Xu, Genis Salas Advance to NCAA Doubles Quarterfinals
ORLANDO, Fla. – Four members of the Virginia women’s tennis team are competing in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships, being held Nov. 18-23 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.
Senior Annabelle Xu and sophomore Martina Genis Salas have advanced to the quarterfinals of the doubles draw.
Xu and Genis Salas opened play with a 6-4, 6-4 win against a tandem from Fordham. They won a third-set tiebreaker 10-4 against a team from USC to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals. Xu and Genis Salas, a 5-8 seed in the draw, will take on the No. 4 seed Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr of Vanderbilt in Friday’s quarterfinal match.
By advancing to the quarterfinals, Xu and Genis Salas will earn All-America honors in doubles when the ITA officially announces the accolades in June.
Fifth year Melodie Collard and junior Vivian Yang advanced to the Round of 16 of doubles. Collard and Yang, a 5-8seed, topped a pair from Florida in their opener to advance to second round before falling 6-4, 6-4 against Victoria Osuigwe and Gabriella Broadfoot of NC State. Collard was the defending doubles champion having won the title last year with partner Elaine Chervinsky.
Xu and Yang also competed in the singles draw, with both players upset in their openers. Xu, a 9-16 seed, dropped her first set 6-3 against Stephanie Yakoff of Harvard, but won her second set 6-3. Yakoff took the third set 6-3 to eliminate Yu.
Yang, also a 9-16 seed in the singles draw, won her first set 6-1 agains Carolina Gomez Alonso of Arkansas, but the Razorback came back to take the final two sets to eliminate Yang.
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Doubles
R32 [5-8] #26 Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Nevan Kolarevic/Julianne Nguyen (FORD) 6-4, 6-4
R16 [5-8] #26 Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Krisha Mahendran/Jana Hossam Salah (USC) 6-3, 2-6, 10-4
QF [5-8] #26 Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (VA) vs [4] #12 Sophia Webster/Celia-Belle Mohr (Vandy). Friday
R32 [5-8] #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) vs #45 Xinyi Nong/Nikola Daubnerova (FLA) 6-4, 6-3
R16 #10 Victoria Osuigwe/Gabriella Broadfoot (NCST) def. [5-8] #9 Melodie Collard/Vivian Yang (VA) 6-4, 6-4
Singles
R64 #39 Carolina Gomez Alonso (ARK) def. [9-16] #114 Vivian Yang (VA) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
R64 Stephanie Yakoff (HARV) def. [9-16] #23 Annabelle Xu (VA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2025 NCAA DI women’s singles and doubles tennis championship schedule
- DI women’s tennis doubles championship:
- Round of 32: Wednesday, Nov. 19 — Watch on ESPN+
- Round of 16: Thursday, Nov. 20 — Watch on ESPN+
- Quarterfinals: Friday, Nov. 21 — Watch on ESPN+
- Semifinals: Saturday, Nov. 22 — Watch on ESPN+
- National Championship: Sunday, Nov. 23 — Watch on ESPN+