Men’s Tennis Heads to San Diego – Stanford Cardinal

– The Cardinal heads to San Diego for a pair of events, starting with a Thursday, Feb. 29 matchup against the No 13 Toreros and finishing at the Pacific Coast Doubles, held March 1-3 in La Jolla.
– Stanford is 6-3 this season with wins over Saint Mary’s, then-No. 22 Memphis, Pepperdine, Sacramento State, UC Davis and California.
– Stanford moved to 33rd in the latest ITA Rankings – the first done through computerized rankings this season. Samir Banerjee (32), Nishesh Basavareddy (51), Neel Rajesh (79) and Kyle Kang (113) are included in the Feb. 20 ITA singles rankings.
– Samir Banerjee leads the team with nine singles wins this season, while Hudson Rivera is close behind with eight. Nishesh Basavareddy is 4-0 with all four wins in the top position. Max Basing, Neel Rajesh, Filip Kolasinski and Kyle Kang also have at least four dual wins each this season, while Stanford is 7-1 at No. 1 singles and 6-0 at No. 6 on the season.
– The Cardinal is 21-1 all-time against San Diego, while the meeting will be the first between the programs since 2011.
– Stanford has boasted the Pac-12 Player of the Week in two of the last three cycles. Nishesh Basavareddy earned the honor on Feb. 13, while Max Basing picked up the award on Feb. 27.
– The Cardinal’s 12-man roster is loaded with talent: former No. 1 Arthur Fery, last year’s ITA National Champion Nishesh Basavareddy, Max Basing (ranked as high as No. 4 last year), Banerjee (last year’s Pac-12 Freshman of the Year), three highly-touted freshmen and a series of veteran players with high-level collegiate experience.
– Fery and Basavareddy have seen tremendous success on the ATP Challenger Tour, with both players reaching their first tournament championship match in October. Fery has jumped into the top 300 in the world rankings at No. 266, while Basavareddy has risen more than 600 spots this season to No. 439.
– Stanford was represented in five collegiate tournaments this fall, with Banerjee posting a team-best six singles wins including a berth in the round of 16 at the ITA Fall National Championships. Hudson Rivera (3), Kyle Kang (2) and Neel Rajesh (2) also scored multiple singles wins in the fall, while Banerjee and Aryan Chaudhary combined for a pair of doubles wins.
– Stanford men’s tennis wrapped up another strong season under head coach Paul Goldstein a year ago, winning 16 dual matches and advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals for the third year in a row. Arthur Fery and Nishesh Basavareddy gave the…