SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ETSU’s Dimitri Badra has been named the Southern Conference men’s tennis player of the week for all matches played Jan. 16-24, the conference office announced Monday.
 
Badra, a redshirt sophomore, went 1-1 at No. 3 singles and 2-0 at No. 3 doubles as ETSU fell to SEC foes Tennessee (7-0), ranked 13^th, and Kentucky (5-2), ranked 25^th.
 
In singles play, the native of Maracay, Venezuela, fell to Tennessee’s Giles Hussey on Jan. 19, but rebounded to win his match against Kentucky’s Gabriel Diallo, 6-4, 6-4 on Jan. 24.
 
In doubles play, Badra and teammate Thiago Pernas downed the Vols’ duo of Joel Gamerov and Hussey, 6-3, and ended the week with another 6-3 win over the Wildcats’ Millen Hurrion and Ying-Ze Chen.
 
ETSU (0-2) next competes at William & Mary on Feb. 7.
 
Also nominated: Ivan Mitric (Furman), Tomas Santantonio (Samford) and Will Fullett (Wofford).
 
SoCon Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 25 – Dimitri Badra, ETSU