Altamonte Springs, Fla. – The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team defeated NYU 5-1 on Friday morning in the opening round of the UAA Championships. The Bears move on to face Chicago in the semifinal round tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. ET.
 
Abhi Ramireddy and Phuc Huynh defeated Zachary Freier and Alex Yang 8-6 at first doubles.
 
Gaurav Singh and Scott Yamamoto fell to Alexander Lee and Boren Zheng 8-7 (9-7) to make the match even at 1-1 but Colin Scruggs and Pato Garcia Muriel defeated Joseph He and Andy Watterson 8-7 (7-4) at third doubles to put WashU up 2-1.
 
Jared Phillips picked up the first singles win for the Bears, defeated Freier 6-0, 6-1 at third singles.
 
Singh followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Joseph He at fourth singles and Huynh clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Yang at first singles.
 
Ramireddy at second singles, Scruggs at fifth singles and Eric Kuo at sixth singles went unfinished once the match was clinched.