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Co-Gamers of the Week
Alafia Ayeni, Kentucky
Ayeni, notched two singles wins over nationally ranked opponents to assist Kentucky to an ideal 2-0 week with 4-3 wins over ACC foes Louisville and Duke. He defeated Louisville’s #26 Fabien Salle, 7-5, 7-6(5) after which took down Duke’s #6 Garrett Johns, 7-5, 6-3. All six of the graduate-transfers singles wins this season have are available in straight units. He at present owns a three-match win streak.
James Story, South Carolina
Story, went 4-0 this previous weekend. He defeated Georgia Tech’s Rohan Sachdev 6-4, 6-4 and Wake Forest’s Karimov, 6-4, 6-3 in singles. In doubles, he and associate Jake Beasley defeated Chopra/Shokry of Georgia Tech, 7-6(6) and Wake Forest’s Tacchi/Karimov, 7-5. Story stays undefeated on the season in each singles and doubles. He has clinched 4 doubles factors this season, together with the doubles level versus Wake Forest. He’s on an eight-match singles successful streak and 11-match doubles win streak.
Freshman of the Week
Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State
Jovanovic, is using a 13-match singles win streak that dates again to the autumn, the longest of any Bulldog since 2019. Jovanovic tops the workforce in wins and is now 10-0 in twin match play in singles and 16-2 general on the yr. He and doubles associate Gregor Ramskogler are actually 7-2 throughout twin match play. The duo gave the Bulldogs their first doubles win of the day at No. 15 Florida State, defeating Joseph Dous-Karpenschif and Andreja Petrovic 6-3. Jovanovic additionally made brief work of FSU’s Loris Pourroy 6-2, 6-1 on the No. 2 place to offer MSU its first singles victory to go up 2-0. He’s tied for the workforce lead having clinched three matches this season.
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Participant of the Week
Dasha Vidmanova, Georgia
Vidmanova, went 3-0 on the week, serving to information No. 5 Georgia to a runner-up end on the 2023 ITA Nationwide Staff Indoor Championship. On the opening day of the match, No. 40 Vidmanova supplied the primary singles win of the day for the Bulldogs in opposition to sixth-ranked Stanford, defeating No. 41 Alexandra Yepifanova 6-1, 7-6(6). In Georgia’s quarterfinal match in opposition to No. 15 Oklahoma, Vidmanova additionally supplied the primary singles level after topping No. 96 Carmen Corley 6-2, 7-6(7). Vidmanova picked up her closing win of the week within the semifinals in opposition to 14th-ranked Iowa State in a straight-set win over No. 53 Ange Oby Kajuru. Vidmanova, a local of Prague, Czech Republic is a team-best 19-3 on the season, together with six wins in opposition to ranked opponents and is 7-1 in her earlier 10 matches.
Freshman of the Week
Mia Kupres, Texas A&M
Kupres, performed a key function within the workforce’s journey to the semifinals on the ITA Nationwide Staff Indoor Championships. Kupres within the opening spherical secured her fifth win of the season which put her on a five-win streak as she remained undefeated. Kupres defeated No. 93 Abigail Desiatnikov (6-3, 3-6, 6-2), securing the primary ranked win of her collegiate profession, this win additionally clinched the match for A&M because it defeated the Toreros (4-0) to advance to the quarterfinals. Kupres continued her spectacular performances within the quarterfinals versus No. 11 Ohio State, she secured her sixth straight win of the season versus the Buckeyes Kolie Allen (6-2, 6-0). Within the semifinals the Aggies bumped into North Carolina, establishing a top-three matchup. Kupres once more placed on an especially notable efficiency versus an skilled graduate switch No. 12 Abbey Forbes, she held a bonus within the third set 6-1, 6-7(3), 5-4 earlier than the match was left unfinished because of the match being clinched. By means of her opening six weeks in collegiate tennis Kupres holds an ideal mixed report in singles and doubles of 10-0.
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