Lower Merion tennis team wins first round of district team tourney

The Lower Merion boys’ tennis team earned a 5-0 victory over Methacton in the first round of the PIAA District 1 Team championship Monday. At first singles, Matt Chen defeated Nick Simeone 6-1, 6-0; at second singles, Thibault Vernier defeated Hari Santhanam  6-2, 6-2; at third singles, Sean Attebery defeated Debanik  Purkayastwa  6-0, 6-0; at first doubles Jared Robinson and Simon Sheintoch defeated Harsha Santhanam and Krishna Suraesh 6-3, 6-1; and at second doubles, Omosessan Adebamgbe and Jordan Robinson defeated Alan Shen and Matt Zhang 7-6(0), 5-7, 10-7 (match tiebreak).