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Singh excels for Virginia on court, in classroom

All-ACC, ACC All-Academic, nationally ranked player takes care of himself, his teammates; Boland praises Singh

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As the bright lights of the U.S. Open in Flushing, New York, turn off for the last time this year - symbolizing the end of the professional grand slam season - Cavalier junior Sanam Singh is just starting to go work.

Coming off a year in which he won 20 games as both a singles and doubles player, ranked as high as No. 97 in the ITA Singles Rankings, ranked as high as No. 18 nationally in doubles alongside Michael Shabaz and was selected to both the All-ACC and ACC All-Academic Teams, Singh knows his squad cannot afford to rest on its laurels if it is to finally capture an elusive NCAA championship.

"We only lost two matches in the last two seasons," he said. "Unfortunately, they were the two most important matches of the year in the NCAA Tournament."

If the Cavaliers are going to capture the title, it will be on the back of the player who, only two years into his collegiate career has a r

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