Daavettila Advances To ITA Fall Championship Singles Final

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Senior Sara Daavettila will play for the Oracle ITA Fall National Championship singles title after defeating Miami's Estela Perez-Somarriba on Saturday in the semifinals.

No. 8 seed Daavettila faces Texas standout Anna Turati, the No. 6 seed, in Sunday's final at 2 p.m. ET from Newport Beach Tennis Club. The singles finals will air live on ESPN3 with Bryan Fenley, Marc Lucero and Jasmine Minor describing the action. ESPNU will re-broadcast the finals on Tuesday (Nov. 12).

The two met last month in the quarterfinals of the ITA All-Americans in Tulsa, Okla. Turati outlasted the Tar Heel All-American in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8).

Daavettila lost the opening set to the 2019 NCAA Singles Champion Perez-Somarriba, but rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory. Daavettila took an early 2-0 lead in the final set, but found herself trailing 4-3, before winning the final three points of the match.

In the consolation doubles bracket, Daavettila and Alexa Graham fell 7-5, 6-4 to Eleni Christofi and Vivian Wolff of Georgia in the semifinals.

Main Draw Singles
First Round - Wednesday, Nov. 6
#110 Alle Sanford (UNC) def. #63 Iuliia Bryzgalova (Penn) 6-1, 6-3
[4] #4 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. #114 Taylor Bridges (LSU) 6-2, 6-1
[8] #7 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. #37 Vivian Wolff (UGA) 6-1, 6-3
[12] #12 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. Marie Mattel (UCF) 6-1, 6-1

Second Round - Thursday, Nov. 7
[4] #4 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Elyse Lavender (Brenau University) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
[8] #7 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. #8 Anna Rogers (NCSU) 6-2, 6-3
[12] #12 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. Chloe Beck (Duke) 6-1, 6-1
[6] #17 Anna Turati (Texas) def. #110 Alle Sanford (UNC) 6-1, 7-5, 6-4

Round of 16 - Friday, Nov. 8
[8] #7 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. Lexi Ryngler (Texas) 6-4, 6-3
Haley Giavara (CAL) def. [4] #4 Alexa Graham (UNC) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
[2] Abigail Forbes (UCLA) def. [12] #12 Cameron Morra (UNC) 6-3, 6-1

Quarterfinals - Friday, Nov. 8
[8] #7 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. [15] #49 Mia Horvit (So. Carolina) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Semifinals - Saturday, Nov. 9
[8] #7 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. Estela Perez-Somarriba (Miami) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4

Finals - Sunday, Nov. 10
[8] #7 Sara Daavettila (UNC) vs. [6] #17 Anna Turati (Texas)

Main Draw Doubles
First Round - Wednesday, Nov. 6
Lesedi Jacobs/Akvile Parazinskaite (UK) def. #20 Daavettila/Graham (UNC) 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
#3 Jones/Morra (UNC) def. Emily Arbuthnott/Angelica Blake (Stanford) 0-6, 6-1, 10-7

Second Round - Thursday, Nov. 7
#3 Jones/Morra (UNC) def. #18 Angela Kulikov/Danielle Wilson (USC) 6-2, 6-4

Quarterfinals - Friday, Nov. 8
Yulia Starodubsteva/Alesya Yakubovich (ODU) def. #3 Jones/Morra (UNC) 7-5, 6-4

Consolation Doubles
First Round - Thursday, Nov. 7
#20 Daavettila/Graham (UNC) def. Natalia Boltinskaya/Martina Kudelova (FAU) 6-0, 6-3

Quarterfinals - Friday, Nov. 8
#20 Daavettila/Graham (UNC) def. Dariya Detkovskaya/Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (OKST) 6-3, 2-1 (retired)

Semifinals - Saturday, Nov. 9
Eleni Christofi/Vivian Wolff (UGA) def. #20 Daavettila/Graham (UNC)

Players Mentioned

Sara Daavettila

Alexa Graham

Cameron Morra

Alle Sanford

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