Women's tennis falls in quarterfinal round of American Championships

Thursday, April 18

Orlando, Fla.

11 a.m.

University of Memphis

UCF

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Women's tennis falls in quarterfinal round of American Championships

Apr 18, 2019 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

ORLANDO, Fla. – Memphis women's tennis dropped a 4-0 decision against No. 25 UCF Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinal round of The American Tennis Championships.

UCF took command in doubles, taking the bottom two courts for the early edge.

In singles, Memphis sought a rally and pushed UCF in multiple first sets, but the Knights found three straight-set wins on courts 3, 4 and 6 to seal the match.

Sophomore Alisha Reayer claimed a first-set win against No. 46 Valeriya Zeleva and led in the second frame before her match was left unfinished at the top spot.

Junior Katherine Cao and Laura Bente narrowly lost their first sets before their matches were suspended at the beginning of the second set.

RESULTS
Singles
1. Alisha Reayer (MEM) vs. #46 Valeriya Zeleva (UCF), 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
2. #82 Ksenia Kuznetsova (UCF) vs. Laura Bente (MEM), 7-6(3), 1-0, unfinished
3. Rebeka Stolmar (UCF) def. Aleks Topalovic (MEM), 6-3, 6-0
4. Marie Mattel (UCF) def. Claire Sullivan (MEM), 6-0, 6-1
5. Natalia Serrano (UCF) vs. Katherine Cao (MEM), 7-5, 2-1, unfinished
6. Nandini Sharma (UCF) def. Lina Hohnhold (MEM), 6-1, 6-3
(Order of finish: 4, 3, 6)

Doubles
1. #19 Zeleva/Kuznetsova (UCF) vs. Bente/Reayer (MEM), 5-2
2. Stolmar/Mattel (UCF) def. J. Cao/Sullivan (MEM), 6-2
3. Serrano/Turkovic (UCF) def. K. Cao/Davies (MEM), 6-0
(Order of finish: 3, 2)