Oct. 22, 2011
NORFOLK, Va. - Diana Ivanova got off to a strong start and defeated James Madison's Jacky Palmucci today to advance in the USTA/ITA Regional Championships.
Ivanova plays Josefin Hjertquist of VCU tomorrow at 11 a.m.
Ivanova started strong against Palmucci winning the first set 6-4. Ivanova went up 3-0 in the second set before Palmucci battled back to make it 3-2. After that, Ivanova got it going again dropping just one set the rest of the way, winning 6-3.
Earlier in the day, Ivanov and Juliana Pires lost in doubles 8-3 to Maryland while Margarita Belyakova and Melissa Esnal Olguin fell 8-0 to VCU.