WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Concluding its first non-conference event since 2019, the Purdue women's tennis team took four wins in the final day of the Purdue Invite at the Schwartz Tennis Center. Rut Galindo, Csilla Fodor and Carmen Gallardo Guevara accounted for all three victories.
The Boilermakers squared off with Louisville in doubles for the second time in the event. Fodor and freshman Gallardo Guevara claimed a 7-5 win in a duel with Sasha Gorchanyuk and Tyra Richardson.
In singles against Miami, Fodor swept Brindtha Ramasamy in straight sets 6-3, 6-2, while Gallardo Guevara held off a late surge from Sara Zaluka in the first set before cruising to a 7-5, 6-1 win. Galindo added the final singles win, wiht a three-set thriller against Emilia Valentinsson, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
The Boilermakers will be off next week for heading to the Pam Whitehead Invitational hosted by Cincinnati on Oct. 8.
DOUBLES vs. Louisville
Rhea Verma/Andrea Di Palma (UL) def. Tara Milic/Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 6-1
Chelsea Sawyer/Dina Chaika (UL) def. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin/Rut Galindo (PUR) – 6-4
Csilla Fodor/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Sasha Gorchanyuk/Tyra Richardson (UL) – 7-5
SINGLES vs. Miami
Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Brindtha Ramasamy (MU) – 6-3, 6-2
Laura Rico (MU) def. Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Nishitha Saravanan (MU) def. Seira Shimizu (PUR) – 6-3, 6-4
Catherine Denysiewicz (MU) def. Tara Milic (PUR) – 7-6(6), 6-0
Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Sara Zaluka (MU) – 7-5, 6-1
Rut Galindo (PUR) def. Emilia Valentinsson (MU) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-3