Women’s Tennis: No. 9 Virginia sweeps Duquesne to begin dual match season

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The No. 9 Virginia women’s tennis team opened the 2025 dual match season with two wins over Duquesne on Wednesday at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.

Virginia (2-0) swept Duquesne (0-2) 7-0 in both matches.

Graduate student Sara Ziodato picked up a pair of singles wins on court two. Sophomore Blanca Pico Navarro had two dominant singles victories on courts five and six, not dropping a single game in either match.

Freshman Martina Genis Salas made her dual match debut, winning a pair of straight set singles matches on courts four and five. She also won both of her doubles matches against the Dukes.

Freshman Karolina Kozakova made her collegiate debut, recording her first career wins in singles and doubles.

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The Cavaliers are back at home on Saturday, taking on James Madison at 1 p.m.

VIRGINIA 7, DUQUESNE 0

Singles
1. #32 Annabelle Xu (VA) def. Mila Badics (DUQ) 6-2, 6-1
2. #51 Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Jasa Roka (DUQ) 4-6, 6-0, 10-7
3. #59 Melodie Collard (VA) def. Kaya Rand (DUQ) 6-2, 6-3
4. #94 Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Alexandra O’Brien (DUQ) 6-2, 6-1
5. Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) def. Sofia Serrano (DUQ) 6-0, 6-0
6. Nicole Kiefer (VA) def. Sofia Linares Perez (DUQ) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1. #2 Elaine Chervinsky/Melodie Collard (VA) def. Kaya Rand/Alexandra O’Brien (DUQ) 6-0
2. #27 Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Mila Badics/Jasa Roka (DUQ) 6-0
3. #55 Sara Ziodato/Meggie Navarro (VA) def. Taisia Yakunina/Sofia Serrano (DUQ) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,1,6,5,3,2)

VIRGINIA 7, DUQUESNE 0

Singles
1. #34 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) def. Jasa Roka (DUQ) 6-0, 6-0
2. #51 Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Mila Badics (DUQ) 6-0, 6-0
3. Karolina Kozakova (VA) def. Kaya Rand (DUQ) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
4. #59 Melodie Collard (VA) def. Alexandra O’Brien (DUQ) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
5. #94 Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Taisia Yakunina (DUQ) 6-1, 6-1
6. Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) def. D. Arinez Guilarte (DUQ) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. #2 Elaine Chervinsky/Melodie Collard (VA) def. Kaya Rand/Alexandra O’Brien (DUQ) 6-1
2. Karolina Kozakova/Sara Ziodato (VA) def. Taisia Yakunina/Sofia Serrano (DUQ) 6-1
3. Meggie Navarro/Nicole Kiefer (VA) def. Sofia Linares Perez/D. Arinez Guilarte (DUQ) 6-0
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,5,2,6,4,3)