ATLANTA - The Illinois men's tennis team kicked off the 2018 season at the MLK Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Illinois will compete against players from Georgia Tech, Georgia and Columbia throughout the three-day event. 

Monday | Illinois vs. Columbia 

Singles 

• #19 Victor Pham (Columbia) def. Alex Brown (Illinois) 6-4, 6-1 
• #38 Jackie Tang (Columbia) def. Zeke Clark (Illinois) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 
• Jack Lin (Columbia) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (Illinois) 6-2, 6-4 
• Austen Huang (Columbia) def. Vuk Budic (Illinois) 6-2, 6-4 
• #122 Timothy Wang (Columbia) def. Aiden Jiang (Illinois) 6-3, 6-0 

Doubles 

• #15 Pham/Tang (Columbia) def. Clark/Budic (Illinois) 6-4 
• Brown/Chakravarthi (Illinois) def. Ambrozy/Lin (Columbia) 6-3 

Sunday | Illinois vs. Georgia 

Singles 

• Paul Oosterbaan (Georgia) def. Alex Brown (Illinois) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4   
• Zeke Clark (Illinois) def. #66 Nathan Ponwith (Georgia) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 
• #12 Wayne Montgomery (Georgia) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (Illinois) 6-2, 6-2 
• #25 Emil Reinberg (Georgia) def. Vuk Budic (Illinois) 6-4, 6-2 
• Alex Diaz (Georgia) def. Aiden Jiang (Illinois) 6-3, 6-1 

Doubles 

• Loeb/Zielinski (Georgia) def. Budic/Clark (Illinois) 6-4 
• Oosterbaan/Diaz (Georgia) def. Brown/Chakravarthi (Illinois) 6-4 

Saturday | Illinois vs. Georgia Tech 

Singles 

• Alex Brown (Illinois) def. #85 Carlos Divar (Georgia Tech) 7-6, 6-4
• Zeke Clark (Illinois) def. Andrew Li (Georgia Tech) 6-4, 6-2
• Caleb Chakravarthi (Illinois) def. Daniel Yun (Georgia Tech) 6-2, 6-2
• Chris Yun (Georgia Tech) def. Aiden Jiang (Illinois) 6-1, 6-1 
• Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech) def. Vuk Budic (Illinois) 6-3, 6-1 

Doubles 

• Brown/Chakravarthi (Illinois) def. Melendez/Yun (Georgia Tech) 6-3 
• Budic/Clark (Illinois) def. Li/Yun (Georgia Tech) 6-2