Victor Lilov and Denis Petak End Weekend as B1G Doubles Champions

Monday, October 26

Las Vegas, Nev.

All Day

Ohio State

M25 Las Vegas

Victor Lilov (left) and Denis Petak (right) on court with their B1G Doubles Champion plaques.

11/1/2026 6:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Ohio State men’s tennis continued their on-court success while competing in the M25 Las Vegas and B1G Individual Championships.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Members of the Ohio State men's tennis team competed in two tournaments over the weekend. Aidan Kim, Nikita Filin, Matthew Forbes and Preston Stearns all competed in the ITF M25 Las Vegas tournament from Oct. 26 – Nov. 1. Victor Lilov, Denis Petak and Palavestra competed in the B1G Individual Championships from Oct. 29 – Nov. 1.

At the B1G Individual Championships, Lilov, Palavestra and Petak all competed against opponents from the Big Ten conference. Lilov and Petak paired up for the doubles tournament, where they went 4-0 in the tournament to become the B1G Doubles Champions. The Buckeyes success continued in the singles tournament with Lilov reaching the finals, Petak reaching the semifinals and Palavestra reaching the round of 16.

At the M25 Las Vegas, four Buckeyes competed in the main draw, with two coming from the qualifying rounds. Filin reached the tournament semifinals, all the way from qualifiers before falling the Jerry Roddick. Buckeye alum Jack Anthrop also competed in this tournament and reached the semifinals along with Filin. Stearns and Kim both reached the quarterfinals before falling to Anthrop and Roddick.
B1G Individual Championships Results

Singles
- Round of 32
  - Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Ariel Zauber (Notre Dame) 6-1, 6-3
  - Denis Petak (OSU) def. Collin Beduhn (Wisconsin) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
  - Ilija Palavestra (OSU) def. Jacob Lee (Purdue) 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 10-6
- Round of 16
  - Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Calin Stirbu (Nebraska) 6-2, 6-2
  - Denis Petak (OSU) def. Jan Sebesta (Nebraska) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-4)
  - Braeden Gelletich (Indiana) def. Ilija Palavestra (OSU) 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
- Quarterfinals
  - Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Evan Burnett (Michigan) 6-2, 6-4
  - Denis Petak (OSU) def. Nikola Jovic (Purdue) 6-3, 6-4
- Semifinals
  - Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Nicholas Heng (Michigan) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
  - Naoto Tomizawa (Michigan) def. Denis Petak (OSU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
- Final
  - Naoto Tomizawa (Michigan) def. Victor Lilov (OSU) walkover
- Consolation
  - Tomas Zlatohlavek (Wisconsin) def. Ilija Palavestra (OSU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
- Round of 16
  - Denis Petak/Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Collin Beduhn/Jens Holger Nissen (Wisconsin) 6-1
  - Matthew Fullerton/Edouard Aubert (Wisconsin) def. Ilija Palavestra/Micah Ward (OSU/Nebraska) 6-1
- Quarterfinals
  - Denis Petak/Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Maj Premzl/Juan David Velasquez (Purdue) 6-4
- Semifinals
  - Denis Petak/Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Owen Megargee/Vincent Yang (Northwestern) 6-3
- Final
  - Denis Petak/Victor Lilov (OSU) def. Matthew Fullerton/Edouard Aubert (Wisconsin) 6-4
- Consolation
  - Arnav Bhandari/Pierce Shaya (Michigan) def. Ilija Palavestra/Micah Ward (OSU/Nebraska) 6-4

M25 Las Vegas Results

Singles - Qualifying
- Round 1
  - Nikita Filin (USA) def. Jan Klimas (CZE) 6-2, 7-5
  - Preston Stearns (USA) def. Avi Shugar (USA) 6-2, 6-1
  - Neo Niedner (GER) def. Ilija Palavestra (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
- Round 2
  - Nikita Filin (USA) def. Milos Mikovic (SRB) 6-3, 6-4
  - Preston Stearns (USA) def. Jan Chlodnicki (POL) 6-3, 6-0
Singles – Main Draw
- Round 1
  - Aidan Kim (USA) def. Dominique Rolland (USA) 6-1, 6-3
  - Preston Stearns (USA) def. Matthew Forbes (USA) 7-6 (7-4), 1-0, ret.
  - Nikita Filin (USA) def. Andreja Petrovic (NOR) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
- Round 2
  - Aidan Kim (USA) def. Luca Preda (ROU) 6-1, 6-1
  - Preston Stearns (USA) def. Alejandro Arcila (COL) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
  - Nikita Filin (USA) def. Micah Braswell (USA) 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5
- Quarterfinals
  - Jack Anthrop (USA) def. Aidan Kim (USA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
  - Jerry Roddick (USA) def. Preston Stearns (USA) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
  - Nikita Filin (USA) def. William Jansen (GBR) 7-5, 6-4
- Semifinals
  - Jerry Roddick (USA) def. Nikita Filin (USA) 6-2, 6-4