Dual Season Opens For Men's Tennis Against DePaul & Wisconsin

Saturday, January 21

Madison, Wis.

11:00 AM ET / 10:00 AM CT

Princeton University

DePaul

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Dual Season Opens For Men's Tennis Against DePaul & Wisconsin

January 21, 2023 | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

MADISON, Wis. – The Princeton University men's tennis team opened its dual season Saturday at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium, falling to DePaul 5-2 and Wisconsin 4-3.

"Certainly not the results we wanted to start the year, but I'm pleased with how we adjusted in the Wisconsin match after a disappointing performance against DePaul," said Head Coach Billy Pate. "We are a young team and just had some nerves in the first match. It's a challenge to play two quality teams on the road in the same day so we knew it would be difficult. Against Wisconsin we competed with an edge and played much more aggressive to put us in a position to win the match. We'll have a lot of matches like this throughout the spring and this will benefit us the next time out. I'm confident we will continue to grow and improve each week. We'll get back to work this week and look forward to the ITA kickoff next weekend at UVA."

Princeton vs. DePaul
The Tigers won the doubles point, with Sebastian Sec and Alan Kam prevailing at No. 2 over Leon Huck and Jona Gitschel, 6-3, and Ellis Short and Ben Smith overcoming Shourya Verma and Pablo Almeida, 6-1, at No. 3.

In singles, Filippos Astreinidis earned a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Sven Moser at the No. 5 position.

Princeton vs. Wisconsin
At No. 1 singles, Fnu Nidunjianzan took down Jared Pratt, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, and at No. 3 Sec prevailed over Gabriel Huber, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3. At the No. 5 position, Short triumphed 6-4, 6-4 over Michael Minasyan. With the score tied at 3-3 and just one point needeed to clinch the match, Will Peters battled valiantly but fell just short at No. 2 to Mihailo Popovic, 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2).

Results
DePaul 5, Princeton 2
Doubles
Order of finish: (3, 2)

Filippos Astreinidis/Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRIN) vs. Mariano Jakic/Aleksa Krivokapic (DEPAUL) 5-4, UF
Sebastian Sec/Alan Kam (PRIN) def. Leon Huck/Jona Gitschel (DEPAUL) 6-3
Ellis Short/Ben Smith (PRIN) def. Shourya Verma/Pablo Almeida (DEPAUL) 6-1

Singles
Order of finish: (4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 1)

Marino Jakic (DEPAUL) def. Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRIN) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (9-7)
Aleksa Krivokapic (DEPAUL) def. Sebastian Sec (PRIN) 6-3, 7-5
Leon Huck (DEPAUL) def. Thomas Bosancic (PRIN) 6-4, 6-4
Matteo Iaquinto (DEPAUL) def. Ellis Short (DEPAUL) 6-3, 6-3
Filippos Astreinidis (PRIN) def. Sven Moser (DEPAUL) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Pablo Almeida (DEPAUL) def. Matthew Bosancic (PRIN) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2

Wisconsin 4, Princeton 3
Doubles
Order of finish: (3, 2)

Will Peters/Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRIN) vs. Gabriel Huber/Michael Minasyan (WIS) 5-4, UF
Robin Parts/Sebastian Vile (WIS) def. Ellis Short/Filippos Astreinidis (PRIN) 6-4
Jason Hildebrandt/Jared Pratt (WIS) def. Matthew Bosancic/Thomas Bosancic (PRIN) 6-2

Singles
Order of finish: (4, 6, 3, 5, 1, 2)

Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRIN) def. Jared Pratt (WIS) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
Mihailo Popovic (WIS) def. Will Peters (PRIN) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2)
Sebastian Sec (PRIN) def. Gabriel Huber (WIS) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3
Sebastian Vile (WIS) def. Filippos Astreinidis (PRIN) 6-1, 6-4
Ellis Short (PRIN) def. Michael Minasyan (WIS) 6-4, 6-4
Robin Parts (WIS) def. Alan Kam (PRIN) 6-2, 7-5

Up Next
The Tigers take on Ole Miss (2-0) on Saturday, January 28, in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kick-Off Weekend.