Malik Bhatnagar Season 2022-23

2022-23 (GRADUATE)
Season: Earned two wins in singles, including one in dual matches, while playing at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6…Collected 10 doubles victories, including nine in dual matches, while playing mostly at No. 1.
 
Match-By-Match: ITA Atlantic Regionals (10/19): Secured a 6-2, 6-2 win over James Madison’s Youssef Sadek. Liberty Hidden Dual (11/4): Combined with Sam Bossem for a 7-5 win over Liberty’s Zion Heaven/Beau Pelletier. Delaware/Georgetown (1/4): In doubles, teamed up with Bossem for a 6-4 win over Delaware’s James Wilkinson/William Wibmer and a 6-1 victory over Georgetown’s Kieran Foster/Zamaan Moledina. Duquesne/Saint Francis (2/28): Picked up two wins, defeating Duquesne’s David Georgadze/Tamirlan Teberikov (6-4) and Saint Francis’ Marc Fuste/Andrew Teixeira (7-6 (2)). Drexel/Mount St. Mary’s (2/4): Earned a 6-0, 6-1 win against Mount St. Mary’s Nick Huynh…Collected doubles wins against Mount St. Mary’s Elliot Stevens/Giovanni Abriola (6-2) and Drexel’s Alan Jesudason/Alex Sousa (7-5). Villanova (2/5): Claimed a 6-1 win in doubles over Josh Robinson/Noah Winton. William & Mary (2/12): Earned a 6-1 win in doubles against George Davis/Bill Duo. Bryant (3/18): Collected a 6-3 win at the top doubles spot over Diego Trejo/Diego Serra.

2021-22 GRADUATE SEASON
Played in 22 dual matches for the Nittany Lions...Defeated ranked opponent then-No. 91 Younes Lalami 7-5, 6-2 in the first match of the season against Old Dominion (1/16)...Earned a 10-13 doubles record...Collected a 6-2 win over the #50 pairing from Illinois (3/27) with partner Charl Morgan.

PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Played his freshman year at Stetson and his sophomore and junior years at LSU...Finished his junior season 9-11 in singles and 6-1 in doubles...Won 12 of his first 13 matches in his sophomore season...Advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional Tournament...Defeated several ITA ranked opponents in both singles and doubles play in 2019-20...Compiled a 18-3 record with the Stetson Hatters...Named ASUN Freshman of the year...Collected First Team All-Conference Honors...Selected for the ASUN All-Freshman team in 2017-18...Earned two gold medals at the Canada Summer Games in 2017.