Yelamanchili Scores Major Upset Victory at ITA Southern Regional

BATON ROUGE, La. - Competing in her second collegiate tournament, Tulane women's tennis freshman Lahari Yelamanchili recorded one of the biggest upset victories in program history with a three-set singles win over LSU's 11th-ranked Eden Richardson in the first round of the singles main draw at the 2019 ITA Southern Regional on Friday afternoon.

Playing in just her third singles match of the fall, Yelamanchili gutted out a 7-6(4) first set win against the top-seeded Richardson, but dropped the second frame, 6-1. The freshman gathered herself for the final set and cruised to a 6-1 victory to finish off perhaps Tulane's biggest singles upset in its history.

Yelamanchili will face McNeese State's Dalia Ahmed in Saturday's second round.

Also recording impressive first round wins were junior Daniela La Fuente and freshman Mackenzie Clark. La Fuente eased her way to a 6-2, 6-2 win over UL Monroe's Emma Billon and will meet Alabama's Alba Cortina Pou in the round of 32. Clark also collected a quality victory, defeating Mississippi State's Tamara Racine, 6-4, 6-2. She will face 114th-ranked Taylor Bridges of LSU in Saturday's second round.

In doubles main draw action, Yelamanchili and Clark were the Green Wave's lone duo to win, as they outlasted a tandem from Samford, 8-5, to reach the round of 16.

Singles competition
Oct 18
M64 Lahari Yelamanchili (Tulane) def. #11 Eden Richardson (LSU) 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 6-1
M64 Carolyn Ansari (AUBURN) def. Adelaide Lavery (Tulane) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
M64 Daniela La Fuente (Tulane) def. Emma Billon (ULM) 6-2, 6-2
M64 Luca Fabian (ALABAMA) def. Laura Fabrizi (Tulane) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
M64 Mackenzie Clark (Tulane) def. Tamara Racine (MSST) 6-4, 6-2
M64 Alexa Bortles (OLE MISS) def. Lauren Gish (Tulane) 7-5, 6-2
C32 Alexandra Mikhailuk (MSST) def. Lauren Gish (Tulane) 6-4, 6-0
C32 Maria Alfaro (ULM) def. Laura Fabrizi (Tulane) 6-2, 6-1
C32 Adelaide Lavery (Tulane) def. Emma Billon (ULM) 6-4, 6-1
C Christina Sisti (Tulane) def. Sofia Moreno (MCST) 0-6, 7-6(6), 1-0(4)

Doubles competition
Oct 18
M32 #17 Sabina Machalova/Alexa Bortles (OLE MISS) def. Daniela La Fuente/Lauren Gish (Tulane) 8-3
M32 Meredith/Axon (AUBURN) def. Adelaide Lavery/Laura Fabrizi (Tulane) 8-6
M32 Mackenzie Clark/Lahari Yelamanchili (Tulane) def. Jennings/Oest (SAMFORD) 8-5

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Yelamanchili Scores Major Upset Victory at ITA Southern Regional

Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Clark

Laura Fabrizi

Lauren Gish

Daniela La Fuente

Adelaide Lavery

Christina Sisti

Lahari Yelamanchili

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