The University of Mississippi Athletics
Freshman Radu Advances To Roberta Alison Classic Final
9/18/1999 | Women's Tennis
Sept. 18, 1999
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ? Mira Radu, a freshman on the Ole Miss women's tennis team, rallied to advance to the finals of the A Draw singles at the Roberta Alison Fall Tennis Classic, Saturday at the Varsity Tennis Courts.
Radu lost a first-set tiebreaker to Alida Gallovits of Florida State before rallying to take a 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-2 win in the semifinals to advance to the finals of her first collegiate tournament. She will meet Galina Seliounina of the University of Houston in the finals, Sunday. Seliounina defeated Ole Miss' Alesya Ignatieva 6-4, 7-6(0) in the other semifinal.
In the first round, Radu downed Linda Mattsson of Mississippi State 6-2, 6-0 and then dominated Maiku Cook of Tulane 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Radu has a WTA ranking of 475.
In other singles action, Gija Geme (Arkansas State) defeated Lady Rebel Irena Mihailova 6-1, 6-3 in the B Draw, Ali Weber (Florida State) beat Camilla Gould 6-2, 6-4 in the C Draw semifinals, and Christy Travis (FSU) downed Julie Charvat 6-2, 6-2 in the D Draw.
ROBERTA ALISON FALL TENNIS CLASSIC ? Tuscaloosa, Ala.
A DRAW SINGLES SEMIFINALS
Mira Radu (OM) def. Alida Gallovits (FSU) 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-2
B DRAW SINGLES QUARTERFINALS
Gija Geme (ASU) def. Irena Mihailova (OM) 6-1, 6-3
C DRAW SINGLES SEMIFINALS
Ali Weber (FSU) def. Camilla Gould (OM) 6-2, 6-4
D DRAW SINGLES QUARTERFINALS
Christy Travis (FSU) def. Julie Charvat (OM) 6-2, 6-2