PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s men’s and women’s weekly tennis honors for the week ending April 10.
        
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MALE TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Roberto Cid • Sr. • USF • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Cid defeated the top-ranked singles player in the nation to lead No. 22 USF to a 5-2 win against No. 27 Tulane on Sunday afternoon. The senior, who is ranked No. 5 in singles, produced a comeback, super tiebreaker victory against No. 1 Dominik Koepfer, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 1-0 (3). The win for Cid marks the second time in his career that he has defeated the top-ranked singles player as he took down UCLA’s Clay Thompson in the 2014 NCAA Singles Championship. The native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, also earned a win in third flight doubles to clinch the doubles point for the Bulls against the Green Wave.


 
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tina Rupert • Jr. • Houston • Ljublijana, Slovenia
Rupert combined for a 3-1 record in singles and doubles in a pair matches for Houston this past week. The product of Slovenia began the weekend with a three-set victory in No. 4 singles and a 6-3 win in No. 2 doubles against No. 29 Tulsa on Saturday. The following day, Rupert generated a 6-0, 6-4 win in fourth flight singles against North Texas.