The Basics
• Score: #20 Johns Hopkins-6, #11 Emory-3
• Records: JHU (11-1) • EU (7-8)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • JHU Tennis Courts
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team upset 11^th-ranked Emory, the defending national champion, 6-3 on Sunday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• The Eagles took the first point of the match, but the Blue Jays answered with back-to-back wins to take a 2-1 lead after doubles. Ryan Glanville and Sahil Raina beat senior Ryan Hellinger and junior Alexander Kernagis, 8-2, at third to put Emory up early. Sophomores Daniel Ardila and Thomas Yu then beat Andrew Esses and Nolan Shah, ranked second in the region, by an 8-5 score at first. Freshman Marco Azar and graduate student Vishnu Joshi put Hopkins on top with an 8-7 (3) win over Antonio Mora and Sujay Sharma at second.
• Yu opened singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mora at first in a battle of the two of the region's top-five singles players. Azar followed with a 6-1, 6-4 defeat of William Coupe at sixth and the Blue Jays led 4-1. Shah kept the Eagles alive with an 6-3, 6-2 win over junior Andrew Tran at third.
• Ardila then clinched the win for Hopkins when he beat Santiago Suarez 6-2, 6-3 at fifth. Senior Brian Wang pushed the lead to 6-2 with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over Brandon Cohen at fourth. Esses closed out the match with a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (4) win over Joshi at second to make it a 6-3 final.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins earns just its second win ever over Emory to improve to 2-9 versus the Eagles. It is JHU's first win in the series since 2014 – also a 6-3 win. The two last met in the NCAA semifinals, with Emory winning 5-1.
• Joshi earned his 100^th career win (51 singles, 49 doubles) and is the 15^th player in program history to reach the milestone. He also moved into a tie 18^th in JHU history with his 49^th doubles win.
• Yu became the first player with 20 singles wins in a season since Mike Buxbaum in 2016. His 20 wins are four shy of tying the school record. He is also the first player with 20 doubles wins since 2016 (Buxbaum, Emerson Walsh, Nicholas Garcia, Jeremy Dubin).
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is back in action on Tuesday, April 19 versus Franklin & Marshall. The Centennial Conference contest is scheduled for a 4:00 pm start at the JHU Tennis Courts.
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