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Pac-12 Tennis Players of The Week - Feb. 8, 2022

Feb 8, 2022

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jonas Ziverts, Sr., ARIZONA (Solna, Sweden)

  • Playing at the No. 1 singles position against the University of San Diego, Arizona’s senior captain defeated the No. 1 ranked singles player August Holmgren in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 6-4).
  • Ziverts started the third set against Holmgren with a 4-1 lead then broke Holmgren at 5-4 to win the match. 
  • The senior captain contributed to the Cats' five singles points to clinch the win against USD 5-2. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Max Basing, Stanford; Francisco Bastias, Utah; Ewen Lumsden, Washington.

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lexi Ryngler, Jr., ARIZONA (Calabasas, Calif.)

  • Won trio of singles and doubles matches to help Arizona to three dual-match victories.
  • The junior helped the Wildcats to pair of 7-0 dual sweeps on Monday with a No. 3 singles win over New Mexico State's Mingfang Zhu (6-3, 6-1) and No. 4 court win over UTEP’s Thassane Abrahim (6-3, 6-2).
  • Added a No. 1 doubles win versus the Miners and No. 3 doubles triumph against the Aggies.
  • On Saturday, Ryngler defeated Nnena Nadozie (6-1, 6-1) on court No. 3 and added a second-flight doubles victory to help the Wildcats to a 4-2 victory and deal San Diego State its first loss of the spring season.

ALSO NOMINATED: Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford; Anastasia Goncharova, Utah; Vanessa Wong, Washington.

2022 PAC-12 MEN'S & WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

 Week of Men's Women's
Jan. 25 Fabien Salle, Arizona State Jessica Alsola, California
Feb. 1 Franco Capalbo, Utah Nika Zupancic, Washington
Feb. 8 Jonas Ziverts, Arizona Lexi Ryngler, Arizona