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Szumanski Claims Weekly Honor

By: Rhett Kleinschmidt
Updated: April 14, 2008
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IRVING, Texas--Bojan Szumanski (Texas Tech) has been named the Big 12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week, while Zuzana Zemenova (Baylor) was chosen as Big 12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week for matches held April 7-13. This is the second career accolade for Szumanski and a Big 12 record seventh weekly honor for Zemenova.

Big 12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Bojan Szumanski, Texas Tech, Sr., #1 Singles, Opole, Poland Szumanski went 2-0 in both singles and doubles while playing his last two matches at home. His victories helped lead the Red Raiders to the biggest win in school history with a 4-3 victory over No. 4 Texas. Playing No. 1 singles, No. 43 Szumanski snapped No. 16 Dimitar Kutrovsky's three-match win streak with a win in the third set, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, clinching the 4-3 upset over the Longhorns. He finished his last match at the McLeod Tennis Center with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Nebraska's David Bendheim. Teamed up with Christian Rojmar, the fourth-ranked duo defeated Luis Diaz Barriga and Miguel Reyes Varela (Texas) 8-5. The win ended a 12-match win streak held by Texas in doubles point victories. Szumanski is Tech's all-time winningest singles and doubles player with a record of 88-48 in singles matches and 59-42 in doubles.


 

(courtesy: Big 12)

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