Tribe Wraps up Virginia Invitational

Senior Kavi Sud and freshman Sebastien Vidal won the B-2 Doubles Flight.

09/16/07 8:00PM

Charlottesville, Va. - The William and Mary men’s tennis team wrapped up the opening tournament of the fall season at the Virginia Invitational on Sept. 16. The W&M duo of senior Kavi Sud and freshman Sebastien Vidal claimed the B-2 Doubles bracket on the final day of the event.

Sud and Vidal earned a spot in the finals opposite fellow teammates, junior Alex Zuck and sophomore Richard Wardell, with an 8-6 win over Wolff and Morgenstern of Wake Forest. Zuck and Wardell downed St. Maurice and Gormley of Penn State, 8-3, in the semifinals to prompt an all W&M final. In the finals, Vidal and Sud got the better of Zuck and Wardell, 8-3.

After winning the opening three matches of his W&M career, freshman Ben Wirth tasted defeat for the first time, falling in the finals of the Brown Singles bracket. The Virginia Beach, Va., native dropped a 7-6, 6-2 affair to Kevin Kung of Columbia.

Juniors Marwan Ramadan and Dominic Pagon won their consolation singles finals on Sunday. Ramadan defeated Alex Vasin of Penn, 6-4, 7-5, in the Orange Singles consolation final, while Pagon upended Niklas Persson of Denver, 7-5, 6-2, in the consolation final of the White Singles draw. Both Tribe players improved to 3-1 on the year with the victories.

W&M will have two weeks off before returning to action at the Virginia State Open and the ITA All-American Championships. Part of the Tribe team will take part in the Virginia State Open, Sept. 28-30, while another portion will play in the All-American Championships, beginning Sept. 29. The ITA All-American Championships will be in Tulsa, Okla., and run through Oct. 7. The pre-qualifying for the tournament will be Sept. 29-30, followed by qualifying, Oct. 1-3. The main draw will be Oct. 4-7.

W&M Results from the UVA Fall Invitational
White Singles Consolation Finals
Dominic Pagon (W&M) def. Niklas Persson (Denver) – 7-5, 6-2

Orange Singles Consolation Finals
Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Alex Vasin (Penn) – 6-4, 7-5

Brown Singles Finals
Kevin Kung (Columbia) def. Ben Wirth (W&M) – 7-6, 6-2

B-2 Doubles Semifinals
Zuck/Wardell (W&M) def. St. Maurice/Gormley (PSU) – 8-3
Vidal/Sud (W&M) def. Wolff/Morgenstern (Wake Forest) – 8-6

B-2 Doubles Finals
Vidal/Sud (W&M) def. Zuck/Wardell (W&M) – 8-3