Pac-12 Tennis Players of The Week - April 12, 2022

Apr 12, 2022

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Clement Chidekh, Jr., WASHINGTON (Lyon, France)

Playing at the No. 1 singles position, sixth-ranked Chidekh beat three ranked Pac-12 opponents, all in straight sets, and added a pair of doubles victories.
Partnered with Nedim Suko, the duo clinched the doubles point during Washington's 4-0 sweep of Oregon with a 6-2 win on court No. 2.
Defeated 90th-ranked Joshua Charlton (6-2, 6-0) as part of Huskies' sweep of the Ducks.
Provided UW's point in a 4-1 loss at nationally ranked Stanford, defeating 110th-ranked Axel Geller (6-3, 7-5) in a matchup between 2021 All-Pac-12 First Team selections.
Helped UW jump out to a 3-1 lead in eventual 4-3 loss at nationally ranked California, clinching the doubles point with a 6-2 win on court two and sweeping 105th-ranked Yuta Kikuchi (6-2, 6-3).

ALSO NOMINATED: Colton Smith, ARIZ; Murphy Cassone, ASU; Max Basing, STAN; Stefan Dostanic, USC; Geronimo Espin Busleiman, UTAH.

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michaela Bayerlova, 5th, WASHINGTON STATE (Krumbach, Germany)

Went 2-0 in singles and 1-1 in doubles, all against nationally-ranked players/teams.
Defeated No. 92 Haley Giavara in straight-sets to give WSU one of its two singles wins against No. 9 California.
Teamed with Maxine Murphy for a clinching 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles over the Golden Bears' No. 33-ranked duo of Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm.
Against Stanford, Bayerlova secured WSU’s only point, defeating the nation’s 14th-ranked player, Connie Ma, in straight sets (6-2, 6-4).
Her win against Ma completed a Bay Area sweep for Bayerlova as she improved to 16-2 on the season, 6-1 in Pac-12 play and 5-1 against nationally-ranked players. She has won eight of her last nine matches, five against nationally ranked players.

ALSO NOMINATED: Midori Castillo-Meza, ARIZ; Antonia Balzert, COLO; Alexandra Yepifanova, STAN; Kimmi Hance, UCLA; Snow Han, USC; Linda Huang, UTAH.

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
Feb. 16	Murphy Cassone, Arizona State	Anastasia Goncharova, Utah
Feb. 22	Peter Makk, USC	Connie Ma, Stanford
March 1	Clement Chidekh, Washington	Abbey Forbes, UCLA
March 8	Clement Chidekh, Washington	Sarah-Maude Fortin, Washington
March 15	Yuta Kikuchi, California	Eryn Cayetano, USC
March 2 4	Stefan Dostanic, USC	Connie Ma, Stanford
March 29	Alexander Hoogmartens, UCLA	Katja Wiersholm, California
March 2 4	Stefan Dostanic, USC	Connie Ma, Stanford
April 5	Jonas Ziverts, Arizona	Giulia Morlet, Arizona State
April 12	Clement Chidekh , Washington	Michaela Bayerlova, Washington State