Oakland County advances 15 teams to state finals
The 2020boys tennis postseason got underway this week.
TheMHSAAadjusted the format this year, creating a team tournament to determine this year’s champion. That begin with 16 district tournaments in each of the four divisions.
Each district winner advances to next week’s finals, which will be held Oct. 15-17.
Division 1 winners will play in Novi, while Division 2 winners will play in Midland. Division 3 winners will compete in Holland and Division 4 winners will play in Kalamazoo.
Division 1 TROY WINS TITLE ATHOME
The Troy boys tennis team earned the Division 1 District 13 championship on its home court Thursday, besting Rochester Adams in the final, 7-1.
The Colts defeated Clarkston 7-1 in the semifinal, whileAdams topped Oxford 8-0.
Singleswinners in the final for Troy were No. 1 Rishi Shetty (6-1,
6-0), No. 3 Derek Blackwell (6-2, 6-1) andNo. 4 SachinSridhar (63, 6-3). Doubles winners for the Colts were No. 1 AndrewWang and Samay Achar (6-1, 6-4), No. 2ColbyDimsdale andSohanVittalam (6-2, 6-0), No. 3 Josh Vijayasegar and Nikhil Tatineni (6
3, 6-3) and No. 4 Zach Saad and Pranav Bellad (6-0, 6-1).
The lone winner for Adams in the final was No. 2 singles Kevin Cong (6-3, 4-6, 13-11).
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ROLLS ALONG
Bloomfield Hills swept the field in the Division 1 District 14 tournament, as the Blackhawks defeated Lake Orin and Rochester 8-0 to win the title.
Singles winners for Bloomfield Hills in the final were No. 1 Noah Roslin (3-6, 6-3, 7-5), No. 2 Daniel Stojanov (6-0, 6-1), No. 3 Toni Vasile (6-3, 6-1) andNo. 4 Lucas Soloman (6-0, 6-0).
Doubles winners for the Blackhawks were No. 1 Michael Lee and Max Nosanchuk (6-1, 6-2), No. 2 Andrew Chen and Merrick Chernett (6-1, 6-2), No. 3 Josh Balan and Gus Berger (60, 6-1), andNo. 4DrewDavis and Noah Behrendt (6-2, 6-1).
NOVI BESTS CATHOLIC CENTRAL
The Novi boys tennis team won the Division 1 District 8 title this weekwith a 6-2win over
Detroit Catholic Central in the final.
The Shamrocks bested Brighton 8-0 in the semifinals, while Novi swept Walled Lake Northern.
Singles winners for the WildcatswereNo. 1 Takuya King (6-3, 6-1), No. 2 Cole Anderson (6-1, 6-2), No. 3 Devin Mundkur (6-1, 6-2) andNo. 4ShrihanNalamati (6-1, 6-0). Doubles winners for Novi were No. 1 Krishanu Bose and Anirudh Karnam (6-1, 6-4) and No. 2 Rohan Patel and Vineet Kumar (5-7, 6-4, 10-5).
Doubles winners for the Shamrocks were No. 3 Nick Maynard and Alec Maynard (7-5, 6-3) and No. 4 Ryan Luke and Owen Kendall (0-6, 7-6, 10-8).
BROTHERRICE SWEEPS DISTRICT FIELD
The BirminghamBrother Rice tennis team put on a perfect run on its way to a D1 District 5 championship.
The Warriors bested Farmington 8- 0 in the semifinal and then topped Livonia Stevenson 8- 0 in the final.
Singles winners for the Warriors in the final were No. 1 Doug Prew (7-6, 6-3), No. 2 Dimitri Moriarty (61, 6-0), No. 3 Devyn Gans (6-2, 6-2) and No. 4 John Carthew (7-5, 6-2).
Doubles winners were No. 1 Jack Judge and Joe Turkot (6-0, 6-1), No. 2 Nathan Grobbel and Sam Brockhaus (6-2, 6-1), No. 3 Eric Paswater and Ethan Anschuetz (6- 0, 6-1) and No. 4 Tom Cosgrove and Tommy Rook (6-0, 6-0).
TROYATHENSROLLS TO CHAMPIONSHIP
The Troy Athens tennis team won the Division 1 District 10 title by sweeping Dearborn in the final, 8-0. The RedHawks also bested Dearborn Fordson 8-0 in the semifinal.
