No. 1 Bulldogs Sweep 49ers in ITA Kickoff Weekend Opener

Saturday, January 25

Athens, Ga.

3:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Charlotte

No. 1 Bulldogs Sweep 49ers in ITA Kickoff Weekend Opener

January 25, 2025 | Women's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women's tennis team dominated in its 2025 ITA Kickoff Weekend opening match, securing a 4-0 sweep over Charlotte at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility on Saturday.

Fast Facts

The Bulldogs earned their 30th win all-time at the ITA Kickoff Weekend (30-1) while improving to 29-0 in matches as hosts since the competition's inaugural season in 2009-10.
Georgia now leads the all-time series 2-0 against Charlotte, taking both contests via sweep (last match 7-0 on Feb. 19, 2004).
Opening with doubles, the Bulldogs came out hot as the No. 19 Guillermina Grant and Aysegul Mert set the tone with a 6-3 win over Charlotte's Lucia Aranda and Prisca Abbas on court two. Making her dual match debut, Hayden Mulberry combined with Dasha Vidmanova to secure her first-career victory with a doubles clinch over Charlotte's Sara Suchankova and Amira Badawi on court one.
In singles, Sofia Rojas shined bright on court five as she cruised past Aranda, 6-0, 6-1, to double the lead for the Red and Black.
No. 1 Vidmanova followed with a dominant performance of her own, holding down court one in a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Suchankova.
Mert earned the clinch for the Bulldogs on court three, taking a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Badawi to secure the sweep for Georgia.
Vidmanova, Mert and Rojas earned each of the Bulldogs' three singles victories for a second-consecutive match.

Results
Doubles
1. Hayden Mulberry/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Sara Suchankova/Amira Badawi (CLT), 6-2
2. #19 Guillermina Grant/Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Lucia Aranda/Prisca Abbas (CLT), 6-3
3. Anastasiia Lopata/Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Ni Xi/Shona Nakano (CLT), 3-3, unfinished

Singles
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Sara Suchankova (CLT), 6-1, 6-0
2. #29 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Ni Xi (CLT), 6-1, 4-4, unfinished
3. Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Amira Badawi (CLT), 6-1, 6-3
4. #60 Guillermina Grant (UGA) vs. Y. Chainykova (CLT,) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
5. Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Lucia Aranda (CLT), 6-0, 6-1
6. Hayden Mulberry (UGA) vs. Shona Nakano (CLT), 6-6, unfinished

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,1,3)

Up Next
The No. 1 Bulldogs will play for a chance to punch their ticket to the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championships, where they will face Princeton in the ITA Kickoff Weekend title match on Sunday, Jan. 26 with first serve set at 2 p.m. ET at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility.

Match 3 - No. 1 Georgia vs Princeton (ITA Kickoff Weekend title match)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 26, 2025
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Location: Athens, Ga.
Site: Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility
Tournament Central Page: https://gado.gs/itakow25

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