder (Skid) def. Griffin Williams (Bates), 6-3, 6-2
 
Quarterfinals
Andy Yim (Midd) def. Bruce Lunder (Skid), 6-3, 6-2
 
Backdraw
Nika Mori (Skid) def. Alex Podoltsev (Bates), 6-2, 6-2
Nika Mori (Skid) def. Neal Gupta (Ham), 6-4, 6-1
 
A Doubles
Round 1
Lundberg/Topbas (Skid) def. Sardain/Regnier (Bates), 8-3
Wang-Fan/Lorenz (Brand) def. Gradin/Goodman (Skid), 8-7(9-7)
Mori/King (Skid) def. Mendieta/Aadamsoo (Ham), 8-7(7-5)
 
Quarterfinals
Lundberg/Topbas (Skid) def. Korwar/Anderson (Ham), 8-7(7-2)
Lewis/Wu (Midd) def. Mori/King (Skid), 8-3
 
Semifinals
Lundberg/Topbas (Skid) def. Wang-Fan/Lorenz (Brand), 8-6
 
Finals
Wu/Lewis (Midd) def. Lundberg/Topbas (Skid), 8-3
 
Backdraw
Sardain/Regnier (Bates) def. Gradin/Goodman (Skid), 8-6
 
B Doubles
Semifinals
Huet/Hernandez (Midd) def. Bitkuri/Lunder (Skid), 8-3