SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame men’s team wrapped up play in their first of two home invitationals of the fall today. The Bobby Bayliss Invitational began on Friday and concluded on Sunday having played four rounds of singles and two rounds of doubles. The Irish picked up 29 total wins throughout the weekend including a perfect 8-0 Sunday as they went undefeated in the fourth round of singles play.
Five Irish players went 3-1 in singles this weekend. All three members of the junior class went 3-1 as Yu Zhang, Jamie Corsillo and Brian Bilsey each won three straight singles matches after dropping their opening match Friday morning. Sophomore Evan Lee was the only Notre Dame player to begin the weekend with a 2-0 record on Friday and then tacked on another win on Sunday. Freshman Jayanth Devaiah rebounded from an opening round three-set loss to secure the first three singles victories of his Notre Dame career. Fellow freshman Kyran Magimay saved five match points in a third set tiebreak in his final match of the weekend to claim his third-straight singles victory as well.
The freshman duo of Magimay and Devaiah also won both of their doubles contests on Saturday. In the first match, they would take a tiebreak against Western Michigan 7-6(2) before beating Purdue 6-4 in the afternoon.
Senior Jean-Marc Malkowski secured his first two singles wins of the year with wins over Purdue and Indiana. His two losses both were tightly contested three-set matches. He added two doubles victories to the record as well partnering with Corsillo in the opener and Bilsey in the second.
Graduate student Nil Giraldez and freshman Chase Thompson each picked up a singles win in the top flight. Giraldez and Zhang paired together to claim two wins in doubles as well with wins over Indiana and Northwestern.
Zhang and Magimay landed themselves on the all-tournament team after their efforts through the weekend.
Bobby Bayliss All-Tournament Team
Mathis Debru – Illinois
Marino Jakic – Purdue
Kyran Magimay – Notre Dame
William Mroz – Illinois
**Jeremy Zhang – Illinois : Tournament MVP
Yu Zhang – Notre Dame