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UC Santa Barbara’s Shakhnoza Khatamova earned a singles win and a doubles win in matches against 10th-ranked UCF and Arizona State at the ITA Kickoff Weekend event in Orlando to earn Big West Women’s Tennis Player of the Week.
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Against UCF, Khatamova, along with doubles partner Elizaveta Volodko, took down the duo of Noel Saidenova and No. 102 singles player Marie Mattel 6-3 in No. 1 doubles. In her No. 1 singles matchup, Khatamova led 2-1 in the third set over No. 37 Evgeniya Levashova when the match was called.
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Against Arizona State, the Uzbekistan native beat Giulia Morlet 6-2, 7-6(2) on court one, while her doubles matchup went unfinished, stopping at 4-4.
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This is the third weekly honor for the senior netter, earning acclaim twice in the 2021 campaign (Feb. 24, April 7).