Sarena Biria and Anika Paul Attain Singles Semis at ITA Central Regional

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The University of Chicago girls’s tennis group continues to dominate on the 2025 ITA Central Regional Tournament by Saturday night time. The Maroons have compiled data of 5-4 file in doubles and a 17-5 file in singles within the invitational.

In singles play to open the competition, all six Maroons had robust matchups within the Round of 16. Anika Paul led the Maroons with an enormous win over the #4 general seed, Eleanor Archer from WashU. After a tricky first set that Paul was capable of pull out 7-6(7-5), she picked up an early break of serve within the second set and rode that to victory with a 6-3 win within the second set. Sarena Biria additionally reached the Quarterfinals with a win over the #5 general seed, Caitlin Bui from WashU, as she received the primary set and bounced again to win the third set as effectively for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory. Clara Zou and Lily Zawaneh despatched their matches to a few units, however they each fell quick to gamers from WashU.

Then, within the quarterfinals, Paul fought by one other robust first set, taking the set in a tiebreak, and regardless of dropping the opening sport of the second set, she was capable of rattle off six of the subsequent seven video games to advance to take down #9 Katalina Wang from Case Western and advance to the semifinals. Biria additionally struggled in a tricky first set, however with the set twisted up at 5-5, she was capable of maintain serve and earn a break to take the primary set 7-5. She would then proceed to rattle off eight of the ultimate 9 video games to take the 7-5, 6-1 win to hitch Paul within the semifinals.

In the doubles semifinals, Lauren Khou and Lily Zawaneh opened off to a scorching begin with a pair of service holds and a break of serve to take a 3-0 lead. However, the Bears then answered with 5 straight video games of their very own, 4 of which got here on deciding deuce factors, to go up a break a 5-3. The deficit could be an excessive amount of for the Maroons to beat, and the Bears would maintain on for the 8-3 victory.

Sarena Biria and Anika Paul will battle one another within the semifinals at 9 AM with the winner advancing to the ITA Central Regional Finals at 12:30 PM.

SINGLES RESULTS:

* Round of 16 – #9 Sarena Biria d. #5 Caitlin Bui (WashU) (6-3, 3-6, 6-4)
* Round of 16 – #9 Anika Paul d. #4 Eleanor Archer (WashU) (7-6(7-5), 6-3)
* Round of 16 – #9 Lily Brecknock (WashU) d. #1 Clara Zou (6-4, 2-6, 6-2)
* Round of 16 – #17 Kiara Komlodi (Kenyon) d. #8 Tina Kintiroglou (6-3, 6-4)
* Round of 16 – #3 Ally Lin (WashU) d. #9 Lily Zawaneh (6-2, 2-6, 7-6(10-8))
* Round of 16 – #6 Eliana Hanna (WashU) d. #9 Isabelle Chong (6-1, 6-2)
* Quarterfinals – #9 Sarena Biria d. #9 Lily Brecknock (WashU) (7-5, 6-1)
* Quarterfinals – #9 Anika Paul d. #9 Katalina Wang (Case Western) (7-6(7-3), 6-2))

DOUBLES RESULTS:

* 4 PM – Semifinals – #4 Ally Lin / Eliana Hanna (WashU) d. #5 Lauren Khou / Lily Zawaneh (8-4)

MONDAY SINGLES SCHEDULE:

* 9 AM – Semifinals – #9 Sarena Biria vs. #9 Anika Paul
* 9 AM – Semifinals – #6 Eliana Hanna (WashU) vs. #17 Kiara Komlodi (Kenyon)
* 12:30 PM – Finals – Winners of every semifinal