PHILADELPHIA – Gayathri Krishnan defeated fellow Lion Malak El Allami to take third place in the singles main draw Tuesday afternoon to highlight the Columbia women's tennis team's performance at the ITA Northeast Regionals over the weekend at Penn.
 
The Lions had a solid performance at the tournament with Krishnan and El Allami reaching the singles semifinals. Three Columbia doubles teams secured two wins to earn a spot in the doubles round of 16 before being eliminated.
 
By finishing third and fourth in singles at the ITA Northeast Regionals, Krishnan and El Allami will have a chance to earn an at-large bid into the main draw of the ITA Division I Sectionals. Krishnan secured fourth priority for a bid by earning third place while El Allami has fifth priority as part of her fourth-place finish. ITA Sectionals start Thursday, November 7 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
 
Full results from the ITA Northeast Regionals are listed below.
 
RESULTS
Main Draw Singles
First Round
Winta Tewolde (COL) def. Greta Schieroni (Delaware) 6-3, 6-3
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Michae Kim (Rutgers) 6-1, 6-4
Sophia Wang (COL) def. Alina Shyani (Lehigh) 6-4, 6-1
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Victoria Papadopoulou (St. John's) 6-3, 7-6(10)
Amber Yin (COL) def. Jordina Cegarra Ramirez (Penn State) 6-3, 6-4
Kayla Dean (Mercyhurst) def. Sophia Strugnell (COL) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3
 
Second Round
Winta Tewolde (COL) def. Jackeline Lopez (Rutgers) 6-2, 6-2
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Leena Bennetto (Princeton) 6-2, 6-1
Sophia Wang (COL) def. Maiko Uchijima (Penn State) 6-2, 6-4
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Yichen Zhao (Princeton) 6-3, 6-1
Mai Nguyen (Rutgers) def. Amber Yin (COL) 7-6(4), 6-3
Consolation – Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Lilianna Chitambar (Fordham) 6-4, 6-3
 
Third Round
Esha Velaga (Penn) def. Winta Tewolde (COL) 6-0, 6-3
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Yvonna Zuffova (Penn State) 7-5, 6-3
Sophia Wang (COL) def. Gavriella Smith (Penn) 7-6(3), 7-6(2)
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Nevena Kolarevic (Fordham) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
 
Quarterfinals
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Sophia Wang (COL) 6-3, 6-4
Malak El Allami (COL) def. Alice Ferlito (Princeton) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
 
Semifinals
Esha Velaga (Penn) def. Gayathri Krishnan (COL) 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(2)
Sabine Rutlauka (Penn) def. Malak El Allami (COL) 6-1, 6-1
 
Third Place Match
Gayathri Krishnan (COL) def. Malak El Allami (COL) 6-2, 7-5
 
Main Draw Doubles
First Round
Amber Yin/Sophia Wang (COL) def. Shevita Aulana/Maria Martinez (Temple) 8-7(1)
Gayathri Krishnan/Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Aditi Vaidya/Jessie Zheng (Temple) 8-3
Fatima Keita/Malak El Allami (COL) def. Valentina Silva/Yelenga Kim (FDU) 8-1
 
Second Round
Amber Yin/Sophia Wang (COL) def. Minchae Kim/Karina Jumazhanova (Rutgers) 8-4
Gayathri Krishnan/Sophia Strugnell (COL) def. Catalina Udaeta/Nevena Kolarevic (Fordham) 8-5
Fatima Keita/Malak El Allami (COL) def. Thamara Kawaratani/Marianthi Christoforidou (Temple) 8-7(6)
 
Third Round
Pearlie Zhang/Isabella Chhiv (Princeton) def. Amber Yin/Sophia Wang (COL) 8-2
Patricia Grigoras/Jordina Ramirez (Penn State) def. Gayathri Krishnan/Sophia Strugnell (COL) 8-2
Naomi Karki/Xintong Zhou (Rutgers) def. Fatima Keita/Malak El Allami (COL) 8-7(5)
 
Qualifying Singles
Zeynep Ilker (Rutgers) def. Carolyn Brodsky (COL) 0-6, 6-1, 6-3
Carolyn Brodsky (COL) def. Sara Bertolez Puente (Mercyhurst) 6-0, 6-4
 
UP NEXT
The Lions have some time off before traveling back to Philadelphia later this month for the Ivy League Qualifier hosted by Penn. Action begins on Friday, October 25 and wraps up on Monday, October 28.
 
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