Troy opens defense of D1 boys tennis title as Novi, Brother Rice give chase

Oakland County teams hold the top three spots in the state rankings as the Lower Peninsula Division 1 boys tennis Finals begin Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Midland Tennis Center, according to MHSAA.com. The tournament concludes Thursday, Oct. 15.

The contenders

Troy is ranked No. 1 and is the defending champion. Last year the Colts won the title by 10 points over Bloomfield Hills, ending Bloomfield Hills' three-year run as champion, according to MHSAA.com.

Novi is ranked No. 2. It edged Brother Rice by two points at their Regional and is seeking its first Finals title since 2015.

Birmingham Brother Rice is ranked No. 3 and is looking for its first title since 2009.

Bloomfield Hills is ranked No. 5 and finished second to Troy at their Regional.

Seeds to watch

Troy holds the top seed at three of the four doubles flights and at No. 4 singles, according to MHSAA.com:

• No. 1 doubles: Sourish Daruri and Jesse Hao (top seed)
• No. 2 doubles: Jyotiraditya Kashyap and Siddarth Manikandan (second seed)
• No. 3 doubles: Brad Bagley and Aaditya Manikandan (top seed)
• No. 4 doubles: Vivaan Shan and Stas Barodka (top seed)
• No. 2 singles: Krish Gupta (second seed)
• No. 4 singles: Zain Taqi (top seed)

Novi's Kris Thomas, who won No. 2 singles last season, is the fourth seed at No. 1 singles. Novi doubles teams are seeded second at No. 4 doubles (Ishan Parikh and Luka Milosevich) and third at No. 2 doubles (Ronak Sharma and Daniel Han) and No. 3 doubles (Vincent Maisano and Suveer Singh).

For Bloomfield Hills, Krish Reddy and Maanav Majmuder are seeded fourth at No. 1 doubles, and Zev Spiegel is the sixth seed at No. 2 singles.

Other divisions

Division 3 plays Oct. 16-17, Division 4 plays Oct. 21-22 and Division 2 plays Oct. 23-24, according to MHSAA.com.

The Journal will report Division 1 results after the Finals end Thursday.

This story uses reporting from MHSAA.com.