The varsity tennis team competed in the District 13-6A Championships on Wednesday and Thursday and came away big winners. There are ten spots to go on to Regionals and the Warriors took nine of them.
Haarika Somarouthu became the first person in district history to win all 3 District Championships, winning girls’ doubles her freshman year, girls’ singles her last year and mixed doubles this year.
District 13-6A Results
Boys Team Champion – Westwood
Girls Team Champion – Westwood
Boys Singles
District Champion – Colin Markes – WW
2nd Place – Daniel Zhang – WW
Girls Singles
District Champion – Jasmine Filut – WW
2nd Place – Nisha Desai – WW
Mixed Doubles
District Champion – Alec Baskerville & Haarika Somarouthu – WW
2nd Place – Anlei Tang & Megha Reddy – WW
Boys Doubles
2nd Place – Eric Chen & Alex Wang – WW
3rd Place – Luke Imperial & Evan Troche – WW
Girls Doubles
District Champion – Shefali Arimilli & Smrithi Mahadevan – WW
2nd Place – Pia Cadar & Pooja Krishnaswamy – WW
![With his mom nervously watching, Elliot Fearnow '26 returns a serve in his tiebreaker point. After a long rally, Fearnow was eventually bested by his opponent. "I've played [my opponent] before," Fearnow said, "so I would've liked to win. [I need to improve] my mental game and consistency."](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-09-26_JV_Orange_RoundRock_OliveiraG_0152@0.5x-1200x730.jpg)
![Ball in the air, Marcus Fung ’28 jumps up, preparing to hit a serve. He and his duo were able to play skillfully during the doubles matches. “Mostly everyone’s winning, [but] I think [overall] there was a lot to improve on,” Singh said. “While you play, you just have to run to every ball [and] get it in somehow.”](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fung_Marcus28-e1726952016266-1160x1200.jpg)
