Varsity Tennis Clinches Seven Region Spots at Districts
Photo Courtesy of Coach Travis Dalrymple
Riding the wave of success after the varsity tennis team took the State Championship title in team tennis, the team continued to play lights out at the district tournament from Wednesday, April 3 to Thursday, April 4, clinching seven out of 10 regional qualifying spots.
“This year I played mixed doubles with Kiana Graham and it was fun to play with her. In regionals, it looks like we might have some tough competition, but I’m looking forward to playing those matches and just playing hard,” Gaurav Singh ‘20. “Hopefully I can pull off the win and get to state. Obviously it’s different because there’s different strategies but for the most part it was fun and I played mixed doubles for a lot of the tournaments this year, so I was pretty used to it by the time districts came around.”
The following players will be moving on to the Regional Tournament from Wednesday, April 17 to Thursday, April 18 at Baylor University.
Boys’ Singles
First Place: Daniel Antov – District Champion
Second Place: Moh Elchouemi – Regional Qualifier
Mixed Doubles
First Place: Gaurav Singh/Kiana Graham – District Champion
Second Place: Sidh Pandit/Sofie Kardonik – Regional Qualifier
Girls’ Singles
First Place: Jessica Lu – District Champion
Boys’ Doubles
Second Place: Ani Margam/Varun Somarouthu – Regional Qualifier
Girls’ Doubles
Second Place: Flora He/Michelle Duan – Regional Qualifier
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