Boys tennis: Malpeddi and McNamar advance to doubles championship match

The Carmel doubles team of junior Srisanth Malpeddi and senior Jones McNamar will play for a state championship on Monday.
The Greyhounds duo advanced to the final match at the IHSAA doubles tournament with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Bloomington South seniors Marcell Borhi and Ethan Uhls Saturday afternoon in the semi-finals, which took place at North Central. Malpeddi and McNamar will take on the Delta team of junior Walker Boyle and senior Brandon Jackson at 1 p.m. Monday at Park Tudor.
The match was moved to its new date and location after rain postponed the tournament on Friday, with the quarter-finals moved to Saturday morning. Malpeddi and McNamar received a bye into the semi-finals, which were pushed back from the morning to the afternoon.
In other matches, the Hamilton Southeastern team of sophomore Paul Schneider and junior Andrew Spirrison lost to Munster juniors Charlie Morton and Ryan Muntean 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the quarter-finals. The Royals team finished their season with a 22-5 record.
Guerin Catholic senior Cole Metzger lost in the quarter-finals of the singles tournament to Brownsburg senior Petar Petrovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Metzger finished his season 25-2.