KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson’s boys tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to Barstow on Wednesday in the championship match of the Class 2 District 7 tournament.
With its first and lone dual loss of the season, Thomas Jefferson finishes 12-1 in team competition.
At No. 1 doubles, Barstow’s Sankeerth Gandhari and George Colombo defeated TJ’s Prithvi Nagarajan and Devan Murali 8-0.
At No. 2 doubles, TJ’s Chengle Qian and Tyler Brouhard beat Liam Groden-Shayan Ahmed 8-3.
Barstow’s No. 3 doubles team of Sanjeev Adma-Aaram Salam edged Jack Goodhue-Sam Li 8-6.
Thomas Jefferson’s Brouhard won his singles match 6-3, 6-3 over Adma.
Barstow’s Gandhari defeated Nagarajan 7-5, 6-0, while Groden beat Qian 6-2, 6-1 and Salam topped Goodhue 6-1, 6-4.
The match ended when Barstow reached five wins, so the two other singles matches were not completed.
Barstow, last year’s third-place finisher in Class 2 and the Class 1 state champion in ’21, advanced to the quarterfinals.
Thomas Jefferson’s Nagarajan will compete at the individual state tournament on May 18 at Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.
