SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson’s Ian Ding and Tyler Brouhard have advanced to the semifinal round of the doubles bracket at the MSHSAA Class 2 Boys Tennis Championships.
The Cavaliers went 2-0 on Thursday at the Cooper Tennis Complex.
In the opening round, Ding and Brouhard defeated Branson’s Garrett Beckham-Nathan Bartram 6-1, 6-4.
In the quarterfinals, Ding and Brouhard beat Grain Valley’s Carter Compton-Kade Compton 6-3, 6-3.
“I’m very proud of the guys,” Cavaliers coach Tom Brumfield said. “They won their first two matches without dropping a set. They faced some good teams today and played well. Tomorrow will get even tougher.”
The Cavaliers will meet Ladue’s Brian Tokarczyk and Amit Kadan in Friday’s semifinals.
The winner of that match will advance to the championship match, where they’ll meet either Barstow’s Robert King-Richard King or Parkway West’s Kai Daudsyah-Winston Gao. The semifinal losers will meet for third place.
In singles action, Thomas Jefferson sophomore Prithvi Nagarajan went 1-2 and saw his season come to an end.
Platte County’s Gavin Nichols defeated Nagarajan 6-4, 7-5 in the first round.
In the consolation bracket, Nagarajan beat Hannibal’s Parker Terrill 6-0, 6-0 to keep his season alive.
But Nagarajan suffered a season-ending setback to Barstow’s Sankeerth Gandhari, 6-4, 6-0.
“Prithvi played very well against some tough opponents,” Brumfield said. “It was a great showing from him for his first time there…plus being a sophomore.”
The state tennis tournament continues on Friday.
