Yaylali and Garrigues-Melendez Advance to Doubles Final Round at Bedford Cup
FORT MYERS, FLA., OCT. 7, 2019 – USF women's tennis is back home from its second tournament of the fall season, the Bedford Cup hosted by FGCU.
Despite leaving without any new titles, the Bulls had an impressive showing with multiple players reaching the semifinal and final rounds
Selin Yaylali (Gainseville, Fla.) and
Lucia Garrigues-Melendez (Valencia, Spain) formed a formidable pair, advancing all the way to the doubles final round in Group B. The top-seeded tandem eventually fell to Alba Retortillo and Lourdes Ramalle of host team FGCU, 6-1.
USF collected 10 total wins over the weekend, including
Alexandria Mjos (Austin, Texas) overwhelming the Eagles' No. 1 singles player, Maja Ornberg, in the first round, 6-2, 6-2.
Other wins included third-set tiebreaker victories from
Janvhi Clark (Tauranga, New Zealand) and newcomer
Grace Eland (Manchester, England). Clark came back from a first-set loss to defeat UNF's Lea Grinberg, 7-6 (6), 10-3. Eland followed suit, moving on from her first defeat to overpower War on I-4 rival UCF's Domenika Turkovic in the remaining sets, 6-3, 10-8.
Quotable
Head coach Cristina Moros on the second tournament of the season:
"Another great learning experience for our team with some results to be proud of. Looking forward to applying what we have learned in practice the next couple of weeks before our next event."
Up Next
The Bulls enjoy a quick break before returning to action at the ITA Southeast Regionals in Tallahassee, Fla., from Oct. 17-21.
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