Successful ITA Regionals come to a close for the Badgers

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A successful ITA Midwest Regional Championships wrapped up on Monday for the Wisconsin women’s tennis team. Alina Mukhortova served as the headliner, advancing to the semifinals of the singles draw before her run was ended with a hard-fought, 6-3, 6-2, loss against Ohio State’s Sydni Ratliff. While the tournament may have ended on a tough loss for the Badgers, it was a winning weekend overall that also saw Taylor Cataldi and Maria Sholokhova reach the singles quarterfinals and Xinyu Cai/Mukhortova reaching the doubles quarterfinals. Wisconsin being the only school to send three singles players to the quarterfinals. 

Up next for the team is the Vanderbilt San Juan Invitiational, which starts on Friday, October 28 and goes until Sunday, October 30. Ava Markham, Ariel Johnson, Maria Sholokhova and Charmaine Seah will all be participating in this tournament. 

 

Monday, Oct. 24

ITA Singles Main Draw 
Sydni Ratliff (OSU) def. Alina Mukhortova (UW), 6-3, 6-2
 

Sunday, Oct. 23

Alina Mukhortova moved on to the semifinals of the Singles Main Draw at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships on Sunday. The junior beat Northwestern’s Maria Susharina, 7-5, 6-3, to advance to the final four. Up next for Mukhortova is her match against Sydni Ratliff of Ohio State in the semifinals, which will follow the Doubles Main Draw Final at 10 a.m on Monday, October 24.

The ITA run for Taylor Cataldi and Maria Sholokhova came to an end Sunday. Cataldi took Jaedan Brown deep into the third set, before falling in a tie-breaker, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6). Sholokhova went toe-to-toe with Michigan’s Lily Jones, but suffered a 6-4, 6-4 set back.

On the doubles side, Xinyu Cai and Mukortova ran out of time in the quarterfinals, falling to Michigan’s Jones and Fliegner.

ITA Singles Main Draw 

Alina Mukhortova (UW) def. Maria Susharina (NU), 7-5, 6-3

Jaedan Brown (U-M) def. Taylor Cataldi (UW), 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6)

Lily Jones (U-M) def. Maria Sholokhova (UW), 6-4, 6-4

ITA Doubles Main Draw

Jones/Fliegner (U-M) def. Cai/Mukhortova (UW), 8-5

 

Saturday, Oct. 22

Saturday was a big day for Wisconsin at the ITA Midwest Regionals as three Badgers advanced to the quarterfinals and stayed in the hunt for the title. Alina Mukhortova, Taylor Cataldi and Maria Sholokhova each posted a pair of wins to advance and make up…