Champaign's Labor Day Tennis Tournament brought 22 Men's Open singles players and a competitive doubles field to Lindsey Courts on Sept. 6-7.
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Lorenzo Vegari hits the ball back over the net while playing in the Champaign Park District Labor Day Tournament during his opening match against Slava Cazacu.
CHAMPAIGN - The Champaign Park District’s annual Labor Day Tennis Tournament brought two days of competition to Lindsey Courts on Sept. 6 and 7, with 22 players filling the Men’s Open singles draw and a competitive doubles field. Among the singles competitors was rising Centennial sophomore Samith Ramanath, who enters his second high school season after an impressive freshman campaign. Ramanath went 28-5 in singles and 10-6 in doubles for the Chargers last season, advancing to the Class 1A state tournament in singles and finishing among the top eight players in the state. The Men’s Open field also included former University of Illinois player Charlie Crawmer. In doubles, Centennial head coach Jason Zumwalt teamed with Cy Lystila and captured the tournament title after defeating Ramanath and Vivek Rajopanth, 6-3, 6-4. The victory gave Zumwalt another Labor Day tournament championship after he won the 2024 title with Shaun Peterson. The doubles win also gave Zumwalt another year of bragging rights, this time alongside Lystila, after an exciting championship match at Lindsey Courts.
2026 Results
Men’s Open Singles
Main Draw Final: Samith Ramanath defeated Charles Crawmer 6-0, 6-1
Consolation Final: Timothy Hughes defeated Slava Cazacu 6-3, 6-0
Beginner/Intermediate Open Singles
Main Draw Final: Can Huang defeated Haotian Gu 7-6(3), 2-6, 1-0(7)
Consolation Final: Summer Zhao defeated Will Chen 6-1, 6-4
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Angad Mehta hits a forehand shot from the baseline during his doubles match against Andy Wilke and Nitan Bhosale. Mehta and partner Chris Sisson cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 quarterfinal win.
Men’s 45 Singles
Main Draw Final: Sendhil Kumaran defeated Nitin Bhosale 6-2, 6-3
Consolation Final: Augusto Espiritu defeated Daniel Morris by default
Boy’s 14 Singles Round Robin
First place: William Guo
Second place: Ryan Xu
Third place: Elliott Beatty
Boy’s 12 Singles
Main Draw Final: Jason Cheng defeated Aiden Zhou 2-6, 6-1, 1-0(5)
Consolation Final: Edward Dyer defeated Elden Liu 6-2, 6-0
Men’s Open Doubles
Main Draw Final:
Jason Zumwalt & Cy Lystila defeated Samith Ramanath & Vivek Rajopanth 6-3, 6-4
Consolation Final:
Andy Hur & Paul Zhang defeated Clark Brooks & Greg Love 6-3, 6-4
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Mark Swanson and Foster Doll congratulate Jason Zumwalt and Cy Lystila after their match.
