FORT WORTH - Texas A&M's Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar continued her success at the USTA/ITA Texas Regional Championships today, earning a berth in the semifinals in singles, as well as doubles with partner Sun Wen.
The junior from Spain won her fourth consecutive singles match at the tournament and extended her overall winning streak to 10 by defeating No. 7 seed Edyta Cieplucha of SMU, 6-4, 6-1, in the quarterfinals. Sanchez-Quintanar, the No. 3 seed, faces No. 2 seed Aeriel Ellis of Texas in the semifinal round Monday at 12:30 p.m. at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on the TCU campus.
Sanchez-Quintanar and doubles partner Sun Wen eliminated Ellis and her partner Krista Damico in the doubles quarterfinals, coming back to defeat the fifth-seeded Longhorns, 9-7. Second-seeded Sanchez-Quintanar and Wen face No. 3 seed Diana Nakic and Jordaan Sanford of Baylor Monday at 10 a.m. for a chance to advance to the finals.
Aggie Sheri Olivier's run in the consolation bracket came to an end in the quarterfinals today as the senior fell in a close one to Liselot Koenen of Houston, 6-3; 3-6; 7-6 (10-5).
The tournament runs through Tuesday. The champions of the USTA/ITA Texas Regional, along with winners from the other 11 regions across the United States, advance to the prestigious USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. That event is Nov. 3-6 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York.
Complete Texas A&M results:
Day 3 Results (Sunday, Oct. 23)
Singles
QF (3) Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Texas A&M) def. (7) Edyta Cieplucha (SMU), 6-4, 6-1
Singles - Consolation
QF Liselot Koenen (Houston) def. Sheri Olivier (Texas A&M), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-5)
Doubles
QF (2) Sanchez-Quintanar/Wen (Texas A&M) def. (5) Krista Damico/Aeriel Ellis (Texas), 9-7
Day 2 Results (Saturday, Oct. 22)
Singles
16 (3) Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Texas A&M) def. (9) Samantha Adams (Texas Tech), 6-2, 6-3
32 (3) Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Texas A&M) def. Frederica Denti (TCU), 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
16 (2) Sanchez-Quintanar/Wen (Texas A&M) def. Kseniya Bardabush/Valentina Starkova (North Texas), 8-3
Singles Consolation
R4 Sheri Olivier (Texas A&M) def. Wanda Beguelin (UT-Pan American) 6-1, 6-1
R3 Sheri Olivier (Texas A&M) def. Dariya Abdrakhmanova (UTEP), 6-3, 6-1
R3 Natalia Mayuk (UT Arlington) def. Janelle Cuthbertson (Texas A&M), 6-0, 6-1
Day 1 Results (Friday, Oct. 21)
Singles
64 (3) Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Texas A&M) def. Ilona Serchenko (North Texas), 6-1, 6-2
64 Millie Nichols (TCU) def. Lauren Santacroce (Texas A&M), 7-6, 2-6, 6-3
64 Stefania Nicolae (TAMU-CC) def. Sheri Olivier (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-2
128 Lauren Santacroce (Texas A&M) def. LeAnne Mascall (TAMU-CC), 6-2, 6-3
128 Olivia Smith (TCU) def. Sun Wen (Texas A&M), 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
128 Kenna Kilgo (Texas Tech) def. Janelle Cuthbertson (Texas A&M), 6-2, 6-0
128 Nikki Sanders (Texas Tech) def. Dané Vorster (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-2
Singles - Consolation
R1 Charlotte Phillips (Houston) def. Dané Vorster (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-2
R2 Janelle Cuthbertson (Texas A&M) def. Isabelle Jonsson (UTSA), 6-2, 6-4
R2 Sheri Oliver (Texas A&M) d. Maya Zein-El-Abdin (Texas), Wd (inj)
R2 Juliana Gajic (Texas) def. Sun Wen (Texas A&M), walkover (inj.)
Doubles
32 (2) Sanchez-Quintanar/Wen (Texas A&M) def. Perri Anderson/Kris Roberts (SMU), 8-0
32 (1) Edyta Cieplucha/Marta Lesniak (SMU) def. Cuthbertson/Vorster (Texas A&M), 8-2
32 (4) Cierra Gaytan-Leach/Noel Scott (Texas) def. Oliver/Santacroce (Texas A&M), 8-0
64 Olivier/Santacroce (Texas A&M) def. Christine Foote/Liucija Smaizte (UT Arlington), 8-0
64 Cuthbertson/Vorster (Texas A&M) def. Bryony Hunter/Giorgia Pozzan (Houston), 9-8)