WPIAL boys tennis roundup for April 4, 2024: Returning Gateway doubles champs square off in section finals

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Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 11:41 PM

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Gateway’s Adam Memije and Zidaan Hassan, who teamed up to win the WPIAL Class 3A doubles title last year, squared off in the Section 1-3A singles finals Thursday with Memije winning, 6-2, 6-4.

Memije and Hassan defeated Franklin Regional teammates in the semifinals in straight sets. Memije blanked Prem Nadasen, 6-0, 6-0, and Hassan dropped Colin Stalnaker, 6-1, 6-4.

Stalnaker beat Nadasen, 6-0, 6-4, in the third-place match. The top four finishers make the WPIAL tournament in Class 3A.

Section 2-3A – North Allegheny teammates Advaita Sircar and Evan Kaufman, the top two seeds, advanced to the section singles finals. Sircar beat Michael deVyver of Seneca Valley, 6-0, 6-0, and Kaufman battled past Josh Kim of North Hills, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, in the semifinals.

Section 3-3A – With rival schools squaring off in the championship and third-place matches, Fox Chapel’s Will Siegel claimed a section title with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Shady Side Academy’s Sai Chaudhry. The Bulldogs’ Chase Hartman won the third-place match, beating the Foxes’ Charlie Larsen, 6-0, 6-2.

Section 4-3A – Second-seeded Ari Plutko of Upper St. Clair mounted a comeback after being blanked in the first set to knock off returning WPIAL finalist Devin Collier of Bethel Park in a three-set section final, 0-6, 6-2, 6-3. Upper St. Clair’s Ronan Gibbons topped Peters Township’s Avi Sharma, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, in a three-set third-place match.

Section 1-2A – Top-seeded Landon Harclerode of Valley completed his run to a Section 1-2A championship with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over second-seeded Aydan Gross of Mt. Pleasant in the finals. Indiana’s Gabe Nettleton beat Greensburg Salem’s Silas Morris in the third-place match, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. The top three finishers make the WPIAL tournament in Class 2A.

Section 2-3A – South Park’s Jonah Jasek knocked off returning WPIAL Class 2A doubles champion Brendan Hallisey of Chartiers Valley, 6-1, 6-1, in a convincing win in the section singles finals. Steven Duing of South Park rallied to beat Rylan Barr of Thomas Jefferson for third place, 1-6, 6-2, 6-1

Section 3-2A – Top seed Jack Gillespie of Aquinas Academy picked up a straight-set win in the section finals, defeating Justin Garvey of North Catholic, 6-2, 6-3. Hampton’s Vitaliy Pikalo earned a spot in the WPIAL field with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Justin Kontul of North Catholic in the third-place match.

Section 4-2A – Returning WPIAL runner-up Severin Harmon scored a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Sewickley Academy teammate Finn Wentz in the section finals. Blackhawk’s Ben Crefeld beat Beaver’s Zack Masters for third place, 7-5, 6-1

Section 5-2A – Top-seeded John Rohrkaste of Montour defeated third-seeded Chris Zhu of Winchester Thurston, 6-2, 6-0, for the section singles crown. Quaker Valley’s Chase Merkel defeated Winchester Thurston’s Nikou Nourbakhsh, 6-2, 6-4, in the third-place match.

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