HITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men's tennis team opened its spring portion of the 2023 schedule with a resounding 7-0 victory over Buffalo at the Reis Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Big Red (1-0) swept all three doubles matches, including a 6-2 victory by Jack McCarthy and Vladislav Melnic at No. 1 doubles. The tandems of Radu Papoe and Adit Sinha, as well as Petar Teodorovic and Samuel Paquette earned respective 6-4 and 7-5 victories.

Melnic dropped just two games in his straight-set victory, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 2 singles, and Papoe was on the losing end of three games, 6-2, 6-1.

Teodorovic (No. 3), Sinha (No. 4), and Aman Sharma (No. 5) all had straight-set victories for Cornell.

McCarthy prevailed in a three-set match with Buffalo's Greg Hastings, 6-4, 5-7, 10-7.

Results

Doubles
No. 1: Vladislav Melnic/Jack McCarthy def. Simon Wibler/Finn MacNamara, 6-2.
No. 2: Radu Papoe/Adit Sinha def. Yu-Shiang Huang/Cheng Tang, 6-4.
No. 3: Petar Teodorovic/Samuel Paquette def. Daniils Snaiders/Greg Hastings, 7-5.
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
No. 1: Radu Papoe def. Simon Wibler, 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2: Vladislav Melnic def. Cheng Tang, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 3: Petar Teodorovic def. Daniils Snaiders, 6-4, 6-2.
No. 4: Adit Sinha def. Theodoros Mitsakos, 6-3, 6-3.
No. 5: Aman Sharma def. Finn MacNamara, 6-2, 6-3.
No. 6: Jack McCarthy def. Greg Hastings, 6-4, 5-7, 10-7.
Order of finish: 5, 2, 1, 3, 4, 6

Looking Ahead

Cornell will return to action with a doubleheader on Sunday at the Reis Tennis Center when it hosts St. John's at 1 p.m. and Niagara at 4:30 p.m.