Photos: Blue Bison Backhand Dutch
On Friday, April 10, the Guilderland boys’ tennis squad hit the courts at home as they battled Shaker. The Dutch fought hard but fell, 7 to 2.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Quick slide: Guilderland’s Rayeev Rai shifts to his left as he looks to return a backhand shot towards Shaker’s Rishab Arvird. Rai won 6-4, 6-4.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Setting his feet: Guilderland’s Roger Sheng plants his feet on the court as he prepares to hit a forehand back to Shaker’s Renat Gosmanov. Sheng fell 3-6, 4-6.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Long reach: Guilderland’s Rohan Yerram leans back with his racket out to attempt to send it back over the net as his teammate James Gong backs him up. Yerram/Gong fell to Shaker’s Charlie Adelstein/Surya Bommasano 1-6, 5-7.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Chip shot: Guilderland’s Shreyas Srivastav sticks his racket out to hit a backhand drop shot towards Shaker’s Aniket Kotheipally. Srivastav fell 1-6, 4-6.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Serving it up: Guilderland’s Camilo Diaz throws the ball up as he prepares to serve it up as his teammate Eric Cheng stands ready against Shaker’s Yunhan Chan/Krish Parasuraman. Diaz/Cheng fell 5-7, 1-6.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Ready to fire: Guilderland’s Austin Li brings his racket back as he prepares to shoot a forehand shot back to Shaker’s Ronith Arvind. Li fell 0-6, 1-6.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Battle tested: Guilderland’s Nathaniel Russaliab leans forward to hit a forehand chip shot back towards Shaker’s William Mao. Russaliab won 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Blocking the rays: Guilderland’s Akshay Sripathy sets himself as he prepares to hit a backhand shot towards Shaker’s Clement Ceas. Sripathy fell 4-6, 1-6.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Back and forth battle: Guilderland’s Alfred Sun looks to hit a backhand shot towards Shaker’s Louis Jin/Shawn Mendmea as teammate Layton Horth looks on. Sun/Horth fell 1-6, 0-6.