INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – Texas sophomore Bianca Turati posted her most impressive win to date and eliminated the nation's top-ranked player from the women's singles draw Thursday at the inaugural ITA National Fall Championships.
The 24th-ranked Turati took on UCLA's Ena Shibahara, the tournament's fourth-seeded player and preseason singles No. 1, in Thursday's second round of women's singles. The first set progressed to a tiebreaker, where Turati prevailed, 7-4. The All-Big 12 standout picked up an early service break on Shibahara in set two and raced out to a 6-2 second-set win to close out the match.