Mason, Cincinnati St. Xavier, Chagrin Falls and Gahanna Columbus Academy Took Home Championship Trophies
MASON, Ohio — The 100th annual OHSAA Boys Tennis State Tournament concluded Saturday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.
Division I
In Division I singles play, Mason senior Niraj Komatineni defeated Cincinnati St. Xavier junior Ronit Hiryur by a score of 6-1, 6-4. Komatineni is taking home Mason’s first boys tennis singles championship on his fourth trip to the state tournament. He was runner-up in the 2018 singles tournament and finished fourth in 2016 doubles.
Sainandan Dore, a freshman from Springboro, won the third-place match, defeating Chas Norman, a junior from Hunting Valley University School, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6.
Cincinnati St. Xavier sophomore Charles Temming and freshman Preston Stearns took home the 2019 Division I Doubles State Championship trophy after defeating Mason freshman duo Anish Gangavaram and Vignesh Gogineni, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. Temming qualified for the 2018 Division I Doubles State Tournament with a different partner.
The returning state champions in boys Division I doubles secured a third-place finish. Sophomore Devon Boyer and senior Nathan Jose of New Albany defeated junior Samuel Marcus and senior Matt Bolger of Cincinnati Sycamore, 7-6, 7-5. Jose qualified for the state tennis tournament all four years. He was third in 2016, fourth in 2017 and first in 2018, always playing in the doubles tournament.
Division II 
In Division II singles play, Chagrin Falls freshman Andrew Zimcosky capped off a historic season by claiming the Division II singles state championship. Zimcosky secured Chagrin Falls’ first state tennis championship, only dropping one set along the way. Youngstown Ursuline junior Greg Morgione withdrew from the championship match due to injury.
Pierce Elliott, a junior from Camden Preble Shawnee, took home the third-place finish. Columbus Wellington School junior, Trevor Ball, withdrew from the match due to injury.
Gahanna Columbus Academy claimed the championship and runner-up trophy in Division II doubles. Senior Suriya Sundaram and junior Rhian Seneviratne defeated sophomore Arie Tuckerman and junior Jack Madison 4-6, 6-2, 7-6. It marks the 22
nd time in OHSAA history that a school has a champion and runner-up in the same year. Sundaram qualified for the 2018 doubles tournament.
Cincinnati Indian Hill freshman Tejas Pisati and senior Mack Ellis took home the third-place finish after defeating Cincinnati Country Day junior Ash Annapantula and sophomore Sai Nalagatla, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Annapantula qualified for the 2018 doubles tournament.