St. Peter, Minn., Feb. 21, 2020 – The No.9-ranked Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team could not rebound from a doubles sweep in a 7-2 loss to No. 8 Brandeis University Friday in the opening round of the 2020 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Indoor Championship in St. Peter, Minn.

Brandeis cruised to a pair of wins at No. 2 (8-0) and No. 3 (8-5), but WashU was destined to trim the lead in half with a victory at No. 1 doubles before an injury by junior Benjamin van der Sman. Brandeis won the match at No. 1 in a tiebreaker to jump out in front 3-0.

Brandeis improved to 2-0 with the win, while WashU dropped to 2-2. 

Match-by-Match Results
Doubles
1.  #19 Ethan Hillis (WASHUM) def. #20 David Aizenberg (BRM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Anupreeth Coramutla (BRM) def. #49 Bernardo Neves (WASHUM) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Adam Tzeng (BRM) def. #28 Daniel Li (WASHUM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
4. Jeff Chen (BRM) def. J.J. Kroot (WASHUM) 6-4, 6-4
5. Koki Takabatake (WASHUM) def. Rajan Vohra (BRM) 6-4, 6-2
6. Nikhil Das (BRM) def. Sam Komis (WASHUM) 6-0, 6-1

Singles: 
1. David Aizenberg/Anupreeth Coramutla (BRM) def. #21 Bernardo Neves/Benjamin van der Sman (WASHUM) 8-7 (7-4)
2. Jeff Chen/Adam Tzeng (BRM) def. Ethan Hillis/Mark Wu (WASHUM) 8-0
3. Colt Tegtmeier/Rajan Vohra (BRM) def. Daniel Li/Sam Komis (WASHUM) 8-4 

Notes:
• The Bears were swept in doubles for just the second time in the last two seasons
• WashU is 2-1 against ranked teams this season
• The win for Hillis was the 50th of his career 

UP NEXT: WashU takes on No. 20 Gustavus Adolphus in the consolation semifinal Saturday at 7 p.m.