Eight Illini Individuals, Two Duos Advance in ITA Midwest Regionals
October 9, 2026 | Women's Tennis
Recap
URBANA, Ill. - All eight Illinois individuals competing in the singles main draw earned a Friday win to advance to the Round of 32 in the ITA Midwest Regionals. Additionally, the Illini doubles teams of [11] Alice Xu/Cara Mester and Tess Bucher/Lyla Messler have earned spots in the doubles Round of 16.
The Fighting Illini combined to pick up a pair of wins over seeded opponents.
Illinois freshman Shravani Chennamsetty has won three straight matches to advance to the singles Round of 32 after opening the week in the qualifying draw. After dropping the opening set in Friday's match against [10] Sophia Holod (Notre Dame), Chennamsetty responded to secure the 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win.
In doubles action, Bucher and Messler teamed up to take down [16] Madatali/Kovalcik from Notre Dame.
Illinois Day 1 Results (10/8/25)
Singles - Qualifying 64
[4] Shravani Chennamsetty (Illinois) def. Clara Nilsson (DePaul) - 7-5, 6-1
Risa Ueno (Illinois) def. Emma Peretti (Illinois State) - 6-3, 6-4
[5] Karolina Jacobson (Wisconsin) def. Rosie Seccia (Illinois) - 6-3, 6-1
Singles - Qualifying 32
[4] Shravani Chennamsetty (Illinois) def. Edit Cosmo (UIC) - 6-0, 6-1
[9] Marelie Raath (Northwestern) def. Risa Ueno (Illinois) - 6-2, 6-3
Illinois Day 2 Results (10/9/25)
Doubles - Main Draw 64
Kimiko Cooper/Lizzie Isyanov def. Agapitova/Warlies Paredes (Chicago State) - 8-2
Tess Bucher/Lyla Messler def. Cedeno/Ovcharova (Youngstown State) - 8-3
Risa Ueno/Shravani Chennamsetty def. Yecora/Varela Herrera (NIU) - 8-6
Jacobson/Skravalova (Wisconsin) def. Rosie Seccia/ Ariel Madatali - 8-5
[11] Alice Xu/Cara Mester def. Budak/Masherava (NIU) - 8-3
Doubles - Main Draw 32
Rangan/Latak (Wisconsin) def. Kimiko Cooper/Lizzie Isyanov - 8-1
[9] Spencer/Bennett (Ohio State) def. Risa Ueno/Shravani Chennamsetty - 8-3
Tess Bucher/Lyla Messler def. [16] Madatali/Kovalcik (Notre Dame) - 8-4
[11] Alice Xu/ Cara Mester def. Tanner/Steven (Valparaiso) - 8-6
Singles - Main Draw 64
Lizzie Isyanov def. Emmerson White (Marquette) - 6-4, 6-1
[16] Alice Xu def. Marelie Raath (Northwestern) - 6-2, 7-6(3)
Ariel Madatali def. Frida Wijerman (Western Michigan) - 6-0, 6-3
Shravani Chennamsetty def. [10] Sophia Holod (Notre Dame) - 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Tess Bucher def. Lacey Tanner (Valparaiso) - 6-0, 7-5
[14] Kimiko Cooper def. Lucia Yecora (NIU) - 6-4, 6-2
Cara Mester def. Maia Loureiro (Northwestern) - 6-1, 6-1
Lyla Messler def. Reagan Levine (Michigan) - 6-2, 6-1
Illinois Day 3 Schedule (10/10/26)
Doubles - Main Draw 16
9 AM - Tess Bucher/Lyla Messler vs. [6] Ivanova/Reynoldson (Wisconsin)
9 AM - [11] Alice Xu/ Cara Mester vs. [7] Urbanova/Usui (Wisconsin)
Singles - Main Draw 32
10 AM - Lizzie Isyanov vs. Anna Bennett (Ohio State)
10 AM - Alice Xu vs. Maria Batinic (Eastern Michigan)
10 AM - Ariel Madatali vs. Aely Arai (Northwestern)
10 AM - Shravani Chennamsetty vs. Tzu-Ying Tseng (Bradley)
10 AM - Tess Bucher vs. [6] No. 116 Olivia Treynor (Michigan)
10 AM - [14] Kimiko Cooper vs. Autumn Rabjohns (Northwestern)
10 AM - Cara Mester vs. Amara Brahmbhatt (Michigan State)
10 AM - Lyla Messler vs. No. 36 Ekaterina Ivanova (Wisconsin)
