Menlo News April 14, 2026

Boys’ tennis defeats Saratoga, SHP

Knights improve to 18-0

Knights tennis roots on Surya De Datta during a super tie-breaker against Saratoga

Lucas Huang won at No. 3 singles against Saratoga

Riley Huang and Sage Ash celebrate a point

In a duel between CCS powerhouses, Menlo School boys’ tennis defeated Saratoga 5-2 in a hard-fought match at home Wednesday.

The Knights improved to 18-0 overall, and today face Pinewood, the last in a three-match week.

Surya De Datta won a super tie-breaker against SaratogaJunior Surya De Datta prevailed over Nikhil Srivatsu in a super tiebreaker 7-5, 0-6, 10-5 at No.2 singles. Junior Lucas Huang defeated Akiva Goldwasser 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Senior Yuanye Ma and freshman Maximus Chan fell at Nos. 1 and 4 singles.

The Knights swept doubles with senior Arki Temsamani, junior David Lipeles, sophomores Riley Huang and freshmen Sage Ash, Miles Burnett, and Alex Zhou p[icking up straight-set wins.

Menlo 7, Sacred Heart Prep 0

The Menlo School boys’ tennis team swept visiting Sacred Heart Prep to improve to 8-0 in West Bay Athletic League play Tuesday,

The Knights (17-0) swept the season series against the Gators and continue a full week, hosting Saratoga on Wednesday afternoon in a match-up of CCS powers and then Pinewood on Thursday.

Menlo celebrated its four seniors - Yuanye Ma, Arki Temsamani, Matthew Franc, and Brad Engel - who helped lead the Knights to league, CCS and NorCal titles, and a trip to the state championship last year, and a National All-America Invitational championship so far this season.

Menlo 7, SHP 0

Singles

Lucas Huang d. Zade Azmeh 6-4, 6-3

Maximus Chan d. Evan Wang 6-0, 6-3

Miles Burnett d. Anesh Goyal 6-0, 6-0

Dylan Kothari d. Graham Alden 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

Yuanye Ma-Surya De Datta d. Nik de Silva-Blake Sinclair 6-1, 6-1

David Lipeles-Matthew Franc d. Brody Keenan-Matthew Koo 6-2, 6-2

Arki Temsamani-Brad Engel d. Dylan Dodge-Kai Wu 6-0, 6-2