ANNAPOLIS, MD – Members of the Johns Hopkins men's tennis team took on opponents from a quartet of Division I schools at Navy's annual Joe Hunt Invitational this past weekend. Freshman Mukundh Boopathi led the Blue Jays by going a combined 7-0 over the three-day event. Graduate student Daniel Ardila reached a milestone as he earned his 100^th career win.
 
Boopathi won all four of his singles matches in straight sets. He opened with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Tommy Kim (Navy) and then beat Evgenios Vasilakis (PC) 6-3, 6-1. He won 6-4, 6-1 over George Cutone (Navy) and wrapped up singles' play with a 6-2 6-2 win over Bertin Karenzi (MSU). In doubles, Boopathi paired with junior Pranav Gadiraju to go 3-0. The duo won a tight 7-6 (7) match over Steve Nguyen and Kim and then another close 7-5 decision versus Jaeden Patterson and Jacob Poole (MSU). Boopathi and Gadiraju closed out doubles with a 6-2 win over Jonathan Lee and Marco Foglieni (PC). Gadiraju went 1-1 in singles in addition to his 3-0 mark in doubles with Boopathi. He lost his first match 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-1 to McRae but then won 6-1, 6-0 over Zach Giertz (Navy).
 
Sophomore Chakor Rajendra and freshman Jason Li each went 5-1 over singles and doubles. Rajendra won his first match 6-3, 6-1over Vladisav Gorbatenko (NSU). He then lost in three sets to Kim 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. He then rebounded with a 7-5, 6-0 defeat of Niles Rachal (MSU). Rajendra and Li paired to go 3-0 in doubles. The duo won 6-2 over Frederick McRae and Gorbatenko and then beat Anthony Parris and Antonio Santos (MSU) 6-4. They then defeated Alessio Guarino and Luke Papayoanou (MSM) 6-2. Li dropped his first singles match 6-0, 6-3 to Jakub Solarski (NSU). He bounced back with a pair of straight set wins, losing a total of just three games, over Charlie Spencer (Navy) and Patterson.
 
Freshman Brian Yi and Andy Zhu each went 4-2 over the weekend. Yi won all three of singles matches in straight sets and lost just five games total. He opened with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Deniz Okyay (NSU). He then beat Jonathan Lee (Navy) and Ameer Muhammad (MSU) by a 6-1, 6-0 score. Yi then went 1-2 in doubles partnered with junior Allen Gong. The pair lost a pair of tight 7-6 (5) matches to teams from Navy and Norfolk State but closed out doubles with a 7-5 win over Makkijah Brown and Karenzi. Zhu played doubles with freshman Owen Akers the duo went 2-1. In their first match, they beat Kai Edwards and Giertz 7-5, but then lost to Daksh Prasad and Vasilakis 6-2. Zhu and Akers wrapped up doubles with a 6-2 win over Tezas Singh Parmar and Muhammad. Akers also went 1-2 in singles, picked up a 6-1, 6-3 win over Parmar in his final singles' match.
 
Ardila went 3-2 over the weekend, going 1-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles. Both singles' matches went three sets and he picked up a win over David Mamalat (PC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. He paired with freshman Dylan Blenkiron in doubles for a 6-3 win over Pedro Cardoso and Mamalat and a 6-2 victory over Mikeal Carpenter and Rachal. Ardila picked up his 100^th career win with his second victory of the day. He is the 17^th player in program history to reach the milestone.
 
Hopkins wraps up the Fall portion of its schedule with the ITA Southeast Regional Championship September 27-28.