Junior Mallory Burdette beat Florida tennis players in two finals on Sunday at the ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
After being ousted in straight sets in the first round of the main singles draw, Burdette rebounded to dominate the consolation bracket. In four consolation matches, Burdette lost a total of 27 games and only one set. She capped her performance with her most impressive win in the final, a 6-1, 6-2 stomping of Florida’s Joanna Mather.
Just hours after her singles final, Burdette played another final, this time in the main draw. Sophomore Nicole Gibbs paired with Burdette to win the doubles title, sweeping two more Gators. Allie Will and Sofie Oyen proved little match for the Cardinal duo, as Burdette and Gibbs rolled to a 6-2, 7-6 (2) victory in the final. The win capped a string of five straight victories for the new Stanford doubles team.
The Stanford women’s tennis team’s next action will be this weekend at the Saint Mary’s Invitational in Moraga, Calif.
– Jacob Jaffe