Chennamsetty Wins into ITA Regionals Main Draw
October 8, 2026 | Women's Tennis
Recap
URBANA, Ill. - Illinois women's tennis student-athletes Shravani Chennamsetty, Rosie Seccia, and Risa Ueno opened play at the ITA Midwest Regionals on Day 1 in the singles qualifying draw. Action opened on Thursday, Oct. 8, from the Atkins Tennis Center.
[4] Chennamsetty won both of her matches to earn a place in the singles main draw. She earned a 7-5, 6-1 over DePaul's Clara Nilsson. The Illini freshman followed that up with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over UIC's Edit Cosmo.
Ueno opened the day with a win herself, taking down Illinois State's Emma Peretti, 6-3, 6-4. She lost to [9] Marelie Raath (Northwestern), 6-2, 6-3 in her second match of the day.
Seccia took a 6-3, 6-1 loss to [5] Karolina Jacobson of Wisconsin in the qualifying round of 64.
Two rounds of main draw doubles (R64 and R32) will open the slate on Friday, followed by the singles main draw round of 64. All five Illinois doubles tandems will be in action on Friday as well as all eight singles players opening play in the main draw. Illinois is tied with Michigan, Notre Dame, and Northwestern with eight entries in the singles main draw.
Illinois Day 1 Results (10/8/25)
Singles - Qualifying 64
[4] Shravani Chennamsetty (Illinois) def. Clara Nilsson (DePaul) - 7-5, 6-1
Risa Ueno (Illinois) def. Emma Peretti (Illinois State) - 6-3, 6-4
[5] Karolina Jacobson (Wisconsin) def. Rosie Seccia (Illinois) - 6-3, 6-1
Singles - Qualifying 32
[4] Shravani Chennamsetty (Illinois) def. Edit Cosmo (UIC) - 6-0, 6-1
[9] Marelie Raath (Northwestern) def. Risa Ueno (Illinois) - 6-2, 6-3
Illinois Day 2 Schedule (10/9/25)
Doubles: (2 matches with win, no consolation)
9 AM - Cooper/Isyanov vs. Agapitova/Warlies Paredes (Chicago State) - Win and play at 11
10 AM - Bucher/Messler vs. Cedeno/Ovcharova (Youngstown State) - Win and play at 12
10 AM - Ueno/Chennamsetty vs. Yecora/Varela Herrera (NIU) - Win and play at 12
10 AM - Seccia/Madatali vs. Jacobson/Skravalova (Wisconsin) - Win and play at 12
11 AM - Xu/Mester vs. Budak/Masherava (NIU) - Win and play at 12
Singles: Starting at 1 PM (only 1 match today, there will be consolation)
1 PM - Alice Xu vs. Marelie Raath (Northwestern)
1 PM - Lizzie Isyanov vs. Emmerson White (Marquette)
1 PM - Shravani Chennamsetty vs. Sophia Holod (Notre Dame)
2:30 PM - Ariel Madatali vs. Frida Wijerman (Western Michigan)
2:30 PM - Tess Bucher vs. Lacey Tanner (Valparaiso)
2:30 PM - Kimiko Cooper vs. Lucia Yecora (NIU)
4 PM - Cara Mester vs. Maia Loureiro (Northwestern)
4 PM - Lyla Messler vs. Reagan Levine (Michigan)
