SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Concluding the season with a convincing victory, Thomas Jefferson junior Prithvi Nagarajan finished seventh in the Class 2 singles bracket at the 2023 MSHSAA Boys Tennis Championships on Friday at the Cooper Tennis Complex.
After going 2-1 on Thursday and dropping his first match on Friday, Nagarajan ended the season in the bracket’s seventh-place match.
In the season finale, Nagarajan defeated Barstow’s Liam Groden 6-1, 6-3 to take seventh.
Nagarajan went 21-3 in singles matches this season for Tom Brumfield’s Cavaliers.
On Thursday, Nagarajan went 2-1.
In the opening round, Nagarajan defeated Farmington’s Maddox Waller-Brenneke 6-1, 6-1.
In the quarterfinals, Ladue’s Max Chen defeated Nagarajan 6-1, 6-0.
Chen later won the state title match, 6-0, 6-1, over Helias Catholic’s Ethan Foucheaux.
Nagarajan beat Cape Girardeau Notre Dame’s Charlie West 6-3, 6-1 in the consolation quarterfinals to remain alive in the bracket.
In Friday’s opener, and with a spot in the fifth-place match on the line, MICDS’ Arjun Puri defeated Nagarajan 6-0, 7-6 (2) in the consolation semifinals.
That loss sent Nagarajan to the seventh-place match, where he beat Groden.
Also of note, Willard’s Caden Lingenfelser won the third-place match by default over Parkway Central’s Ayush Negi.
