Maroon Draw Results | White Draw Results | Doubles Results
 
Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham men's tennis team hosted the Fordham Fall Invitational this past weekend, starting play on Saturday on the Hawthorn/Rooney Courts before moving inside on Sunday to Iona's indoor facility due to the weather.
 
Fordham junior Victor Kimpel led the Rams, winning the Maroon Draw singles competition, defeating NJIT's Soma Fukuhara 6-3, 4-6, 10-4, in the finals. On the way to the finals he defeated George Lyons of Iona, 6-2, 6-1, his own teammate Dhananjay Athreya, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8, and Wagner's Lukas Escher 7-6(6), 7-6(6) in the semifinals.
 
Junior Mateusz Gradzki advanced to the semifinals in singles play of the Maroon Draw before falling to NJIT's Soma Fukuhara, 6-1, 6-1. He defeated Nicola Bottelberghs of Wagner 7-6(3), 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals where he defeated Drexel's Josue Guzman, 6-1, 7-5.
 
Grad student Zachary Pellouchoud opened play in the Maroon Draw with a 6-4, 6-2, win over Jack Brimm of LIU before falling to Wagner's Lukas Escher in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 3-6, 4-10.
 
Junior Filip Horak dropped his first match to Fukuhara, 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-10, before winning his first consolation match 6-3, 6-3 over Iona's Roko Kacer.
 
In the White Draw singles competition, senior Diego Cueto made it to the semifinals before falling to Joshua Zhao of Wagner. Cueto opened play with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Iona's James Clunie and then defeated NJIT's Juan Diego Argenal in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-3.
 
In the Doubles Draw, Fordham's Zach Pellouchoud and Diego Cueto advanced to the finals where they fell to Wagner's Nicola Bottlberghs and Leon Eddie Schmidt, 6-2. Pellouchoud and Cueto defeated Wagner's Joshua Zhao and Ryan Szilagy in the quarterfinals before advancing to the finals with a 6-1 win over Iona's Mark Taviloglu and Yusen Sato.
 
Overall players from six teams participated, including Fordham, NJIT, Drexel, LIU, Wagner and Iona.