The 2021 ITA Cup at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College concluded on Sunday, with Division II and NAIA settling its singles and doubles champions.
Division II
Columbus State swept the men’s singles and doubles titles on Sunday.
Top-seeded Alvaro Regalado won the singles championship over Joaquin Benoit of North Georgia 6-3, 6-4.
In men’s doubles, Columbus State’s Pietro Martinetti and Tommaso Schold bounced back from dropping the first set to defeat Valdosta State’s Rodrigo Carvalho and Luca Mack 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.
Barry’s Deniz Khazan, the No. 1 seed, is taking home the women’s singles ITA Cup title. She bested Central Oklahoma’s Mae Canete 6-2, 6-4 in the final.
Canete rebounded to claim the women’s doubles title, along with sister Christine Canete. The Bronchos defeated Barry’s Daniela Farfan and Kim Moosbacher 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday.
NAIA
Stephanie Petit of Montreat, the No. 2 seed in the women’s singles draw, emerged victorious in Sunday’s final. Petit turned back No. 1 seed Nicole Coopersmith of Keiser 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 to claim the title.
Agustin Tamagnone of Georgia Gwinnett rallied from a 4-0 third set deficit and fought off a match point to emerge as men’s singles champion. He topped Francisco Faria of Olivet Nazarene 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Tamagnone doubled up on titles, as he and Valentino Caratini claimed the men’s doubles championship. The Grizzlies fought past Xavier Louisiana’s Jacobi Bain and Juan Ramirez 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
Stephanie Fernandez and Maria Genovese of Georgia Gwinnett, the No. 1 seed, defeated the No. 3 seed from Keiser, Coopersmith and Vanja Vidanovic in the final.
