Virginia Women's Tennis | Women's tennis hosts ITA Atlantic Regional

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Members of the Virginia women's tennis team will compete at the ITA Atlantic Regional Singles and Doubles Championships held at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar's Head Resort.

The singles qualifying matches will be played on Thursday (October 17). The main draw matches in singles and doubles start on Friday (October 18). The tournament runs until Tuesday, October 22. Admission is free. No live statistics are available, but there will be live video streams of the trial.

The Cavaliers begin main event play in singles and doubles on Friday.

Virginia has the top four seeds in the singles draw [1] Annabelle Xu, [2] Sara Ziodato, [3] Elaine Chervinksy and [4] Melody Collard. Blanca Pico Navarro, Martina Genis Salas and Zara Larke are all 9-16 seeds.

Virginia also has four seeded doubles teams: [1] Chervinsky and Collard, [2] Meggie Navarro and Ziodato, [3] Xu and Genis Salas, and [5] Larke and Pico Navarro.

The two singles finalists from each region will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship. Meanwhile, the doubles champion from each region qualifies for the NCAA Doubles Championship.

Tournament updates and results will be posted on this page during the tournament.

DAILY SUMMARY

Friday October 18

The Cavaliers won six singles matches on Friday, with Melodie Collard, Annabelle Xu, Martina Genis Salas, Zara Larke, Elaine Chervinsky, Blanca Pico Navarro and Sara Ziodato all earning outright victories to advance to the round of 32.

Saturday October 19

The Cavaliers won eight singles matches on Saturday, with Annabelle Xu, Martina Genis Salas, Elaine Chervinsky and Sara Ziodato all picking up two wins to advance to the quarterfinals. In doubles, all four Cavalier teams advanced to the round of 16.

SINGLES
R64: [4] Melodie Collard (VA) def. Julia Abrams (RU) 6-0, 6-0
R64: [1] Annabelle Xu (VA) did that. Cenan Liu (GMU) 6-1, 6-1
R64: [9-16] Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Tamari Gagoshidze (MD) 6-1, 6-1
R64: [9-16] Zara Larke (VA) def. Sylvia Eklund (Navy) 6-2, 6-0
R64: Allison Isaacs (ODU) def. Meggie Navarro (VA) 6-2, 7-5
R64: [3] Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Emma Perkins (Mt. St. Mary's) 6-1, 6-0
R64: Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) def. Abby Lee (UR) 6-2, 6-1
R64: [2] Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Francesca Davis (W&M) 6-2, 6-4
R32: [1] Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Daniella O'Neill (LU) 6-1, 7-5
R32: [9-16] Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Hedda Gurholt (W&M) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
R32: [3] Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Mariam Ibrahim Mohamed Metwally (VCU) 6-1, 6-3
R32: Laima Frosch (VT) def. [9-16] Zara Larke (VA) 6-4, 6-4
R32: Alessandro Anghel (W&M) def. [4] Melody Collard (VA) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
R32: Diya Challa (MD) def. Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2)
R32: [2] Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Natasha Kavarana (GTOWN) 6-1, 6-2
R16: [1] Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Daria Munteanu (JMU) 6-2, 6-4
R16: [9-16] Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. [6] Emily Tannenbaum (Navy) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
R16: [3] Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Oliwia Orlinska (MD) 6-4, 7-6 (6)
R16: [2] Sara Ziodato (VA) def. [9-16] Elena Kraleva (JMU) 6-4, 6-4

DOUBLE
R32: [1] Melodie Collard/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Mira Kernagis/Sia Chaudry (W&M) 8-2
R32: [3] Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Corinna Rietmann/Elena Kraleva (JMU) 8-2
R32: [2] Meggie Navarro/Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Daniella O'Neill/Maria Turchetto (LU) 8-7 (5)
R32: [5] Zara Larke/White Navarre Peak (VA) def. Yu-Yun Chen/Sadie Daavettila (LU) S/O

BACKDRAW & EXTRA MATCHES
Maturity Way (GW) def. Meggie Navarro (VA) 6-2, 6-0

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Thursday October 17^e:
1^stsingles qualifying round (32 outdoor matches)
2^i.esingles qualifying round (16 outdoor matches)
Singles qualifying backdraw (16 matches indoor/outdoor)

Friday October 18^e:
1^stround of main draw singles (32 outdoor matches)
1^stround of the main draw doubles (32 matches 8 game pro sets)

Saturday October 19^e:
2^i.eround of main draw singles (16 outdoor matches)
Withdrawal 1^stsingles round (16 indoor matches)
3^rdround of main draw singles (8 matches outdoors)
2^i.eround of main tournament doubles (16 outdoor matches 8 game pro sets)

Sunday October 20^e:
Singles quarter-finals (4 matches outdoors)
street. of 16 doubles (8 outdoor matches 8 game pro sets)
Quarterfinal doubles (4 matches 8 game pro sets)

Monday October 21^st:
Singles semi-finals (2 matches outside)
Semi-finals doubles (2 outdoor matches 2 out of 3 sets with 10 points breaker for third)

Tuesday October 22^i.e:
Final and play-off singles (2 matches outside)
Final doubles (1 match outside 2 of 3 sets with 10 point breaker for the third)