WACO, Texas -Â Illinois women's tennis took four student-athletes to the Baylor-hosted H-E-B Invite from Sept. 20-22. Ariel Madatali made her Illinois debut at the season-opening event and picked up a singles win on the opening day of action.
DAY 1 RESULTS - SEPT. 20
Singles
Emma Rizzetto (Nebraska) def. Kida Ferrari - 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5)
Violeta Martinez def. Rixt Van Der Werff (Colorado) - 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)
Ariel Madatali def. Tiziana Rossini (Nebraska) - 6-2, 6-0
Anushka Ashar (Rice) def. Rosie Seccia - 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
Kida Ferrari/Violeta Martinez def. Reed/Smetannikov (Texas A&M) - 6-1
Selvaraj/Orav (Rice) def. Rosie Seccia/Ariel Madatali - 6-2
Kida Ferrari/Violeta Martinez def. Thompson/Kostenko (Baylor) - 6-1
McGinley/Stavropoulos (SMU) def. Rosie Seccia/Ariel Madatali - 6-3
DAY 2 RESULTS - SEPT. 21
Singles
Wenfei Yu (Baylor) def. Ariel Madatali - 1-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8)
Violeta Martinez def. Liubov Kostenko (Baylor) - 6-7 (4), 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Rosie Seccia def. Lindsay Patton (Baylor) - 6-3, 6-2
Nanaka Sato (Baylor) def. Kida Ferrari - 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
Taranova/Rossini (Nebraska) def. Rosie Seccia/Ariel Madatali - 6-1
Schwartzman/Martinez Hernandez (Rice) def. Kida Ferrari/Violeta Martinez - 8-7 (4)
DAY 3 RESULTS - SEPT. 22
Singles
Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) def. Violeta Martinez - 6-1, 6-2
Kida Ferrari def. Letizia Corsini (UTSA) - 5-7, 7-6 (3), 1-0 (10-8)
Ariel Madatali def. Lizanne Boyer (Texas A&M) - 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)
Yuzu Miyoshi (Nebraska) def. Rosie Seccia - 6-1, 6-4
