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MWC Tennis Players of the Week
San Diego State's Markus Dickhardt earns second straight men's weekly honor, while SDSU's Eliska and Krausova share women's award
March 28, 2007 COLORADO STATE, Colo. -- San Diego State's Markus Dickhardt was named the Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week, while SDSU's Eliska Krausova and UNLV's Elena Gantcheva shared MWC Women's Tennis Player of the Week honors. Dickhardt helped No. 69 San Diego State post a perfect 4-0 record during the week with wins over Yale (5-2), No. 64 Princeton (6-1), Hawai`i (6-1) and No. 38 California (4-3). Individually, the No. 52 senior went 4-0 at No. 1 singles, beating a pair of nationally-ranked players, and went 2-2 at No. 1 doubles while teaming with senior Christian Groh. A native of Marburg, Germany, Dickhardt stretched his winning streak in singles action to a career-high 11 matches, defeating Yale's Brandon Wai (6-2, 6-2) and Princeton's Peter Capkovic (3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8)) before dispatching No. 60 Andreas Weber of Hawai`i (6-4, 6-2) and No. 20 Pierre Mouillon of California (6-1, 6-7, 6-0). Mouillon represented the highest-ranked player Dickhardt had defeated this season and marked Dickhardt's fourth victory over a nationally-ranked opponent in five tries this spring. In doubles, the then 12th-ranked Dickhardt and Groh defeated Yale's Wai and Rory Green (8-6), then helped SDSU notch its first-ever win over California by beating the Golden Bears' Tyler Browne and John Pettit (8-5). Dickhardt is now 13-2 on the season, including 4-1 against ranked players, with a 9-1 mark at No. 1 singles. In doubles, Dickhardt and Groh are 4-2 with all decisions coming at the top of the order. Krausova helped the Aztecs get off to a 3-0 start in MWC play with wins over Air Force (7-0), Wyoming (6-1) and Colorado State (5-2). The junior recorded a perfect 4-0 mark at No. 1 singles and a 3-1 record at No. 1 doubles, defeating three straight MWC opponents for the first time in her career while clinching the team winning point in a 7-0 sweep of non-conference foe Washington. A native of Prague, Czech Republic, Krausova opened the week with a 6-3, 6-3 singles win over Washington's Mathilde Cor. She then kicked off conference play with successive victories against Air Force's Lauren Wilson (6-0, 6-1), Wyoming's Karolina Rowinski (6-0, 6-2) and Colorado State's Emily Kirchem (6-4, 6-3). In doubles action, Krausova teamed with senior Alesya Vidov to post wins over Washington's Cor and Joyce Ardies (8-4), Air Force's Kelly Morgan and Christine Abayan (8-6) and Wyoming's Rowinski and Andrea House (9-7). Krausova has won six of her last eight singles matches and four of six outings in doubles play since pairing with Vidov on Feb. 9. Gantcheva posted a perfect opening weekend of MWC play in leading her team to victories over Wyoming (6-1), Colorado State (7-0) and Air Force (7-0). The junior did not lose a set en route to a 6-0 combined mark at the No. 1 position in singles and doubles, teaming with freshman Kristina Nedeltcheva for the three doubles victories. In singles play, the Sofia, Bulgaria, native defeated Wyoming's Sarah Summerfield (6-0, 6-0), CSU's Kirchem (6-0, 6-1) and Air Force's Wilson (6-3, 6-2). In doubles action, Gantcheva and Nedeltcheva beat Wyoming's House and Rowinski (8-3), CSU's Kirchem and Tyler (8-4) and Air Force's Morgan and Abayan (8-1). Gantcheva is now 13-6 on the season and 77-23 in her career, moving her past Janelle Barr (1991-94) into sixth place on the school's career singles victories list. In doubles action, she and Nedeltcheva, the 35th-ranked duo in the nation, have improved their record to an impressive 16-1 overall and 14-1 in dual matches.
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