W. Tennis Set for All-American Championships

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A quartet of University of Miami women’s tennis players will participate in the 2015 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships this week.

Held at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the tournament features many of the top players in the nation, including nine of the top 10 in the ITA singles rankings.

Senior Clementina Riobueno and sophomore Wendy Zhang are set to open play Wednesday in the qualifying stage of the event. Riobueno, ranked No. 63 nationally, faces Houston’s Despoina Vogasari, who is seeded No. 9-16 and ranked No. 42. No. 73 Zhang meets Jessie Aney of North Carolina in round one.

Eight of the 64 players in the qualifying bracket will advance to the main draw of the tournament. Two Hurricanes—sophomore Sinead Lohan and senior Stephanie Wagner—are among the 24 players who have already been selected for the main draw.

The opening round opponents for Lohan, ranked No. 13, and Wagner, ranked sixth, have yet to be determined, but the matches will take place Thursday.

The Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships runs through Sunday, Oct. 11 and additional information on the event can be found HERE.

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