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Friday, September 24

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Purdue Invitational

September 24, 2021 | Women's Tennis

UofL wins doubles versus Purdue and Singles versus Miami on Day 1

By: Nancy Worley

W. LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The University of Louisville women's tennis team opened their fall season at the Purdue Invitational Friday afternoon in W. Lafayette, Ind.

The Cardinals opened day with a 2-1 loss to Miami (OH) in doubles. The Cards rebounded from the loss to beat Purdue 2-1 in doubles before taking down Miami in singles with a 6-0 sweep.

Louisville 1 vs. Miami of Ohio 2
(Doubles)
Rhea Verma/Andrea Di Palma def. Brindtha Ramasamy/Laura Rico 6-1
Catherine Denysiewicz/Nishitha Saravanan def. Chelsea Sawyer/Tatiana Simova 6-3
Sara Zalukar/Emilia Valentinsson def. Dina Chaika/Sasha Gorchanyuk 6-2

Purdue 1, Louisville 2
(Doubles
Tatiana Simova/Chelsea Sawyer def. Juana Larranaga/Nathalia Gasparin (P) 6-4
Tyra Richardson/Sasha Gorchanyuk def Csilla Fodor/Rut Galindo (P) 6-1
Carmen Gallardo/Tara Milic (P) def. Joy Callwood/Dina Chaika 7-6 (4)

Louisville 6, Miami of Ohio 0
(Singles)
Andrea Di Palma def. Brindtha Ramasamy (M), 6-3, 6-2
Rhea Verma def. Laura Rico (M) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
Tatiana Simova def. Sara Zalukar 7-6 (8), 6-3
Sasha Gorchanyuk def. Catherine Denysiewicz (M) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Dina Chaika def. Emilia Valentinsson (M) 6-4, 6-0
Tyra Richardson def. Sarah Dev (M) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4