Player of the Week
Anthony Rossi • Kentucky
Junior • Marseille, France
• Highlighted Kentucky’s weekend at the ITA National Men’s Indoor Championships, going 3-0 in singles action and defeating a ranked foe in doubles action to lift UK to the quarterfinals of the event for the first time since 1997.
• Has won a career-best 16 consecutive matches dating back to his singles title at the SEC Coaches’ Indoor Championships.
• Was the highlight of UK’s match vs. No. 9 Stanford, posting an impressive 6-4, 6-4 win over Bradley Klahn, who is a two-time singles All-American and the 2010 NCAA Singles champion.
• Is currently ranked 13th in the nation in singles, a career high.
• The native of Marseille, France is now 26-2 on the season for Kentucky, and 9-0 in dual matches.
• Performed well in doubles with Tom Jomby, defeating No. 36 Lewis and Hoover of Texas A&M 9-7.
• Played a tough match against a top-30 ranked doubles team from Ohio State.
Results
Singles
2/17 Junior Ore, TAMU (11) W 6-4, 6-3
2/18 Peter Kobelt, OSU (3) W 6-2, 7-5
2/19 Bradley Klahn, Stanford (9) W 6-4, 6-4
Doubles (with Tom Jomby)
2/17 Lewis/Hoover (36), TAMU (11) W 9-7
2/18 McCarthy/Van Engelen (27), OSU (3) L 6-8
2/19 Kandath/Lin, Stanford (9) L 7-9
Freshman of the Week
Nathan Pasha • Georgia
Atlanta, Ga.
• Helped Georgia to a 3-1 week by going a combined 5-0, including three singles victories at the ITA National Indoors to improve his dual match record to a perfect 7-0.
• His wins vs. Cal and Florida in the first round and quarterfinal matches were both clinches, while he also won vs. top-ranked Southern Cal in Sunday’s semifinal, a win that at the time evened the team score at 1-1 and was his second career victory over a ranked opponent.
• In doubles vs. Georgia Tech last Tuesday, Pasha’s win with Ignacio Taboada was the clinching decision in giving the Bulldogs the early point on their way to a 7-0 shutout of their in-state rival, while he and Taboada also picked up wins in doubles in both the Cal and UF matches to improve to 5-0 on the season and 4-0 in duals.
Results
Singles
2/17 Ahmed Ismail, Cal (13) W 7-5, 6-3
2/18 Billy Federhofer, Florida (5) W 6-3, 7-6(4)
2/19 Roberto Quiroz (86), Southern Cal (1) W 6-3, 6-1
Doubles (with Ignacio Taboada)
2/14 Miljevic/Seguara, GT (29) W 8-3
2/17 Scholnick/McLachlan, Cal (13) W 8-4
2/18 van Overbeek/Butz (29), Florida (5) 8-8 DNF
2/19 Gomez/Quiroz, Southern Cal (1) 7-6 DNF