Doubles Sweep Leads to 7-2 Victory Against No. 11 Johns Hopkins

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - A doubles sweep led the 10th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University men's tennis team to a 7-2 victory against visiting Johns Hopkins University. The win moves the Tartans' record to 14-7 on the year while the No. 11 Blue Jays fall to 10-6.

All three doubles matches were tight as the No. 3 pair of sophomore Kenny Zheng (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) and freshman Edward Ang (Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista) won first, 8-6. The No. 1 pair of seniors Christian Heaney-Secord (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) and Will Duncan (Newbury Park, Calif./Newbury Park) then won after a tiebreaker, 9-8 (7-3), a few minutes before the No. 2 pair of senior Bryce Beisswanger (Los Angeles, Calif./Viewpoint School) and junior Yuvraj Kumar (New Delhi, India/Millfield School) finished the sweep with a 9-7 win.

Junior Abhishek Alla (Hyderabad, India/IMG Pendleton School) was the first to finish in singles, as he won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 singles. Securing the match victory was Duncan at third singles, winning 6-4, 6-4.

The Tartans then went up 6-0 when Heaney-Secord won 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5) at second singles.

Johns Hopkins won points at fifth singles and sixth singles, both in three sets, before sophomore Kunal Wadwani (Saratoga, Calif./Ballarmine College Prep) won his fourth singles match in a third set super tiebreaker, 6-7 (9-11), 6-2, 1-0 (10-2).

The Tartans will be off two weeks before traveling south to Florida for the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships. Play begins on Friday, April 24 with the draw for the tournament due out next week.