STANFORD, Calif. – No. 18 Stanford notched a huge win Sunday afternoon with a 4-0 win over No. 14 Virginia Tech to open the ITA Kick-Off Weekend at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
Doubles action for Stanford (3-0) came down to the wire as Jai Corbett and Mitch Harper picked up a 6-0 win over David Wilczynski and Yale Goldberg to start. The Cardinal fired back in the No. 2 spot with a gritty 7-6 (7-5) win by Tom Fawcett and Sameer Kumar as Maciek Romanowicz and Nolan Paige battled to a 7-6 (7-3) win to clinch the point for Stanford.
The Cardinal was phenomenal in singles action as Nolan Paige locked in the next point in the No. 4 spot, defeating Edoardo Tessaro 6-3, 6-4. Sameer Kumar kept on his stellar rookie season to extend the Cardinal's lead with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Jai Corbett before ninth-ranked Tom Fawcett ripped past Joao Montiero 6-1, 6-4 to end the match.
The Cardinal will face Columbia tomorrow in the second round of the ITA Kick-Off at 9:30 a.m. in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
DOUBLES
1) Paige/Romanowicz (STAN) d. Bierrehus/Monteiro (VT) 7-6 (7-3)
2) Fawcett/Kumar (STAN) v. Contini/Tessaro (VT) 7-6 (7-5)
3) Corbett/Harper (VT) def. Goldberg/Wilczynski (STAN), 6-0
SINGLES
1) No. 9 Tom Fawcett (STAN) d. Joao Montiero (VT) 6-1, 6-4
2) No. 57 David Wilczynski (STAN) vs. Amerigo Contini (VT) 7-5, 1-1 (abandoned)
3) Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) vs. No. 89 Maciek Romanowicz (STAN) 6-3, 5-1 (abandoned)
4) Nolan Paige (STAN) d. Edoardo Tessaro (VT) 6-3, 6-4
5) Aaron Gomez (VT) v. Michael Genender (STAN) (abandoned)
6) Sameer Kumar (STAN) d. Jai Corbett (VT) 6-1, 7-5
