The MIT men's tennis team opened up the fall season with the MIT invitational as the Engineers hosted Division I teams in Army, Boston College, and Long Island University on the DuPont Tennis Courts for two days of play.
 
AGAINST LIU
 
Sophomore Wayne Nelms (Baltimore, Md.) and junior Sundeep Chakladar (Redondo Beach, Calif.) took down Ales D'Anna and Phillip Hilble 6-0, and sophomore Daniel Antov (Austin, Texas) and senior Daniel Papacica (Carmel, Calif.) earned a 6-2 win over Tuna Nergizoglu and Akhil Indrabalan, 6-2.
 
In singles action, senior Derek Shen (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) won his match 6-1, 5-7, 10-5 over D'Anna, and seniors Richter Jordaan (Denver, Colo.) and Benji Grossman (Sands Point, N.Y.) also earned wins in singles play.
 
AGAINST BC
 
Shen won his singles match against Mai Gao, 6-4, 6-3.
 
AGAINST ARMY
 
Antov and Papacica grabbed a doubles win with a 7-5 win over Michael Zhang and Michael Rooney.
 
Papacica earned a 6-3, 6-1 win over Nathan Jose in singles action along with Nelms who edged out a 7-5, 6-3 victory against Jack Hanna. After dropping the first set 1-6, junior Joseph Li (Naperville, Ill.) rallied to win the next two sets against Rooney, 7-5, 10-3.
 
UP NEXT:

- The Engineers will take part in the ITA Regionals from September 30-October 2. The event will be held on the campus of Bowdoin College.
 
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