ELON – Elon senior
Veljko Krstic and sophomore
Nikola Parichkov will represent the CAA this week at ITA Conference Masters in San Diego, California. The duo will be the conference's doubles representative with Krstic also competing in singles.
ITA Conference Masters Briefing
Tournament Details: Nov. 6-9, 2025 | San Diego, Calif. | Barnes Tennis Center
Admission: Free
Tournament Information
- This will be the second edition of the ITA Conference Masters, which features one singles and doubles representative from each Division I conference.
- Krstic and Parichkov are the first Elon players to represent the CAA in the event. They were chosen through a vote of the conference's head coaches.
- The tournament serves as a qualifier for the NCAA Individual Championships. The four singles semifinalists and top three doubles teams will qualify for NCAAs.
- Play will begin on Thursday and conclude on Sunday.
- Krstic is the No. 7 seed in the singles draw and will play his first match Thursday at 1:30 p.m. EST against Timeo Puech of Longwood. Thursday will feature the first two rounds of singles.
- In doubles, Krstic and Parichkov will face Western Michigan's duo of Drew Evans and Tim Riedel, the No. 8 seed, in Thursday's opening round. The contest is scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. EST.
Regionals Run
- Krstic placed third in singles at ITA Carolina Regionals on Oct. 16-19.
- The senior advanced to the semifinals in the event, becoming the first Elon player to make the final four in singles at Regionals since Cameron Silverman in 2013.
- Krstic delivered four victories to reach the semifinals, defeating players from North Carolina, Charlotte, Clemson and South Carolina along the way.
- In his semifinal against Wake Forest's Luca Pow, Krstic won the second set, 6-2, after dropping the opener in a tiebreak. He pushed Pow to the end, ultimately falling 4-6 in the deciding frame.
- Krstic is tied for a team-best eight singles victories this fall and was on a seven-match winning streak prior to his semifinal defeat at Regionals.
Parichkov's Strong Fall
- Parichkov has won a pair of fall doubles flights in his debut campaign with the Pheonix.
- Last weekend, Parichkov teamed up with Charles Pilet to win the B2 doubles draw at the Wake Forest Invite. The duo went 3-0 for the weekend, dropping just seven games in the three wins.
- Parichkov also won the B doubles draw at the Porter's Neck Invitational in September alongside partner Nick Fisk.
- The Wake Forest transfer leads the Phoenix with nine doubles victories this fall and is tied with Krstic for the most singles wins on the team (8).
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