ITA Division I Preseason National Rankings
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech men’s tennis redshirt freshmen Andres Martin, Marcus McDaniel, Keshav Chopra and redshirt-sophomore Pablo Schelcher represented the Yellow Jackets in the Oracle ITA Division I Preseason Rankings released on Wednesday.
McDaniel and Schelcher were slotted as the No. 31 doubles pairing in the nation, while Martin and Chopra ranked No. 41.
McDaniel paired up with senior Carlos Divar to take down No. 33 Miami’s 15th ranked doubles duo of Franco Aubone/Benjamin Hannestad 6-2 on Feb. 23, 2020. Schelcher went 2-0 in ACC doubles play in 2020 picking up wins over No. 40 Clemson’s Mike Agee/Jacob Jahn ,6-3, (Feb. 28) and No. 15 Florida State’s Sebastian Arcila/Marcus Walters ,6-3, (March 1).
Martin appeared in the top 125 preseason national singles rankings, coming in at No. 59. Martin ranked as high as No. 60 in the 2020 Oracle/ITA Division I Men’s Singles Rankings prior to the cancellation of the 2020 season. He also won five straight doubles matches from Feb. 9 – March 1. Last season he picked up a big singles victory over the No. 41 ranked player at the time, Miami’s Adria Soriano Barrer, in a 7-6, (7-4), 6-3, match.
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Preseason National Doubles
No. 31 Pablo Schelcher/Marcus McDaniel
No. 41 Keshav Chopra/Andres Martin
Preseason National Singles
No. 59 Andres Martin
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