Rohan Shastri returns to Mounties tennis team

Shastri will suit up for Greylock this spring for the first time since his eighth grade year, when he helped the Mounties to the state final.

After a couple successful years on the junior tour — including making it through three rounds at last summer’s National Clay Court championships — the Williamstown resident said he’d met all his goals.

“I’ve been going to all the games, football and basketball games [at Greylock],” Shastri, who is expected to play for Williams next year, said.

One of those friends is Jonah Majumder, Greylock’s top singles player last year.

With Shastri as the Mounties’ new projected No.

He said he understood why Shastri left the high school ranks to play on the junior tour, but having the 18-year-old back will be “great.” “Having a player like Rohan in the league, someone who’s going to the Western Mass.

Shastri said his friends have ribbed him a little about being an overwhelming favorite to win every match this spring.

After performing under the pressure to rise up the regional rankings and get into a good school, Shastri just wants to have fun and enjoy a new challenge away from the junior circuit.