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Georgia Tech tennis standout Keshav Chopra was named the Men's Tennis Player of the Week by the Atlantic Coast Conference, the university announced Jan. 18.

The accolade came after Chopra's impressive showing at the MLK Invitational, held Jan. 15-17 at the school. Chopra was undefeated in all of his singles and doubles matches, Georgia Tech reported in the announcement.

Chopra defeated two ranked players, No. 87 Hugo Hashimoto of Columbia and No. 116 Kweisi Kenyatte of Illinois, the only player at the tournament to best two ranked players. Chopra also defeated Ben Gollin of Columbia to clench a sweep of his singles matches, Georgia Tech reported in the announcement.

Chopra also competed in three doubles matches with partner Pablo Schelcher. The pair defeated Alex Finkelstein and Max Westphal, and Gollin and Hashimoto, Columbia University; and Kenyatte and Gabrielius Guzauskas, University of Illinois. The Georgia Tech duo were the only undefeated doubles team at the tournament.

Chopra was named the winner of both the singles and doubles action for his unbeaten at the MLK Invitational, GT reports.

Chopra was named the winner of both the singles and doubles action at the MLK Invitational.

“Keshav Chopra makes sure the MLK Invitational titles stay in the ATL,"  Georgia Tech tennis posted on Twitter.

Chopra ended last season with a 14-10 singles record and with a 9-6 record in doubles competitions, according to GT. The Marietta, Ga., native was ranked top 5 in the nation and No.1 in Georgia while in high school, and ranked No. 1 nationally in the U.S. Tennis Association's boys 16 singles rankings, Georgia Tech reported.