Russell and Yelamanchili Advance to Quarterfinalls at ITA Southern Regionals

Saturday, October 15

Baton Rouge, LA

Tulane University

ITA Regionals

Russell and Yelamanchili Advance to Quarterfinalls at ITA Southern Regionals

Oct 15, 2022 | Women's Tennis

BATON ROUGE, La. – The doubles duo of Charlotte Russell and Lahari Yelamanchili for Tulane University women's tennis picked up another win on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals of the main draw at the ITA Southern Regional Championships

The Green Wave pairing of Russell and Yelamanchili took to the court against 12th-ranked Kelsey Mize and Ludmila Karaisova from Ole Miss on Saturday with a trip to the quarterfinals on the line. The Tulane duo was up to the challenge defeating the team from Troy 8-5 to earn a trip to the next round of play.

Meanwhile, the singles main draw journey for Adelaide Lavery came to a close on Saturday as she fell in a hard-fought three-set match to six-seed Anastasiya Komar from LSU.

Russell and Yelamanchili will continue to represent the Green Wave on Sunday as they will take on Kasia Pitak and Ola Pitak from Alabama with a chance to advance to the doubles main draw semifinals.

Saturday Results – Oct. 15
Singles Main Draw – Round of 32
Anastasiya Komar (LSU) def. Adelaide Lavery (TU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Doubles Main Draw – Round of 16
Lahari Yelamanchili/Charlotte Russell (TU) def. #12 Ludmila Karaisova/Kelsey Mize (Ole Miss) 8-5

Sunday Matchups – Oct. 16
Doubles Main Draw – Quarterfinals
Yelamanchili/Russell (TU) vs. Kasia Pitak/Ola Pitak (UA)

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