The Varsity Blues men’s tennis team narrowly fell 4-3 to the York Lions on Saturday, September 25 at York University.

Despite Stefan Srnic and Eren Turkmenler’s victory in the number one position, the Lions took the doubles point* by winning in both the number two and three spots.

York went on to win the number one and two singles matches, before Andrei Melchisedec, Cyrus Elmpackmackie and Jeffrey Jor won in the number three, four and five positions, respectively. Toronto’s Mukund Kumar also had a very close match in the number six spot, felling 4-6, 7-6, 4-6.

The Varsity Blues return to the court next Friday, October 1 when they host the Waterloo Warriors at York University. Matches are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

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

RESULTS
Doubles
Toronto #1 (Stefan Srnic, Eren Turkmenler) defeats York #1 8-6
Toronto #2 (Artur Suski, Jeffrey Jor) loses to York #2 8-5
Toronto #3 (Cyrus Elmpackmackie, Andrei Melchisedec) loses to York #3 8-6
(York earns one doubles point by way of two matches won)

Singles
Toronto #1 (Starratt) loses to York #1 7-6, 6-2
Toronto #2 (Skandarajah) loses to York #2 6-0, 6-0
Toronto #3 (Melchisedec) defeats York #3 6-4, 6-4
Toronto #4 (Elmpackmackie) defeats York #4 6-3, 7-5
Toronto #5 (Jor) defeats York #5 6-2, 6-3
Toronto #6 (Kumar) loses to York #6 6-4, 6-7, 6-4

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