The Weatherford College tennis teams had success at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships Oct. 2-4 in Plano, including a coveted invitation earned by a women’s doubles team.
WC’s Juliana Jurado and Maria Camila Ternera made the event’s doubles finals after defeating a team from Collin College 8-5 in the quarterfinals and a Tyler Junior College team in the semifinals, 8-3. Dina Lipovski and Sherin Scheerle from TJC won the final, 6-4, 7-5.
Due to their performance in Plano, Jurado and Ternera qualified for the ITA Cup, the nation’s premier individual championship in the fall. The ITA Cup will take place Oct. 16-19 in Rome, Georgia.
In men’s singles, Coyote freshman Matteo Cardoso reached the semifinals of the main draw in Plano. Cardoso defeated Collin College’s David De Hoyos Rodriguez 6-3, 6-3, then won against Tyler’s Ties De Regt 6-3, 6-3. In the quarterfinals, he took out Toby Eyrl-Collins of Tyler 6-2, 6-1.
In the semifinals, Cardoso met up with TJC’s Daniel Marcinas, who went on to win the tournament. Cardoso gave Marcinas his closest match, 7-6, 2-6, 13-11.
Other WC wins included:
- Women’s singles: Sara Tublen defeated Ximena Islas of Jacksonville College, 7-5, 6-4. Kameron Shipp beat Imara Achala of Jacksonville, 6-1, 6-0. After a first round bye, Ternera defeated Emma Garcia Gomez of Collin 6-4, 6-2.
- Men’s singles: Andres Serrano beat Alejandro Idarraga of Jacksonville, 6-1, 6-4. Guy Morian beat Connor Hubbert of Jacksonville in the opening round of singles play, 6-1, 6-0. Santiago Hidalgo won against Niko Nadali of Collin, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round. Benjamin Asker Ongaro defeated Vicente Rojas of Jacksonville, 6-0, 6-2.
- Women’s doubles: Rosmary Pena and Valeria Cabrera took out a team from Jacksonville, 8-0.
- Men’s doubles: Hidalgo and Cardoso won their opening round doubles match against a team from Jacksonville, 8-6. Asker Ongaro and Juan Rozo defeated a Collin team in the first round.
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