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No. 11 Virginia defeats Texas Tech
January 26, 2024 | Women's Tennis
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Texas Tech Lady Raiders were able to win the doubles point, but the No. 11-ranked Virginia Cavaliers took the match by a 4-1 score in the first round of ITA Kickoff Weekend at the Boar's Head Sports Club on Friday afternoon.
In doubles, the Lady Raiders (1-1) were on a roll and never looked back against the Cavaliers (5-0). At court three, the duo of Andreea Lila and Jermine Sherif only gave up one game to Annabelle Xu and Sara Ziodato as they earned a 6-1 win.
At the top court, the No. 5-ranked tandem of Metka Komac and Avelina Sayfetdinova posted their first dual win of the season when they defeated Melodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky to clinch the doubles points for Tech, 6-4. At court two, the pairing of Mariya Polishchuk and Cristina Tiglea were ahead, 4-3, over No. 48-ranked Hibah Shaikh and Natasha Subhash when Tech won the point.
Singles were a battle from start to finish as the Lady Raiders would get first-set wins from both Tiglea and Polishchuk at the top two courts. However, Virginia was able to win the next four first sets to have the slight advantage.
The Cavaliers would then get their first point of the match when No. 82 Collard defeated Sherif at court six by a 6-2, 6-4 score. Virginia took the lead after No. 88 Ziodato beat Komac at court four, 7-5, 6-4.
The host team was able to increase its lead to 3-1 whenever Subhash won the match against Sayfetdinova at court three, 6-4, 6-4. Clinching the match for the Cavaliers was Chervinsky at court five against Lila as she won by a 7-5, 6-4 score.
When the match was clinched, both Tiglea and Polishchuk were in their third sets. Taking on No. 46 Shaikh at court two, Polishchuk posted a bagel, 6-0, in the first set, before falling 6-1 in the next. The Lady Raider was then up by a 4-1 when the match was called.
At court one, Tiglea and No. 86 Xu were locked in a back-and-forth affair. Tiglea was able to win the first set, 6-2, before Xu evened it up with a 6-2 second set of her own. The Cavalier took a 1-0 lead in the third set as Tiglea was ahead 40-30 during the second game before their match went unfinished.
Up next, the Lady Raiders will face either No. 24 Wisconsin or Georgia Tech in the consolation match on Saturday, January 27 at 5:30 p.m. CT.
RESULTS
Singles
1. #86 Annabelle Xu (VA) vs. #69 Cristina Tiglea (TTU) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0, unfinished
2. #46 Hibah Shaikh (VA) vs. Mariya Polishchuk (TTU) 0-6, 6-1, 1-4, unfinished
3. Natasha Subhash (VA) def. Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) 6-4, 6-4
4. #88 Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Metka Komac (TTU) 7-5, 6-4
5. Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Andreea Lila (TTU) 7-5, 6-4
6. #82 Melodie Collard (VA) def. Jermine Sherif (TTU) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1. #5 Avelina Sayfetdinova/Metka Komac (TTU) def. Melodie Collard/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) 6-4
2. #48 Natasha Subhash/Hibah Shaikh (VA) vs. Mariya Polishchuk/Cristina Tiglea (TTU) 3-4, unfinished
3. Jermine Sherif/Andreea Lila (TTU) def. Annabelle Xu/Sara Ziodato (VA) 6-1
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (6,4,3,5)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,4,3,5
Players Mentioned
