ST. HELENA, Calif.----University of Georgia sophomore
Nathan Pasha won four matches on Sunday to claim the Audi Napa Valley Tennis
Classic title.
Pasha first defeated Stanford’s No.
81-ranked Matt Kandath, 6-3, 6-2, to win Group 2 of pool play with a 3-0 record
and advance to the shootout round. The field was divided into eight pools, with
each winner advancing to the PlayBrave USTA Wild Card Shootout, a
single-elimination, 10-point tiebreak tournament.
In his quarterfinal match Pasha downed
Lloyd Glasspool of Texas, 10-8, then defeated his USTA junior opponent, 10-7, to
reach the final. Pasha topped Texas’ Soren Hess-Olesen, 16-14, to win the title
and earn a USTA-sponsored wild card into a pro circuit event to be
determined.
Bulldog freshman Ben Wagland won Group
4 with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 win over Harvard’s Shaun Chaudhuri. He reached the
semifinals of shootout competition with a 10-4 win over California’s Mads
Engstedt, then was edged by Hess-Olesen in the semis, 10-8.
Pasha also won the tournament’s Minor
Sportsmanship Award and was named the Most Outstanding Player.
Next up for the Bulldogs is the ITA
All-American Championships Oct. 1-6 in Tulsa, Okla.
Courtesy: UGA
