Chambana Sun

The Illinois women's tennis team participated in the TCU Jae Foundation Fall Open held in Fort Worth, Texas, from October 31 to November 2. The event featured a hidden dual match format with 18 teams competing, including No. 40 Illinois against opponents from No. 35 Baylor, Cincinnati, No. 32 Notre Dame, No. 19 Oklahoma, No. 46 TCU, No. 1 Texas A&M, and No. 27 Texas Tech.

The performance of the Illinois players varied over the weekend. Kida Ferrari ended with a doubles record of 0-3 and a singles record of 1-2. Megan Heuser achieved a doubles record of 2-1 but struggled in singles with a record of 0-3. Ariel Madatali also finished with a doubles record of 0-3 and singles at 1-2. Rosie Seccia had similar results with a doubles record of 0-3 and singles at 1-2 as well.

Kasia Treiber stood out in singles play with an undefeated record of 2-0 but did not secure any wins in her three doubles matches alongside different partners. Alice Xu mirrored Heuser's performance in doubles at 2-1 while remaining winless in her singles encounters.

On Thursday's matches, notable victories included Megan Heuser and Alice Xu defeating Mireless/Smetannikov from Texas A&M by scores of "7-6(3)" in doubles play.

Friday saw Kasia Treiber winning against Isabel Pascual from TCU "7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (7)", while Ariel Madatali defeated Yu-Chin Tsai from TCU "6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (9)". Kida Ferrari also secured a victory over Maria Olivia Castedo from Notre Dame "6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (5)".

Saturday's action included another win for the pair Megan Heuser/Alice Xu against Ghirardato/Garcia Ruiz from Oklahoma "6-4" in their second match that day.