University of Florida freshman Allie Will (Boca Raton, Fla.) won her 20^th singles match of the fall and defeated Yale’s Jessie Rhee, 6-3, 6-1, in the first round of the ITA National Indoor Tennis Championships that began Thursday at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.

 

The Gator rookie improved to 20-2 in her young career in advancing to the round of 16, where she faces Boise State’s Pichittra Thongdach, who upset Oklahoma’s 71st-ranked Ana-Maria Costantinescu in her opening match of the four-day event considered the second leg of the collegiate Grand Slam.

 

“Allie played really well today,” UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. “She came to the net and tried to play more indoor-type tennis, which means being more aggressive and taking more risks. For a first day on these courts, she executed very well.”

 

Action continues on Friday, when Will is schedule to play her round of 16 match at 10:30 a.m. ET. Quarterfinal round singles matches also will be played late Friday.

           

National Indoor Tennis Championships Schedule of Play:
Thu, Nov. 5 - 1st Round Doubles and 1st Round Singles
Fri., Nov. 6 - QF Doubles and 2nd Round and QF Singles
Sat., Nov. 7 - SF Doubles and Singles
Sun., Nov. 8  - Championship Matches

For complete coverage of the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, visit www.ITAtennis.com. 

 

 

ITA National Indoor Tennis Championships

Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center

New Haven, Conn.

 

Thursday, November 5, 2009

 

Complete Results

 

Singles, First Round (Round of 32)

[22] Anastasia Petukhova (Fresno State) d. [1] Maria Mosolova (Northwestern), 6-4, 7-5

[17] Maria Sanchez (Southern Cal) d. [6] Laura Vallverdu (Miami), 6-3, 6-3

[58] Denise Dy (Washington) d. [24] Noemie Scharle (Florida State), 6-3, 6-2

[5] Hillary Barte (Stanford) d. [12] Sanaz Marand (North Carolina), 6-4, 6-1

[3] Jana Juricova (California) d. [10] Reka Zsilinszka (Duke), 6-4, 6-1

[25] Kristi Boxx (Mississippi) d. Aeriel Ellis (Texas), 6-4, 6-3

Allie Will (Florida) d. Jessie Rhee (Yale), 6-3, 6-1

Pichittra Thongbach (Boise St.) d.  [71] Ana-Maria Constantinescu (Oklahoma), 4-6, 6-0, 6-3

[23] Lenka Broosova (Baylor) d. Sona Novakova (Armstrong Atlantic), 7-6, (3), 2-6, 7-6 (6)

[27] Caitlin Whoriskey (Tennessee) d. [116] Nadine Fahoum (Old Dominion), 6-4, 6-2

[18] Marina Cossou (California) d. Holly Cao (Harvard), 7-5, 6-4

[11] Yasmin Schnack (UCLA) d. [2] Chelsey Gullickson (Georgia), 7-6 (5), 6-2

[20] Kristy Frilling (Notre Dame) d. [26] Mari Andersson (California), 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

[16] Venise Chan (Washington) d. Stephanie Kent (Yale), 6-2, 1-6, 6-4

[9] Josipa Bek (Clemson) d. [28] Katie Rybakova (Florida State)

[8] Irina Falconi (Georgia Tech) d. [10] Fani Chifchieva (Auburn), 6-0, 7-6 (3)

 

[ITA National Ranking]

 

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