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Men’s Tennis Officially Adds Yuma Daijima For 2022-23 Season

OMAHA, Neb. – Creighton men's tennis head coach Tom Lilly announced the signing of Yuma Daijima for the 2022-23 season.

"Yuma is a talented player that has long been regarded as one of the top junior players in Japan," Lilly said. "He wanted to challenge himself on the court and in the classroom and we feel that Creighton is a great fit in that regard."

Daijima, a native of Tokyo, Japan, led his Tokyo Gakken Urayasu High School to a runner-up finish in the National High School Tennis Championships last spring, where he spent the majority of the year playing at the team's No.