STARKVILLE,MS – No. 30 Georgia Tech men’s tennis fought but could not pull out a victory in the NCAA Championships on Friday, falling 4-1 at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre. Keshav Chopra collected a straight-set singles victory to put Georgia Tech on the scoreboard. The Yellow Jackets concluded the 2024 season with an 18-9 overall record.
Despite dropping the doubles point, Tech’s Marcus McDaniel and Krish Arora secured a 7-6 (7-3) win over 28th ranked Ondrej Horak and Leo Raquin of Middle Tennessee.
The Jackets fought hard in singles play however, with three matches going to a deciding third set. Chopra would put the Yellow Jackets on the scoreboard with a win on court two. Chopra faced off with Raider’s Marcel Kamrowski, dominating in the first set with a 6-3 win. He won the match with a 7-6 (7-3) win in the second set.
Singles competition
#12 Andres Martin (GT) vs. #44 Leo Raquin (MTSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-5, unfinished
#87 Keshav Chopra (GT) def. Marcel Kamrowski (MTSU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Marcus McDaniel (GT) 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-1
Richard Biagiotti (GT) vs. Jakub Kroslak (MTSU) 6-2, 5-7, 2-3, unfinished
Demis Taramonlis (MTSU) def. Krish Arora (GT) 6-0, 6-3
Javier Cueto Ramos (MTSU) def. Rohan Sachdev (GT) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
Marcus McDaniel/Krish Arora (GT) def. #63 Ryan Fishback/Maxime St. Hilaire (VT) 6-2
Richard Biagiotti/Andres Martin (GT) vs. Matt Harper/Alberto Orso (VT) 5-5, unfinished
Keshav Chopra/Elias Shokry (GT) def. Manuel Goncalves/Hugo Maia (VT) 7-5
UP NEXT
Three Jackets will compete in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship, which will begin at the end of the team tournament.
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