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Sam Greenberg Professor Readey Sportswriting 26 February 2019 Bears Bounce Back, Defeat Boston College 5-2 Following tough losses to Harvard and Cornell over the weekend, the Brown men’s tennis team (6-3) bounced back to defeat Boston College (4-5) 5-2 on Tuesday. The match started out looking like more of the same, but the Bears fought back to win five of the six singles matches to take the victory. The Bears fell behind early 1-0, dropping two of the three doubles matches and losing the doubles point. The lone win in the round occurred during second doubles (6-3) on the rackets of sophomore Ching Lam and junior Jacob Walker. Subsequently, Lam dominated his second singles match by a score of 6-0, 6-4 to even the score at 1-1, defeating Boston College’s Chris Grasel. Down 5-2 in the second set, Grasel cut the deficit to 5-4 before Lam finished off the match to earn the point for Bruno. “I don’t think I dropped in level. It was more for [Grasel] picking up his game. He went for a lot of big shots in the second set, and he made most of them,” said Lam of his opponent Grasel. “But, pretty happy that I toughed it out.” In the first singles match, junior Peter Litsky fought until the end with BC’s Derek Austin, but Litsky ultimately fell short in a 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 defeat. After dropping the first set, Litsky played his way back into the match with a late break in the second set to take a 6-5 lead. Shortly thereafter, Litsky finished off the set 7-5. “I kind of just hung in there. I knew since [Austin’s] a big hitter with a big serve I knew if I stood my ground, eventually he would start to miss a few balls,” said Litsky. “But, unfortunately in the third, it was one of those days.”

The third set was all Austin’s. Austin jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead, which was insurmountable for Litsky. Austin ended up taking the third set 6-1, earning BC a point and a 2-1 lead. The match of the night came from the bout between freshman Roger Chou and BC’s Max Mendelsohn in fourth singles. Chou handily won the first set 6-0 and looked poised to win the match in straight sets. However, Mendelsohn gritted his way even with a 6-4 second set.

The third set was not without its share of controversy. Serving down 3-2 with the score knotted up at 40 in the game, Mendelsohn made a nice serve into the body of Chou. Chou weakly returned the ball crosscourt. Mendelsohn called the ball “out,” seemingly winning the game and tying the score at three apiece. However, the chair umpire overruled the call and deemed the ball “in,” giving Chou the point and the 4-2 advantage. Arguments ensued as Mendelsohn could be heard yelling at the umpire to “open your eyes” and that he has “never seen anything like that in [his] life.” “It looked in,” commented Chou on the shot following the game. Once the yelling settled down, Chou easily won the next game to take a 5-2 lead, but back came Mendelsohn. Mendelsohn took the next two games to cut the deficit to 5-4. “I was just trying to stay composed. It’s obviously a pretty nerve-wracking situation. I just tried to stay calm,” said Chou of his mindset after Mendelsohn fought back to 5-4. With Chou serving up 15-0 in the tenth game of the set, Chou hit another shot down the line, which Mendelsohn called “out.” Again, the chair umpire overruled him, giving Chou the 30-0 advantage. This was the third such occurrence of the chair umpire overruling Mendelsohn,

so by rule, Chou was awarded another point, pushing his lead to 40-0. A couple points later, Chou finished off his opponent 6-4 in the third set, pulling the Bears even 2-2. Shortly thereafter, in another entertaining match, junior Jacob Walker defeated the Eagles’ Markus Nordby 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-5 in third singles to give Bruno the 3-2 lead, a lead they would not relinquish. In fifth singles, senior Charles Tan defeated BC’s Conor Mullins 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, giving the Bears their fourth and deciding point. In the first set, Tan looked in position to an easy victory by jumping out to a quick 4-0 lead. However, Mullins climbed his way back into the set, winning the next five games. Tan ultimately forced a tiebreak, which he won 8-6. Tan calmed down in the second set and took it 6-4. With the match already decided, freshman Robert Siniakowicz took the point in sixth singles by defeating BC’s Wills Tutecky 6-4, 6-2, giving the Bears the 5-2 victory. Brown next hosts Fordham at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Saturday, February 23 at 1:00 pm where they look to keep the momentum going.

Sam Greenberg Professor Readey Sportswriting 26 February 2019 Brown Bears Steamroll LIU Brooklyn 6-1 Following a tough loss at Rutgers, the Brown women’s tennis team (5-6) bounced back, defeating LIU Brooklyn (4-3) 6-1. Despite dropping the doubles point, the Bears dominated the match, winning all six of the singles matches and cruising to victory. Bruno started off slowly, dropping two of the three doubles matches and losing the doubles point to fall into an early 1-0 deficit. This round looked promising, as freshman...