WILTON, N.Y. -- The Bates men's tennis team won a pair of doubles matches in a 7-2 loss at Skidmore Thursday afternoon.

Junior captain Nick Forester (Falmouth, Maine) and sophomore Alexander Gujarathi (Plymouth, Mass.) teamed up at No. 1 doubles and earned an 8-4 win over the Skidmore duo of Sergiu Celebidachi and John Rado. Meanwhile, sophomore Nikesh Desai (Hopkinton, Mass.) and first-year Paul Zhou (Beijing, China) teamed up at No. 3 doubles to defeat Connor Biernat and Tristan Thiebaut by a count of 8-6. 

Up 2-1 after doubles play, the home team flipped the script on the Bobcats (2-5) in singles play, winning all six matches. Gujarathi played very well at No. 2 singles, taking the first set before falling 6-7, 7-6, 6-3. Skidmore (3-6) won the other singles matches in straight sets .

The Bobcats return to action Saturday, April 2 at Connecticut College. The match gets underway at 10am. 

Skidmore 7, Bates 2
March 24, 2022 at Wilton, N.Y.

Doubles
1. Nick Forester/Alexander Gujarathi (Bates) def. Sergiu Celebidachi/John Rado (Skidmore) 8-4
2. Zachary Portnoy/Brendan Jimenez (Skidmore) def. Teddy Koide/Leo Kupferman (Bates) 8-7
3. Nikesh Desai/Paul Zhou (Bates) def. Connor Biernat/Tristan Thiebaut (Skidmore) 8-6

Singles
1. Portnoy (Skidmore) def. Forester (Bates) 6-3, 6-3
2. Rado (Skidmore) def. Gujarathi (Bates) 6-7, 7-6, 6-3
3. Celebidachi (Skidmore) def. Kupferman (Bates) 6-2, 7-5
4. Jimenez (Skidmore) def. Koide (Bates) 6-2, 6-2
5. Thiebaut (Skidmore) def. Desai (Bates) 6-4, 6-0
6. Biernat (Skidmore) def. Zhou (Bates) WD