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Carnegie Mellon Defeats Brandeis to Open UAA Play

Carnegie Mellon Defeats Brandeis to Open UAA Play

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team opened the University Athletic Association (UAA) Men's Tennis Championship on Friday, April 24 with a 7-2 first round victory against No. 29 Brandeis University. The Tartans, ranked 10th nationally, are now 15-7 overall and move on to the semifinals.

The Tartans started the match with a victory at first doubles by the senior pair of Will Duncan (Newbury Park, Calif./Newbury Park) and Christian Heaney-Secord (Westwood, Mass./Westwood), 8-3. Sophomore Kenny Zheng (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) and freshman Edward Ang (Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista) paired at third doubles to win 8-4, giving the team a 2-0 lead.

Brandeis was able to pick up a point with a 9-7 win at second doubles against senior Bryce Beisswanger (Los Angeles, Calif./Viewpoint School) and junior Yuvraj Kumar (New Delhi, India/Millfield School).

Carnegie Mellon won at first, second, third, fourth and fifth singles in straight sets.  Junior Abhishek Alla (Hyderabad, India/IMG Pendleton School) put the Tartans ahead 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 1.  Minutes following Alla's victory Heaney-Secord and Duncan won at No. 2 and No. 3 by the scores of 6-4, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-1, respectively, to seal the win for the Tartans.

Sophomores Kunal Wadwani (Saratoga, Calif./Ballarmine College Prep) and Kiril Kirkov (Tampa, Fla./C. Leon King) won at No. 4 and No. 5 singles to claim the Tartans sixth and seventh points.  Wadwani won 6-3, 6-0 while Kirkov won 6-3, 6-3.