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Women''s ITA Regional @ Ohio State
Tennis Closes Out Competition at Midwest Regional Championships
October 23 | Women's Tennis
USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships Central
COLUMBUS – After winning five matches in three days and advancing herself from the singles qualifying bracket to the main draw, University of Akron tennis player Olga Shkundina's run at the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships ended Sunday in the round of 16.
The 15-year-old freshman from Ufa, Russia, did not go down easy, losing 7-5, 7-6 (0) to Michigan's Emina Bektas.
Shkundina won three matches between Thursday and Friday in the qualifying draw and posted victories on Saturday in the main draw round of 48 and 32. Her competition today completed UA's involvement in the event, which runs through Tuesday at Ohio State.
Click the link at the top of this article to access updated draws and a complete tournament schedule.
The winners of the event's singles and doubles main draw earn a berth to the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships on Nov. 3-6 at the USTA–Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
For more information on each 2011 USTA/ITA Regional Championships site and the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, visit www.itatennis.com. Fans can also follow the ITA on Facebook and Twitter.
Akron concludes the fall component of its schedule at the North Texas Invitational on Nov. 4-6.
