Tusculum's Bezborodov Named South Atlantic Conference AstroTurf Men's Tennis Player of the Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Tusculum's Dmitry Bezborodov has been named the South Atlantic Conference AstroTurf Men's Tennis Player of the Week for matches played during the final week of the 2021 season, the Conference announced today.

Bezborodov, a freshman from Almaty, Kazakhstan, went 4-0 in both singles and doubles, as the Pioneers secured the No. 3 seed in next week's SAC Men's Tennis Championship. In singles, he had two three-set wins at No. 1, including a hard-fought win over Lenoir-Rhyne. In doubles action, Bezborodov and partner Leon Huck went undefeated in their four matches, including a 7-6 tiebreaker win over Carson-Newman.

This is Bezborodov's first Player of the Week selection this season. 

2021 AstroTurf SAC Men's Tennis Players of the Week
Feb. 8 – Thibaut Decaluwe, Coker
Feb. 15 – Edoardo Bottino, Queens
Feb. 22 – Yoan Roussinov, Queens
Mar. 1 – Dovy Sadauskas, Limestone
Mar. 8 – Enrico Giaomini, Wingate
Mar. 15 – Rhodri Atkinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 22 – Edoardo Cecere, Queens
Mar. 29 – Paolo Bompieri, Queens
Apr. 5 – Marc Janse, Carson-Newman
Apr. 12 – Dmitry Bezborodov, Tusculum

AstroTurf is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.

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