TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. - The No. 8 Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team began its 2024 slate with a tough dual match against No. 25 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Saturday, February 3. The Bears utilized five singles wins to take down the Warhawks, 6-3. 
 

Doubles: 

Senior Gaurav Singh and sophomore Colin Fox fell in a tie breaker at No. 1 doubles to Reuben Giorgio and Luke VanDonslear, 8-7 (7-2). 
 

Junior Scott Yamamoto and junior Pato Garcia Muriel won a close, 8-6, match at No. 2 doubles against Giovanni Vitali and Tyler Nelson. 
 

The No. 3 doubles team of senior Jared Phillips and junior Stefan Hester dropped the 8-4 decision against Theo Billson and Drew Van Fossen.  
 

Phillips swept his No. 1 singles match against VanDonslear, 6-0, 6-1. 
 

Sophomore Eric Kuo dropped his first set at No. 2 singles against Giorgio, then won the next two to grab the come from behind 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory. 
 

At No. 3 singles, graduate student Sergiu Celebidachi took down Nelson in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
 

Fox, playing at the No. 4 singles position, dropped his decision to Van Fossen, 0-6, 6-1, 3-6. 
 

Sophomore Colin Scruggs defeated Billson, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and No. 5 singles. 
 

At No. 6 singles, Singh welcomed a straight set sweep over Will Ulrich, 6-3, 6-4. 
 

The Bears will return to the court on Saturday, February 17 with a dual match against Division II Southwest Baptist University. First serve is slated for 6 p.m. inside of the Woodsmill Tennis Club.