The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defending OUA champion men’s tennis team picked up where they left off in 2008 with a 5-2 victory over the Montreal Carabins on Saturday, September 12 at York University

The Blues opened the day winning their number one and number two doubles matches in tiebreakers. Toronto’s number one doubles team of Arren Skandarajah (Toronto) and Stefan Srnuc won their tiebreaker 9-7, while number two Chris Ma and Andrei Melchisedec (Toronto) took theirs 7-4 to earn the lone doubles point* going into singles play.

Srnuc went on to defeat Montreal’s number one 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, while Ma handily won the number three match 6-1, 6-3. Melchisedec secured the victory with his second tiebreaker victory of the day, with a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5) in the number 4 spot. Aamer Javed (Toronto) also came from behind to win the number five match 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

The Varsity Blues return to action tomorrow (Sept. 13) when they travel to take on the McMaster Marauders at Stoney Creek Tennis Club. Matches are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. 

*Scoring: Score 1 point per match win for singles and 1 point for the team winning 2 out of 3 or 3
out of 3 doubles matches, for a total of 7 points

RESULTS 

Doubles
Toronto #1 (Arren Skandarajah, Stefan Srnuc) defeats Montreal #1 8-7 (9-7)
Toronto #2 (Chris Ma, Andrei Melchisedec) defeats Montreal #2 8-7 (7-4)
Toronto #3 (Aamer Javed, Alexandre Duval) loses Montreal #3 4-8
(Toronto earns one doubles point by way of their 2-1 record)

Singles
Toronto #1 (Srnuc) defeats Montreal #1 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Toronto #2 (Skandarajah) loses Montreal #2 3-6, 0-6
Toronto #3 (Ma) defeats Montreal #3 6-1, 6-3
Toronto #4 (Melchisedec) defeats Montreal #4 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5)
Toronto #5 (Javed) defeats Montreal #5 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Toronto #6 (Mukund Kumar) loses Montreal #6 4-6, 3-6