The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's tennis team claimed OUA silver for the second consecutive season, falling 6-1 in the gold medal match to the No. 1 seeded Montreal Carabins.

Serving as hosts for the 2017 OUA championships at the Mayfair Parkway Club in Markham, Ont., the Varsity Blues battled through several exciting championship finals matches.

In the doubles round, all three pairs of U of T doubles teams took the Carabins to the brink, with the duo of Andrew Bourne-Kaponeridis and Cameron Chiang picking up the lone Varsity Blues win by a final of 8-6.  In the singles matchups, U of T No. 1 Sasha Obucina remained steady, but his victory would prove to be the only point for Toronto. Obucina would be named an OUA all-star with teammate and Blues No. 2 player Felix Fan also receiving the same honours.

Montreal 6, Toronto 1

Men's Doubles

A1	RACHED RIHANI	B1	SASHA OBUCINA	8-6
	KAMEN DAMOV		FELIX FAN
A2	HUGO MAURICE	B2	ANDREW BOURNE-KAPONERIDIS	6-8
	TIM GICQUEL		CAMERON CHIANG
A3	VIRGIL SAMMARTIN	B3	NATHAN WONG	8-6
	HUBERT COTE-MALTAIS		BRETT STINSON
Alt	BENJAMIN ARCHAUBAUT	Alt	MARWAN SHEBL

Men's Singles

A1	RACHED RIHANI	B1	SASHA OBUCINA	1-6, 5-6
A2	KAMEN DAMOV	B2	FELIX FAN	7-6 (7-5), 6-2
A3	HUGO MAURICE	B3	BRETT STINSON	6-4, 7-5
A4	VIRGIL SAMMARTIN	B4	NATHAN WONG	7-6, 3-6, 10-7 (agreed upon 3rd set to 10 pt)
A5	TIM GICQUEL	B5	ANDREW BOURNE-KAPONERIDIS	7-5, 6-3
A6	HUBERT COTE-MALTAIS	B6	CAMERON CHIANG	6-2, 6-2
Alt	BENJAMIN ARCHAUBAUT	Alt	MARWAN SHEBL

Awards
Player of the Year: Kamen Damov (Montreal)
Rookie of the Year: Kamen Damov (Montreal)
Coach of the Year: Andrzej Zaleski (Montreal)

OUA All-stars
Sasha Obucina (Toronto)
Felix Fan (Toronto)
Rached Rihani (Montreal)
Kamen Damov (Montreal)
Andre Szilvassy (Western)
Iain Sneddon (Western)
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 – Toronto 6 vs. Montreal 1
Match 13 – Women's Gold Medal Match – York 3 vs. Western 4
Match 14 – Men's Bronze Medal Match – Western 7 vs. York 0
Match 15 – Men's Gold Medal Match – Montreal 6 vs. Toronto 1

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