ROME, Ga. – Nora Svensson refused to lose Thursday afternoon in FGCU's first appearance at the ITA Conference Masters Championships. Up a set, the Eagles junior rallied back in the second frame from a 4-3 deficit to win 6-4 and claim the Round of 32 singles match against Buffalo's Aleksandra Kachushkina, 6-3, 6-4, at the Rome Tennis Center.
Mark it down as yet another first for Svensson. She already became the first FGCU player to win the Bedford Cup singles championship and then she partnered with teammate
June Bjork to reach the quarterfinals of the ITA Regional Championships in doubles, the furthest any FGCU singles player or doubles pair has ever advanced.
In the process, she handed Kachushkina her second loss in 10 singles matches this fall. Svensson advanced her record this fall to 6-1 (.857). That's no surprise for someone who went 7-1 (.875) last fall and now has a career singles record of 37-18 (.673).
Svensson now advances to the Round of 16 where she will face Michigan senior Reese Miller, who upset the No. 5 seed from Rice, 6-3, 6-2. Miller is 5-4 in singles this season but 73-27 (.700) in her collegiate career. That Round of 16 match is scheduled for Noon on Friday.
Also on Friday, the rest of the Eagles open play at the Bonita Bay Collegiate Open in Bonita Springs.
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