{"id":904916,"date":"2026-09-22T04:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904916\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T04:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:20:10","slug":"womens-tennis-continues-strong-showing-at-ita-all-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/904916\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Tennis Continues Strong Showing At ITA All-Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARY, N.C. \u2013\u00a0Carolina women’s tennis began singles play in the Qualifying Draw of the ITA All-American Championships on Monday at Cary Tennis Park. Four Tar Heels earned wins to advance to the next round of the draw.
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\nAlanis Hamilton<\/a> started her tournament run with a straight-set win over her opponent from Iowa State. Along with Hamilton, no. 85 Alexis Nguyen<\/a> and no. 95 Nicole Khirin<\/a> made their first appearance at All-Americans in the Qualifying Draw. Nguyen secured her first-round win after a tiebreak in the second set. Khirin cruised to a win over her opponent from Alabama, holding her to two points or less in each set.\u00a0
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\nAfter advancing out of the Pre-Qualifying Draw, Anna Frey<\/a> continued her strong start at All-Americans by recording a dominant, straight-set win over 17th\u00a0seeded Vilma Krebs Hyllested from the University of San Diego.\u00a0
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\nResults
\nSingles
\nAlanis Hamilton<\/a> (UNC) d. Maria de la Paz Alberto (Iowa State) 6-1, 6-3
\nLinea Bajraliu (Georgia) d. Maddy Zampardo<\/a> (UNC) 7-5, 6-1
\nAnna Frey<\/a> (UNC) d. Vilma Krebs Hyllested (San Diego) 6-1, 6-3
\nNo. 95 Nicole Khirin<\/a> (UNC) d. Amina Salibayeva (Alabama) 6-1, 6-2
\nNo. 85 Alexis Nguyen<\/a> (UNC) d. Marta Makarova (UCF) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
\nNo. 82 Brooke Black (Florida) d. Thea Rabman (UNC) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
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\nITA All-American Championships
\nThe Intercollegiate Tennis Association will hold their 43rd\u00a0annual All-American Championship this coming week.\u00a0\u00a0The tournament continues to highlight the nation’s top tennis players while providing the athletes an opportunity to clinch a spot at the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships.\u00a0
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\nTen singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship\u00a0(eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile,\u00a0five doubles teams (5) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship\u00a0through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists, consolation champion).
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