WBAL Individuals: Engel-Kothari win all-Menlo doubles final
Duo edges teammates Moha,Jain in super tiebreaker; Temsamani in singles semifinals
In a thriller of an all-Menlo School and all-senior tennis final in the WBAL Doubles Championship, Sam Engel and Nikhil Kothari edged out their teammates Octave Moha and Derkek Jain 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 10-6 at home Tuesday.
Menlo’s Sam Engel and Nikhil Kothari won the WBAL doubles titleEngel and Kothari won 6-0, 6-0 in first round, then defeated teams from Nueva before beating a duo from Harker to advance to the final.
Moha and Jain won their first-round match in straight sets against a Priory team as well before picking up wins against Sacred Heart Prep and Harker before the final match.
In singles, Menlo sophomore Arki Temsamani won his first two matches against Zayd Azmeh of SHP and Harker’s Rithvik Navad before falling to Anton Lim of Crystal in the semifinal. Tanishk Konduri of Harker defeated Lim to win the singles title.
Menlo freshman David Lipeles fell to SHP’s Jad Azmeh in a super tiebreaker in the first round.