BOCA RATON, Fla. – Day two at the 2019 Saint Francis Health System All-American Championship was a tough day for Florida Atlantic University's
Martina Kudelova, who faced one of the nation's top-20 players.
Kudelova, ranked No. 51 nationally, fell to Duke's Meible Chi, ranked No. 18 nationally, 7-5, 6-4 in Thursday's second round. The five-day tournament invited the nation's top-64 players among approximately 3,000 NCAA Division I women's tennis players.
"All the elements were in Martina's favor, but unfortunately she didn't show up mentally to have a battle. She was clearly the much better player but didn't want it as badly as her opponent."
The sophomore led the Owls in 2019 on court No. 1 and was named first team Conference USA and the C-USA Freshman of the Year. She will be called into action next weekend, Oct. 18-22, when the Owls travel to Tallahassee, Florida for the SE Regional Championship, hosted by FSU.