HOUSTON – The Shocker duo of Giorgia Roselli and Theodora Chantava's brilliant run at the 2024 AAC Individual Championships came to an end against the top-seeded doubles team in the field on Saturday morning.
 
After their tight quarterfinals win on Friday over East Carolina, Roselli and Chantava played an incredibly tight match against No. 1 seeded Millie-Mae Matthews and Malwina Rowinska of Florida Atlantic. The Shockers rallied back to win the second set 6-1. after dropping the opening set 6-3 to force a super tiebreak to decide the match. The break started tight, but the FAU pair used a 4-0 run in the middle of the break to pull away, winning 10-6, and taking the match 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (6).
 
Kristina Kudryavtseva wrapped up singles play on Saturday for the Shockers with a loss to Tulane's Leigh Van Zyl, 6-4, 7-5. Kudryavtseva trailed 5-2 in the second set but managed to fight back and win three straight games, but she was unable to complete the comeback to force a third set.
 
A full list of results for the Shockers over the week is listed below.
 
Next team action for the Shockers is at the Tulsa Invitational at Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center 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 (TUL) def. Kudryavtseva (WSU) 6-4, 7-5