Wednesday, October 9
Tulsa, Okla.
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ITA All-American Championships
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No. 41 Antonaki Battles No. 4 Graham In Close Three-Set Match At ITA All-Americans
October 09, 2019 | Women's Tennis
by Mikaela Elizondo, Graduate Assistant/Communications
TULSA, Okla. โย Mississippi State's Emma Antonaki fought valiantly but ultimately fell in a three-set marathon, 6-4, 7-6(7), 6-3, to North Carolina's third-seeded Alexa Graham in round one of the ITA All-American Championships main draw Wednesday evening.ย
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The match โ ultimately play indoors at the Case Tennis Center at LaFortune Park - was delayed just over six hours due to rains that plagued the tournament throughout Wednesday.
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The 41st-ranked Antonaki and fourth-ranked Graham went back-and-forth for much of the first set before Antonaki broke at love to clinch the first set against the Tar Heel senior All-American 6-4.ย
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In set two, MSU's sophomore started off strong, earning an early break at 3-1 and led again at 5-3, but Graham fought back to force a tiebreaker which she took 9-7 to force the third and deciding set.
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Seven service holds from the two players began the final set before Graham got the only break of the third to go up 5-3 and then serve out the victory.
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Antonaki will now compete in the consolation draw. Her opponent and match time are to be determined.
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Due to the weather issues, Wednesday's first round of doubles play was pushed to Thursday. State's 14th-ranked duo of Magda Adaloglou and Tamara Racine will kick off doubles play Thursday at 8:30 a.m. CT as they battle UCF's fifth-seeded and seventh-ranked pair of Ksenia Kuznetsova and Valeriya Zeleva.
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For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateWT" onย Twitter,ย Facebookย andย Instagram.
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MSU Women's Tennis Results at the 2019 ITA All-American Championships
October 9, 2019 โ Tulsa, Oklahoma
SINGLES
Main Draw
First Round - #4 Alexa Graham (North Carolina) [3] def. #41 Emma Antonaki (MSU) 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-3
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Numbers preceding names indicate current ITA national rankings; numbers in brackets are tournament seedings
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TULSA, Okla. โย Mississippi State's Emma Antonaki fought valiantly but ultimately fell in a three-set marathon, 6-4, 7-6(7), 6-3, to North Carolina's third-seeded Alexa Graham in round one of the ITA All-American Championships main draw Wednesday evening.ย
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The match โ ultimately play indoors at the Case Tennis Center at LaFortune Park - was delayed just over six hours due to rains that plagued the tournament throughout Wednesday.
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The 41st-ranked Antonaki and fourth-ranked Graham went back-and-forth for much of the first set before Antonaki broke at love to clinch the first set against the Tar Heel senior All-American 6-4.ย
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In set two, MSU's sophomore started off strong, earning an early break at 3-1 and led again at 5-3, but Graham fought back to force a tiebreaker which she took 9-7 to force the third and deciding set.
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Seven service holds from the two players began the final set before Graham got the only break of the third to go up 5-3 and then serve out the victory.
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Antonaki will now compete in the consolation draw. Her opponent and match time are to be determined.
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Due to the weather issues, Wednesday's first round of doubles play was pushed to Thursday. State's 14th-ranked duo of Magda Adaloglou and Tamara Racine will kick off doubles play Thursday at 8:30 a.m. CT as they battle UCF's fifth-seeded and seventh-ranked pair of Ksenia Kuznetsova and Valeriya Zeleva.
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For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateWT" onย Twitter,ย Facebookย andย Instagram.
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MSU Women's Tennis Results at the 2019 ITA All-American Championships
October 9, 2019 โ Tulsa, Oklahoma
SINGLES
Main Draw
First Round - #4 Alexa Graham (North Carolina) [3] def. #41 Emma Antonaki (MSU) 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-3
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Numbers preceding names indicate current ITA national rankings; numbers in brackets are tournament seedings
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