A new OUA champion will be crowned following the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's tennis teams 4-3 victory over the defending champion Western Mustangs on Saturday night (Oct. 7) at the the Mayfair Parkway Club in Markham, Ont.

U of T won two of the three doubles contests to claim the first point before action was taken over by grueling singles matches. The semifinal contest was capped off by a deciding three set singles victory by Toronto No. 2 Felix Fan, who came back from down a set to win and send the Blues to the gold-medal round. Teammate Andrew Bourne-Kaponeridis also came back to win a three set singles match after winning in doubles action, while Blues No. 1 Sasha Obucina utilized a tiebreak first set to win his matchup. Vahagn Tonakanian won both his doubles and singles showdowns for the Mustangs.

The host Varsity Blues will now face the No. 1 seeded Montreal Carabins who defeated the York Lions soundly in their semifinal round. Gold-medal action is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Mayfair Parkway Club. Western will challenge the Lions for bronze at 3:00 p.m.

Toronto 4, Western 3

Men's Doubles

A1	SASHA OBUCINA	B1	IAIN SNEDDON	4-8
	STEFAN M		VAHAGN TONAKANIAN
A2	ANDREW BOURNE-KAPONERIDIS	B2	ANDRE SZILVASSY	8-2
	CAMERON CHIANG		BRENT MOFFATT
A3	FELIX FAN	B3	MARK JENSEN	8-5
	BRETT STINSON		JOHN DRAKE
Alt	NATHAN WONG	Alt	KURTIS ALEKSANDRE

Men's Singles

A1	SASHA OBUCINA	B1	ANDRE SZILVASSY	7-6 (7-5), 6-2
A2	FELIX FAN	B2	IAIN SNEDDON	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
A3	BRETT STINSON	B3	VAHAGN TONAKANIAN	1-6, 1-6
A4	NATHAN WONG	B4	MARK JENSEN	6-7 (5-7), 3-6
A5	ANDREW BOURNE-KAPONERIDIS	B5	MATTHEW ERDMAN	2-6, 6-3, 7-5
A6	STEFAN M	B6	JOHN DRAKE	6-3, 1-6, 3-6
Alt	CAMERON CHIANG	Alt	BRENT MOFFATT

Championship Schedule
 
Friday, October 6
BYE: Women's - York
BYE: Men's - Montreal
Match 1 – Women's - Toronto 7 Brock 0
Match 2 – Men's - Toronto 7 Brock 0
Match 3 – Men's - Waterloo 3 York 4
Match 4 – Women's - Western 7 McMaster 0
Match 5 – Men's - Western 7 McMaster 0
Match 6 – Women's - Montreal 6 Waterloo 1

Saturday, October 7 
Match 8 – Women's Semifinal – York 6 vs. Montreal 1
Match 9 – Men's Semifinal – Montreal 7 vs. York 0
Match 10 – Women's Semifinal – Western 4 vs. Toronto 3
Match 11 – Men's Semifinal – Toronto 4 vs. Western 3

Sunday, October 8
Match 12 – Women's Bronze Medal Match –  #3 Toronto vs. #4 Montreal – 10:30am
Match 13 – Women's Gold Medal Match – #1 York vs. #2 Western – 11:30am
Match 14 – Men's Bronze Medal Match – #3 Western vs. #5 York – 3:00pm
Match 15 – Men's Gold Medal Match – #1 Montreal vs. # 2 Toronto – 4:00pm

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