The New York University men’s tennis team began its 2026 spring season with a 5–2 win against Union College on Sunday, February 22. The match took place at the Stadium Tennis Center in the Bronx, New York.
NYU secured the first point by winning all three doubles matches. Bryan Hui and Niklas von Hellens won their No. 1 doubles match 6–3. At No. 2, Jeh-Lei Fan and Shido Ito also recorded a 6–3 victory, while Rahul Sundaresan and Boris Slesarev earned a 6–2 win at No. 3.
In singles play, NYU achieved four victories to clinch the overall match. Von Hellens led with a straight-sets win at No. 1 singles (6–3, 6–2). Hui followed at No. 2 with a score of 7–5, 6–1. Cooper Kline won a close contest at No. 5 singles, coming from behind for a final score of 3–6, 6–3, and then taking the deciding tiebreaker set at 13–11. Slesarev added another point for NYU with his win at No. 6 singles (6–1, 7–6).
“It was a great match to start the season,” said Head Coach Horace Choy. “We took command early, sweeping the doubles. But, Union wouldn’t go away. Niklas won his singles handily and gave us the 2-0 lead. Bryan extended us to 3-1, but it was a battle to get our last points. Cooper came up big in the super tiebreaker to clinch the match and Boris won his closely contested match. Guys showed a lot of fight and. It was a well-earned victory.”
NYU’s next match is scheduled for February 27 against Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
