URBANA, Ill. – Bradley Tennis wrapped up the Fall individual season at the ITA Midwest Regional in Urbana, Ill., over the weekend.
Two Braves competed in the 64-player Singles Main Draw and all three pairs competed in the Main Draw of doubles.
Valeriia Ivanovskaia, who started action in the main draw, knocked off Illinois' Tess Bucher (6-4, 6-4) to move on into the Round of 32. She ultimately was defeated by Michigan's Emily Sartz-Lunde (6-3, 6-3), the 31st-ranked player in the country and the two-seed at the Midwest Regional.
Mariia Pukhina won a pair of qualifying matches to reach the main draw, but was defeated by Illinois' Cara Mester (6-0, 6-1).
In doubles, Pukhina and
Anna Belogliadova reached the Round of 32 after defeating Illinois State pairing Vittoria Benedetti and Lana Caculovic (8-6), but fell to Notre Dame's Akari Matsuno and Sophia Holod (8-2), the bracket's five seed. Matsuno is also one-half of the nation's 57th-ranked doubles pairing.
The Braves now turn their attention to the dual season, which begins in January 2026.
MAIN DRAW DOUBLES
Anna Belogliadova/
Mariia Pukhina def. Vittoria Benedetti/Lana Caculovic (Illinois St.); 8-6 [Round of 64]
[5] Akari Matsuno/Sophia Holod (Notre Dame) def. Belogliadova/Pukhina; 8-2 [Round of 32]
Cylova Zuleyka Hukmasabiyya/Lara Diaz Zayas (EMU) def.
Valeriia Ivanovskaia/
Compassion Tsai; 8-2 [Round of 64]
Ayana Yaguchi/Lola Glantz (WMU) def.
Ann Hsieh/
Ruby Tseng; 8-6 [Round of 64]
MAIN DRAW SINGLES
Ivanovskaia def. Tess Bucher (Illinois); 6-4, 6-4 [Round of 64]
#31 [2] Emily Sartz-Lunde (Michigan) def. Ivanovskaia; 6-3, 6-3 [Round of 32]
Cara Mester (Illinois) def. Pukhina; 6-0, 6-1 [Round of 64]
MAIN DRAW SINGLES CONSOLATION
Pukhina def. Camila Sanchez (Chicago St.); 7-5 (Opponent Retirement)
QUALIFYING SINGLES
Belogliadova def. Benedetti (Illinois St.); 6-1, 6-2 [Qual. Round of 64]
Hanna Tsitavets (Michigan St.) def. Belogliadova; 6-2, 6-3 [Qual. Round of 32]
Nina Plihal (Michigan St.) def. Tseng; 7-6 (9); 6-1 [Qual. Round of 64]
Pukhina def. Sabrina Tolstova (EMU); 6-4, 6-2 [Qual. Round of 64]
Pukhina def. Paloma Hennicaux (SIUE); 6-1, 7-6 (6) [Qual. Round of 32]
