TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 4-seed Victoria Vieten lost a tough two-setter to a familiar opponent in the quarterfinals of the ITA DII Individual Championships. Emilia Gyorgy was eliminated by the No. 3-seed in the 32-player draw at the prestigious event.
Vieten and Camila Garcia, seeded No. 8 in doubles, saw their run in the prestigious tournament come to an end on Friday.
Vieten, a transfer from William Carey, met Yona Bancarel of UT Tyler in the quarterfinals. Vieten ousted Bancarel in the quarterfinals on her way to the title at the South Central Regional Championship, 6-4, 6-0. Bancarel got her revenge on Friday with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) win in the quarterfinals of the ITA DII Individual Championships.
Gyorgy won her second-round match in routine fashion on Thursday, but Friday the sophomore from Hungary ran into the red-hot No. 3 seed. Kristyna Hranacova of Nova Southeastern posted her third consecutive straight-set win, dismissing Gyorgy 6-2, 6-2.
Vieten/Garcia outlasted Claudia De Lucas Rivera and Isabell Ek of Columbus State in the second round on Thursday, 2-6, 6-4, (10-8), but Polina Zaytseva and Simone Cameron of Findlay cut down the Mustangs in the quarterfinals on Friday, 6-2, 7-5. Zaytseva/Cameron will be the only unseeded duo in the semifinals on Saturday. They square off with the No. 1-seeded pairing of Katja Markus and Kristyna Hranacova of Nova Southeastern.
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