May 24, 2009
Inglot and Shabaz Reach NCAA Doubles Final
Dominic Inglot (London, England) and Michael Shabaz (Fairfax, Va.) advanced to the final of the 2009 NCAA Doubles Championship with a three-set semifinal win Sunday at the Mitchell Tennis Center. The Cavalier team rallied from losing the first set to top Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman of North Carolina 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Inglot and Shabaz become the first Cavalier team to reach the NCAA Doubles final and will play No. 2 seed John-Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of Tennessee for the championship on Monday. The win was also the duo’s 40th doubles win of the season, tying the school record set earlier this year by Sanam Singh (Chandigarh, India) and Houston Barrick (Brentwood, Tenn.).
In the first set, the Cavalier team got out to a strong start, breaking Donato’s serve in the first game. They held that one break advantage at 4-3 in the first set before the Tar Heel team won three straight games, breaking serve twice, to take the opening set. Before the second set began, a storm front rolled through College Station and caused a two-hour rain delay.