Singles winners in the final for Athens were No. 1
Gabe Brown (6-0, 6-0), No. 2 Shray Naik (6-0, 6-1), No. 3 Aryan Verma (6-0, 6-0), and No. 4 Dev Patel (6-2, 6-3).
Doubles winners for the RedHawks were No. 1 Mayank Gudi and Rithwik Paladugu (2- 6, 6-1, 6-1), No. 2 Tushar Chittala and Alan Leon (6- 0, 6-1), No. 3 Shreyas Sankar and Armaan Verma (6-0, 6-1) and No. 4 AnayModi and Ayush Patel (6-0, 6-1).
STONEYCREEKMOVINGON
The Stoney Creek tennis teamwon theD1District 11 championship on Thursday with a 7-1 win over PortHuron Northern in the final.
The Cougars swept Fair Haven, 8-0, in the semifinal.
Singles winners in the final for Stoney Creek were No. 1 Iskender Geldiyev (60, 6-0), No. 2 JackBeglin(61, 5-7, 6-2), No. 3 Jonathan Barretto (6-0, 6-0) and No. 4 Tae Kim (6-0, 6-0).
Doubles winner for Stoney Creek were No. 1 Gage Beers and Anthony Kim (6-0, 6-3), No. 3 Joey Herrick and Brenden Lee (3- 6, 6-3, 6-1), and No. 4 Max Wall and Brian Kim (0-6, 6-3, 6-3).
WEST BLOOMFIELDEDGED BY CANTON
TheWest Bloomfield tennis team suffered a 5-3 loss in the D1 District 6 final at Canton this week.
The Lakers reached the final with a 4-4 tiebreaker win over Plymouth in the district semifinal.
West Bloomfield won three doubles pairings in the finals. Mick Gordinier and Aaryan Chandna won No. 1 doubles (6-0, 3-6, 7-5), while Andrew Ingber and Lukas GraffwonNo. 3 doubles (6-3, 2-6, 7-6). Connor Joyce and Max Joyce won No. 4 doubles (7-5, 2-6, 7-6).
Division 2 SEAHOLMWINSONA TIEBREAKER
The Bi rmingham Seaholm tennis team won the competitive Division
2 District 24 final, beating Berkley on a tiebreaker after the two played a 4-4 match.
Berkley took all four singles matches, while Seaholm won all four doubles matches. The Maples won more games overall, which gave them the tiebreaker.
Doubles winners for Seaholm were No. 1 Jonny Cross and Brendan Lamb (6-3, 6-2), No. 2 Nolan Werner and Zane Chutkow (6-0, 6-1), No. 3OwenO’Neill and Brady Wright (6- 0, 6- 0), and No. 4 Alex George and Alex Lewis (6-1, 6-4).
Singles winners for the Bears were No. 1 Adnan Alousi (6-2, 6-0), No. 2 Jacob Dwoskin (6-3, 3-6, 6-1), No. 3 Andy Trepeck (6- 0, 2-6, 6- 4), and No. 4 Alex Beard (4-6, 7-5, 6-2).
VIKINGSADVANCE TO STATES
TheWalled Lake Central tennis teamdefeated Holly 7-1 towin theD2District 21 title this week.
Central bested Milford 8-0 in the semifinal, while Holly topped Walled Lake Western 5-3.
Singles winners for Walled Lake Central were No. 2 Sammy Osipov (6-0, 6-0), No. 3 Troy Williams (6-0, 6-1), No. 4 Rahul Nuthalapati (6-0, 6-0). Doubles winners for the Vikings were No. 1 Jake Berkovich and Jason Elias (6-1, 6- 4), No. 2 Aaron Schlussel and Alex Scher (6-2, 6-0), No. 3 Darin Char and Neeru Uppalapati (6-0, 6-0) and No. 4 Kyle Coden and Danny Sheehan (6-0, 6-2).
Holly’s lone winner was in No. 1 singles, as Walker Glass won 6-0, 6-2.
GROVES CRUISES PAST JESUIT
The BirminghamGroves tennis team swept Detroit U-D Jesuit 8-0 in the final of the D2 District 23 tournament this week.
Singles winners for the Falcons were No. 1 Jonah Liss (6- 0, 6-3), No. 2 Nolen Kovan (6-4, 6-2), No. 3 RJ Carrel (6-0, 6-1), No. 4
Dylan Wolf (6-0, 6-1).
