Adam Memije and Zidaan Hassan from Gateway, who won the WPIAL Class 3A doubles title last year, faced each other in the Section 1-3A singles finals on Thursday. Memije won with scores of 6-2, 6-4.
Memije and Hassan beat Franklin Regional teammates in the semifinals with clear victories. Memije won 6-0, 6-0 against Prem Nadasen, and Hassan won 6-1, 6-4 against Colin Stalnaker.
Stalnaker defeated Nadasen 6-0, 6-4 in the third-place match. The top four finishers qualify for the WPIAL tournament in Class 3A.
Section 2-3A – Advaita Sircar and Evan Kaufman from North Allegheny, the top two seeds, progressed to the section singles finals. Sircar won 6-0, 6-0 against Michael deVyver of Seneca Valley, and Kaufman won a tough match against Josh Kim of North Hills, with scores of 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the semifinals.
Section 3-3A – In the championship and third-place matches, Fox Chapel’s Will Siegel secured a section title by defeating Shady Side Academy’s Sai Chaudhry 6-3, 6-1. Chase Hartman from the Bulldogs won the third-place match by beating the Foxes’ Charlie Larsen 6-0, 6-2.
Section 4-3A – Second-seeded Ari Plutko from Upper St. Clair made a comeback after losing the first set to beat returning WPIAL finalist Devin Collier from Bethel Park in a three-set section final, with scores of 0-6, 6-2, 6-3. Ronan Gibbons from Upper St. Clair defeated Peters Township’s Avi Sharma in a three-set third-place match with scores of 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
Section 1-2A – Landon Harclerode from Valley completed his run to a Section 1-2A championship with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Aydan Gross from Mt. Pleasant in the finals. Gabe Nettleton from Indiana defeated Silas Morris from Greensburg Salem in the third-place match with scores of 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. The top three finishers qualify for the WPIAL tournament in Class 2A.
Section 2-3A – Jonah Jasek from South Park defeated Brendan Hallisey, the returning WPIAL Class 2A doubles champion from Chartiers Valley, with a convincing win in the section singles finals, with scores of 6-1, 6-1. Steven Duing from South Park rallied to beat Rylan Barr from Thomas Jefferson for third place, with scores of 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
Section 3-2A – Jack Gillespie, the top seed from Aquinas Academy, won the section finals in straight sets, defeating Justin Garvey from North Catholic, with scores of 6-2, 6-3. Hampton’s Vitaliy Pikalo secured a spot in the WPIAL field with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Justin Kontul from North Catholic in the third-place match.
Section 4-2A – Severin Harmon, the returning WPIAL runner-up, scored a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Sewickley Academy teammate Finn Wentz in the section finals. Ben Crefeld from Blackhawk defeated Zack Masters from Beaver for third place, with scores of 7-5, 6-1
Section 5-2A – John Rohrkaste, the top seed from Montour, defeated Chris Zhu from Winchester Thurston for the section singles crown with scores of 6-2, 6-0. Chase Merkel from Quaker Valley defeated Nikou Nourbakhsh from Winchester Thurston in the third-place match with scores of 6-2, 6-4.
