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CARY, N.C. – Texas women’s tennis had three players win in the first round of singles qualifying at the ITA U.S. Championships on Monday in Cary, North Carolina.
Junior Vivian Obrutsky, ranked 96th, defeated No. 120 Amelia Bisset of Florida State 6-4, 6-4, freshman Ashton Bowers, ranked 104th, beat Eva Alvarez Sande of Washington State 6-1, 6-4 and freshman Carmen Helaire beat No. 66 Florentine Dekkers of Louisiana State 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Freshman Ariana Anazagasti-Persu also played in singles but lost 6-1, 6-0 to No. 106 Berta Passola Forci of California. She will face Zoe Hammond of Kentucky in the Anazagasti-Persu repechage at 9 a.m. ET/8 a.m. CST.
Singles action continues on Tuesday with Obrutsky taking on 16th seed No. 83 Anne-Christine Luetkemeyer of UCLA at 11:30 a.m. ET/10:30 a.m. CST, Bowers taking on second seed No. 60 Reece Carter of Washington at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CST and Helea taking on No. 113 Maria Juliana Parra Romero of Florida State at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CST. Ana Zagasti-Persu advances to a repechage match against Zoe Hammond of Kentucky at 9 a.m. ET/8 a.m. CST.
The 68th-ranked doubles pair, Anazagasti-Persu and Helea, lost 6-3, 6-3 to Stanford’s 54th-ranked Valencia Xu and Valerie Grosman and will also play in the consolation draw with a pair to be determined at a later date.
2024 ITA Women’s U.S. Championship
Tournament Central
Singles Qualifier Round of 64 – Monday, September 23
No. 104 Ashton Bowers of Texas beat Eva Alvarez Sande of West Virginia, 6-1, 6-4.
Carmen Herrea (Texas) defeats No. 66 Florentine Dekkers (Louisiana State University) 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
No. 96 Vivian Obrodsky (Texas) beat No. 120 Amelia Bisset (Florida State University) 6-4, 6-4
No. 106 Berta Passola Forch (CAL) def. Ariana Anazagusti Persue (TX), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles Preliminary Round of 32 – Monday, September 23
No. 54 Valencia Su/Valerie Grossman (STAN) def. No. 68 Ariana Anazagasti-Pruss/Carmen Herrea (Utah), 6-3, 6-3
Singles Qualifier Round of 32 – Tuesday, September 24
Carmen Herrea (Texas) vs. No. 113 Maria Juliana Parra Romero (FSU), 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT
96th seed Vivian Obrodsky (University of Texas) vs. 16th seed 83rd seed Anne-Christine Luetkemeyer (University of California, Los Angeles), 11:30 a.m. ET/10:30 a.m. CT
No. 104 Ashton Bowers (Texas) vs. No. 2 seed No. 60 Reece Carter (Washington), 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT
Singles Qualifiers Repechage Round of 32 – Tuesday, September 24
Ariana Anazagusty-Perth (TX) vs. Zoe Hammond (UK), 9 a.m. ET/8 a.m. CT
Doubles Preliminary Repechage Round 16 – Tuesday, September 24
No. 68 Ariana Anazagasti-Persu/Carmen Helea (UT), BYE
Doubles Consolation Draw Quarterfinals – Tuesday, September 24
No. 68 Ariana Anazagasti-Persu/Carmen Herrea (UT) vs. TBD