Doubles winners for Groves were No. 1 Dylan Brown and Ryan Duffy (6-2, 7-5), No. 2Will Kostello and Liam Keane (3-6, 6-1, 6-4), No. 3 Alexandras Abarius and Mithcell Greenberger (6-1, 6-0) and No. 4 Gabe Klein and Logan Edelheit (6-2, 6-4).
NORTHFARMINGTON GETS PAST FLUSHING
The North Farmington tennis team bested Flushing in the D2 District 22 tournament final thisweek, 5-2.
S ingles winners for the Raiders were No. 2 Nick Cherney (6-1, 6-0), No. 3 Logan Schuler (6-1, 6-0) and No. 4 Brian Lee (4-6, 6-0, 6-1). Doubles winners were No. 2 Ethan Saleh and Patrick Dechen (6-4, 6-3) and No. 4 Seth Brasch and Nikhil Desai (6-4, 7-5).
SOUTHLYONEAST TOPS SOUTHLYON
South Lyon East won the Division 2 District 30 championship with a 5-3 win over rival, South Lyon.
East swept the singles flights. Winners were No. 1 Cameron Crosby (6-3, 6-4), No. 2 Adi Chottera (6-2, 6-0), No. 3 Sujay Rao (6-1, 6-1), and No. 4 Daniel Stack (6-1, 6-3). No. 4 doubles Jordan Long andMason Long (7-6, 6-2) were alsowinners for the Cougars.
Doubles winners for South Lyon were No. 1 David Vess and Michael Wesner (7-5, 6-3), No. 2 Alexander Petrovitch and Steven Garrett (2-6, 6-3, 6-1) and No. 3 Evan Steele and Tom Cavanaugh (6-3, 1- 6, 6-3).
Division 3 COUNTRYDAYSWEEPS IN FINAL
The Detroit Country Day tennis team swept Riverview to claim the Division 3 District 40 championship.
Singles winners for the Yellowjackets were No. 1 Christian Grozev (6-1, 6-1), No. 2 Alex Pollak (6-0, 6-0),
No. 3 ZainRodger (6-0, 6-0) andNo. 4NickKalkanis (61, 6-1).
Doubles winners were No. 1 Petros Kalabat and Charlie Holman (6-0, 6-0), No. 2 Clay Hartje and Aiden Khaghany (6-0, 6-0), No. 3 Aayush Dagar and Hashim Ali (6-0, 6-0), and No. 4 Chen Tony and Rohan Namburar (6-0, 6-0).
CRANBROOKADVANCESON
The Cranbrook Kingswood tennis teamwon the Division 3 District 41 title with an 8-0 win over Madison Heights Lamphere.
Singles winners for the CraneswereNo. 1Owen DeMuth (6-0, 6-0), No. 2 Patrick Tiwari (6-0, 6-0), No. 3 Gian DeGuzman (6-0, 6-0) and No. 4 Geoffrey Qin (60, 6-0).
Doubles winners for Cranbrook were No. 1 Iasiah Croskey and Dhilan Nagaraju (6-0, 6-0), No. 2 Enzo Martella and Theodore Taubman (6- 0, 6- 0), No. 3 Sebastian Taubman and Jacob Coburn (6- 0, 6-0), and No. 4 Caden Che and AndrewFink (6-0, 6-0).
Lamphere defeated Marysville 5-3 to reach the final.
Division 4 NOTREDAMEPREP EDGES FRANKEL
The Pontiac NotreDame Prep tennis team won the Division 4 District 56 championship by besting Frankel Jewish Academy 5-3.
Singles winners for the Irish were No. 1 Kadin Kinloch (6-1, 6-0) and No. 2 Cole Bennett (6- 0, 6- 0). Irish doubles winners were No. 1 DavidMohr and Frank Roth (6-3, 6-0), No. 2 Alex Housey and Aidan Mehta (5-7, 7-5, 6-1) and No. 3 Max Thornton and Ben Valade (6-2, 4-6, 6-1).
Singles winners for Frankel Jewish Academy were No. 3 Aidan Charlip (6-4, 6-3) and No. 4 Ethan Grey (6-3, 6-1). No. 4 doubles Gabe Gordon and Coby Robbins (6- 3, 6- 3) were also winners.