Kalamazoo, Mich. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team opened its 2020 dual season with a pair of non-conference wins, defeating Butler 5-2 and Illinois Chicago 6-1 on Sunday at the West Hills Athletic Club, with all seven Broncos seeing action.
Western Michigan swept all three doubles contests to take the early 1-0 advantage against Butler. The senior duo of Kennosuke Nouchi and Jannik Opitz, who are currently ranked 41st in the nation, defeated Thomas Brennan and Olof Wiklund 6-4 in the #1 doubles slot. Sophomore's Jack Randall and Peter Kuszynski prevailed in their match by a final score of 6-2 at #2 doubles, while the freshmen team of Rodrigo Crespo and Arjun Honnappa took down Michael Karr and Drew Michael.