MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Xin Tong Wang's run in the singles semifinals and her doubles semifinals appearance with
Giorgia Roselli highlighted the Wichita State women's tennis team's performance at the ITA Central Region Championships.
Wang and Roselli received a first-round bye before facing Missouri's Alba Salles Canudas and Daria Budko, winning 8-5. In the Round of 16, they defeated a Tulsa duo 8-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. Wang and Roselli followed with an 8-5 win to reach the semifinals, where they fell short to a duo from Oklahoma.
Meanwhile,
Alina Vysochenko and
Alisa Ozgun dropped an 8-5 decision to Reya Coe and Maria of Nebraska. Â
Wang opened singles play with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Oral Roberts' Cecilia Frazin in the Round of 64, followed by a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Memphis' Maria Santos in the Round of 32. She then defeated Oklahoma's Gloriana Nahum in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, and earned a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kansas State's Marta Leon Jaume in the quarterfinals to secure a spot in the semifinals, where she fell 6-4, 6-3 to Oklahoma's Ariana Malygina. Wang then competed in the third-place playoff, falling 6-3, 6-3 to Tula's Alyssa Novoa to finish fourth.
The remaining singles matches saw Roselli fall 6-2, 6-4 to Missouri's Alex Ackman, while Vysochenko came up short against Nebraska's Neda Rahimkhani, 6-4, 6-1.
Dinara De Silva dropped her match against Marta Leon Jaume of Kansas State, 6-2, 7-6 [6].
The Shockers will compete at the 2026 American Conference Individual Championships, beginning Oct. 22 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center in Houston, Texas.
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