SPOKANE, Wash. – Portland men's tennis concluded the 2025 fall season with a successful effort at the Gonzaga Invitational this weekend at the Stevens Center. The Pilots won three of the six draws and had at least one participant in each of the draws' finals matches.

Junior Stefan Skobelev claimed the Red Draw singles title after posting straight set wins against opponents from Whitworth and Portland State before defeating PSU's Maas Shotanus 6-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the title match.

Redshirt junior Cade Fernando won the Gray Draw singles championship without dropping a set in matches against Whitworth, Gonzaga and Sunday's 7-6, 6-4 win over Aarjun Pandit of Portland State.

Senior Nikola Keremedchiev and freshman Gian Manhas were finalists of the Blue and White draw, respectively.  

It was an all-Portland final in the top flight of doubles with Cade Fernando and Keremedchiev defeating Stefan Skobelev and Tom Garcia by an 8-6 margin. The in Red doubles draw, Lucas Kimelman and Tannor Binder beat teams from Portland State and Idaho to reach the finals before falling to a tandem from host Gonzaga.

Overall the Pilots finished 15-11 in singles and 7-3 in doubles against opponents from other teams at the event.

The Pilots will now prepare for the Spring dual season which begins with a neutral site match against Belmont in Seattle, Wash. on Jan. 16.

Gonzaga Invitational
Spokane, Wash. (Stevens Center)
November 7-9, 2025

Blue Draw Singles
QF Nikola Keremedchiev (POR) def. Mikolaj Lis (UI) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1)
QF Chetanna Amadike (UI) def. Tom Garcia (POR) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1
SF Keremedchiev (POR) def. Luca Prino (PSU) 6-4, 6-2
F Stephane Kamendje (WASH) def. Keremedchiev (POR) 6-4, 6-4
C Oscar Rashed (GON) def. Garcia (POR) 6-1, 2-6, 10-4
C Garcia (POR) def. Tom Dunlop (GON) 6-2, 6-2

Red Draw Singles
QF Stefan Skobelev (POR) def. Henry Preacher (WHIT) 6-0, 6-0
QF Lucas Kimelman (POR) Nikola Plavsic (WASH) 6-2, 6-3
SF Skobelev (POR) def. Ignacio Ruiz Marquinez (PSU) 6-4, 6-4
SF Maas Shotanus (PSU) def. Kimelman (POR) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
F Skobelev (POR) def. Shotanus (PSU) 6-7 (8), 6-2, 6-0

Gray Draw Singles
16 Tannor Binder (POR) def. Noe De Col (UI) 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-2
QF Cade Fernando (POR) vs. Matthew Hossack (WHIT) 6-1, 6-0
QF Sander Paradis (UI) def. Lucca Lafrance (POR) 6-1, 6-2
QF Diego Herrera (GON) def. Binder (POR) 6-4, 6-4
SF Fernando (POR) def. Herrera (GON) 6-2, 6-3
F Fernando (POR) def. Aarjun Pandit (PSU) 7-6, 6-4
C Gus Krauel (GON) def. Lafrance (POR) 6-1, 6-1
C Binder (POR) def. Hossack (WHIT) 6-2, 6-0
C Krauel (GON) def. Binder (POR) 6-3, 6-1

White Draw Singles
QF Gian Manhas (POR) def. Xavier Martin (UI) 7-5, 6-3
QF Valentin Glasl (UI) def. Eli Noel (POR) 6-4, 6-2
SF Manhas (POR) def. Hampus Hagglund (PSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
F Yuan Lu (PSU) def. Manhas (POR) 6-3, 6-1
C Matthew Froslan (WHIT) def. Noel (POR) 2-6, 6-3, 10-6
C Noel (POR) def. Easton Weir (WHIT) 6-4, 6-0

Blue Draw Doubles
QF Fernando/Keremedchiev (POR) def. Lis/Paradis (UI) 8-5
QF Skobelev/Garcia (POR) vs. Prino/Hagglund (PSU) 8-6
SF Fernando/Keremedchiev (POR) def. Krauel/Herrera (GON) 8-3
SF Skobelev/Garcia (POR) vs. Gabriel Moroder/Amadike (UI) 8-7 (4)
F Fernando/Keremedchiev (POR) def. Skobelev/Garcia (POR) 8-6

Red Draw Doubles
QF Kimelman/Binder (POR) def. Edoardo Cravanzola/Lu (PSU) 8-7 (4)
QF Paul Janson/De Col (UI) def. Manhas/Noel (POR) 8-5
SF Kimelman/Binder (POR) def. Xavier Martin/Glasl (UI) 8-4
F Shotanus/Pandit (PSU) def. Kimelman/Binder (POR) 8-3
C Dunlop/Rashed (GON) def. Manhas/Noel (POR) 8-4
C Manjas/Noel (POR) def. Weir/Hossack (WHIT) 8-2
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