2023-10-02 00:22:41
CARY, NC – Florida Women’s tennis has successfully completed two days at the ITA All-American Championships and Sophie Williams comes out in fourth place at the Bedford Cup in the Gold Draw.
The freshman duo Malwina Rowinska and Qavia Lopez came out strong for the second tournament of the fall season. The doubles pair won two of their three matches in the pre-qualifiers for the ITA All-American Championships, falling just short in the quarterfinals to Oklahoma State’s Ange Oby Kajuru and Kristina Novak.
Qavia Lopez remained undefeated in the singles draw at Cary Tennis Park, conquering Patrycja Niewiadomsk (Northern Arizona) from the jump, winning 6-1, 6-2 on day one of the tournament. She followed with a win once morest UCLA’s Elise Wagle defeating her 6-4, 6-3, and closed out 7-6, 6-1 with a comeback victory following being down in the first set once morest Julia Garcia Ruiz (Oklahoma State).
Emily De Oliveira also had a solid run in singles this weekend defeating all three of her opponents. Her first victory came once morest 121 ranked Eleni Louka (Clemson), going 6-1, 6-2. In the pre-qualifying round of 64 De Oliveira continued her success defeating Lucie Petruzelova (UNC Charlotte) 6-1, 6-2. Fighting for her final win of the weekend, De Oliveira came back hungry following losing her first set 2-6 to Margaux Maquet (Alabama), grabbing the second set 6-2, and closing the match 6-4 to land a spot in the round of 16.
At the Bedford Cup in Tampa, Sophie Williams found success in the tournament’s Gold Draw, securing two wins once morest cross state opponents. Williams first win was once morest Florida State’s Maelie Monfils 6-2, 6-4, and her second came from a split set tiebreaker versus Fanny Norin (FGCU) 6-3, 4-6, [10-7]. Williams ultimately fell in the semi-finals to Annabelle Davis (North Florida) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7 and finished fourth in her draw.
Coach Jeremy Bayon comments on Williams performance at the Bedford Cup, “Sophie had a good tournament this weekend in Tampa. She played hard and showed tremendous effort. This tournament was a great opportunity for her to play once morest outside competition, which created opportunities and challenges to better her game.”
ITA All-American Championships
Singles Competition:
128 Emily de Oliveira def. Eleni Louka (CLEMSON) 6-1, 6-2
128 Qavia Lopez def. Patrycja Niewiadomsk (NORTHERN ARIZONA) 6-1, 6-2
64 Emily de Oliveira def. Lucie Petruzelova (UNC CHARLOTTE) 6-1, 6-2
64 Qavia Lopez def. Elise Wagle (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
32 Emily de Oliveira def. Margaux Maquet (ALABAMA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
32 Qavia Lopez def. Julia Garcia Ruiz (OKLAHOMA) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1
Doubles competition:
32 Malwina Rowinska/Qavia Lopez def. Gabriella Broadfoot/Abigail Rencheli (NC State) 8-7 (7-5)
16 Malwina Rowinska/Qavia Lopez def. Anna Roggenburk/Imani Graham (XAVIER) 8-4
8 Ange Oby Kajuru/Kristina Novak (OKLAHOMA STATE) def. Malwina Rowinska/Qavia Lopez 8-7 (7-4)
Bedford Cup
Singles competition:
16 Sophie Williams (Florida) def. Maelie Monfils (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
8 Sophie Williams (Florida) def. Fanny Norin (FGCU) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
4 Annabelle Davis (NORTH FL) def. Sophie Williams (Florida) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7
3-4 Victoria Gomez O’Hay (FAU) def. Sophie Williams (Florida) 7-5, 6-4
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