Box Score 1 FREDERICKSBURG, VA – The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team has players in the semifinals of the championship singles and doubles draws at the 2024 ITA Southeast Regional. Sophomore Chakor Rajendra will play in the semifinals in singles while junior Allen Gong and freshman Dylan Blenkiron will play in the semifinals for doubles on Sunday.
 
Rajendra, seeded ninth in the draw, opened the weekend with an 8-0 win over Emerson Rice (HSC). He then beat Federico Maccari (RC), 8-2, to advance to the round of 16. On Saturday, Rajendra beat fourth-seeded Evan Erb (WLU) 6-1, 6-4. He followed that with a come-from-behind win over fifth-seeded Max Lindstrom (SC) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4). Rajendra will take on second-seeded Raghav Jangbahadur (CMU) in Sunday's semifinal.
 
Ninth-seeded Blenkiron and Gong had a first-round bye in the doubles draw and then beat Ryan King and Matt Scott (UMW), 8-2, to move into the round of 16. On Saturday morning, the pair beat Will Kistler and Erb, 8-5, who were seeded fifth. In the quarterfinals, Blenkiron and Gong upset Daniel Kong and Jangbahadur, the top seed, 8-5. The Blue Jay duo will now face Melnikov and Lindstrom, the four seed, in Sunday's semifinal.
 
In the championship singles draw, freshman Mukundh Boopathi opened with an 8-3 win over James Earwood (CUA) but then fell to top-seeded Michael Melnikov (SC) 8-2 in the round of 32. Graduate student Daniel Ardila, seeded fifth, did not lose a game in his opening round win over Julian Sealy (WC). He then lost to LalithAditya Suresh (SC), 8-5. Blenkiron, seeded fifth, beat Jhayden Pappas (SU) 8-4 in the round of 64. He then dropped an 8-2 decision to Jacob Martin (RC).
 
In the championship doubles draw, Ardila and senior Marco Azar were seeded second and had a first-round bye. The pair then beat Gianluca Beaujon and Gurv Suri (MU) 8-4. On Saturday, Ardila and Azar earned an 8-4 win over Hayes Gilbert and Aadhi Raja (SC) to advance to the quarterfinals. Their run ended in the quarters with an 8-5 loss to fifth-seeded Evan Fisher and Brock Ladehoff (UMW).
 
Also, in the championship doubles draw, Boopathi and junior Pranav Gadiraju won their opening match 6-2 over Matthew Miller and Owen Dyer (MC). They then lost to fifth-seeded Trevor Rein and John Riordan (UMW), 8-4. Rajendra paired with senior Zahari Stoimenov for a 6-1 win over Jorge Urgal and Tiziano Chialva (WC). In the round of 32, the duo dropped a heartbreaker 8-7 (5) to fifth-seeded Vincent Truong and Bhuvanesh Kumaresan (CNU).
 
In the Blue 1 singles draw, freshman Jason Li beat Alex Rintoul 8-1 in the round of 16. He then lost a tight 8-6 decision to Fernando Limon (CMU). Azar a close dropped opening round match to Mihir Parcha (SIT), 8-6. In the Blue 2 draw, Gadiraju beat Sahil Arora (WLU), 8-6, in the opening round. He then fell to Samuel Donnelly (FMC), 8-2. In the Blue 3 draw, freshman Brian Yi won his first match, 8-2, over Ryan Meyer (UMW). He followed that with an 8-2 win over Justin Minerva (HC). Yi then beat James Kurani (WLU), 8-3 to advance to the finals.
 
In the Blue 1 doubles draw, the final will two Blue Jay teams squaring off. Li and Yi will face off against junior Joshua Kim and freshman Andy Zhu. Li and Yi kicked off their run with a 6-2 win over Braden Chavez and Jonathan Gu (CMU). The pair then won 6-1 over Nick O'Dea and Chris Catan (SU). In the semifinals, Li and Yi beat Sam Halvorsen and Alex Seretis (CNU), 6-1.
 
On the top half of the draw, Kim and Zhu opened with a tight 7-6 (2) win over William Fromherz and Rithik Manchala (UMW). The pair then won 6-3 over Andreas Wingert and Maxfield Ma (HC). They then beat another pair of teammates, freshmen Owen Akers and Jack Wexler, 6-4, in the semifinals. Akers and Wexler beat Dhaivik Chenemilla and Johnny Haase (SIT), 6-1, in the round of 16. They then beat Andreas Mulner and Vincenzo Marchese (RC), 6-3, to move onto the semifinals.