🚨 Breaking news:Chantava and Roselli’s Impressive Run Comes to a Thrilling End in the Semifinals

HOUSTON – The dynamic Shocker duo, Giorgia Roselli and Theodora Chantava, saw their impressive journey at the 2024 AAC Individual Championships come to a close on Saturday morning, falling to the tournament’s top-seeded doubles team.

After securing a hard-fought quarterfinal win over East Carolina on Friday, Roselli and Chantava battled fiercely against No.

1 seeds Millie-Mae Matthews and Malwina Rowinska from Florida Atlantic. Despite losing the first set 6-3, the Shockers staged a comeback, winning the second set and forcing a super tiebreak. Though the match remained tight, a decisive 4-0 run by the FAU pair in the tiebreaker led them to a 10-6 victory, closing out the match 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (6).

In singles action, Kristina Kudryavtseva concluded her run on Saturday with a tough loss to Tulane’s Leigh Van Zyl, 6-4, 7-5. Kudryavtseva staged a valiant comeback after trailing 5-2 in the second set, winning three consecutive games, but couldn’t push the match to a third set.

Full results for the Shockers from the week are listed below.

Next up, the Shockers will compete at the Tulsa Invitational at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center from November 1-3.

Doubles

R16: Theodora Chantava/Giorgia Roselli (WSU) def. Gresi Bajiri/Vanessa Mellynchuk (UAB) 8-4

QF: Chantava/Roselli (WSU) def. Ines Bachir/Xenia Jeromin (East Carolina) 8-7 (5)

SF: [1] Millie-Mae Matthews/Malwina Rowinska (Florida Atlantic) def. Chantava/Roselli (WSU) 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (6)

Singles

R32: Ekua Youri (UTSA) def. Kristina Kudryavtseva (WSU) 7-5, 6-3

Roselli (WSU) def. Micah Pierce (Tulane) 6-2, 6-0

R16: [2] Leonie Moeller (Memphis) def. Roselli (WSU) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)

Singles Consolation

Kudryavtseva (WSU) def. Lou Chalard (North Texas) 2-6, 6-3, 5-3 ret.

Leigh Van Zyl (Tulane) def. Kudrya

vtseva (WSU) 6-4, 7-5