The Menlo boys’ tennis team picked up a pair of victories Friday to pave the way to a return to the CIF-USTA NorCal Championships final at Broadstone Racquet Club in Folsom.
The second-seeded Knights will face a familiar opponent in Bellarmine in a Saturday’s 8:30 a.m. rematch of the Central Coast Section Championship final.
Andrei Volgin won twice at No. 1 singles, as did fellow senior John Kim at No. 2 and freshman Alex Volgin at No, 3 singles. Freshman Mick Tamas and Nishan Rajavasireddy each won a singles match at No. 4. Freshman Rishi Jain and sophomore Justin Tian won at No. 1 doubles and freshmen Rajavasireddy and Soren Sutaria won at No. 2 singles.

Semifinal
Menlo 6, Amador Valley 1
Andrei Volgin (M) d. Tripathi 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (2); John Kim (M) d. Deriquito 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Alex Volgin (M) d. Kaliyur 6-1, 6-2; Mick Tamas (M) d. Ramineni 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles – Miller-Heeter (AV) d. Rishi Jain-Justin Tian 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5; Soren Sutaria-Nishan Rajavasireddy (M) d. Muthuvez-Muruganrad 6-2, 6-2; Rohan Shah-Luca St. Goar (M) d. Avila-Belay 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8).

Round 1
Menlo 5, Lowell 2
Andrei Volgin (M) d. Shi 4-6, 6-0 (6); John Kim (M) d. JuWong 6-0, 6-3; Alex Volgin (M) d. Morganstein 6-2, 6-0; Nishan Rajavasireddy 6-0, 6-1. Doubles – Rishi Jain-Justin Tian (M) d. Pau-Ng 6-0, 6-4; Fox-Awang (L) d. Kevin Kafayi-Luca St. Goar 6-7 (2);Awad-Trinh (L) d. Justin Creamer-Steph Nivaggioli 6-4, 6-4.