The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Bianca Turati tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week
01.30.2018 | Women's Tennis
Bianca Turati joins her twin sister Anna as a Big 12 weekly award recipient this season.
IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday the selection of Texas sophomore Bianca Turati as the league's Women's Tennis Player of the Week. The Longhorns take home their second such honor in the last three weeks. Anna Turati, the twin sister of Bianca, won the same honor on Jan. 16.
Bianca Turati's straight-sets win over California's 27th-ranked Anna Bright was instrumental in the Horns' 4-3 win over the 11th-ranked Golden Bears (Jan. 27). The victory qualified Texas for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships for the first time in four seasons.
Turati has defeated two top-30 opponents in the last three weeks. She is 5-0 in the new year with wins over three ITA top-80 foes. At 15-1 overall this season, Turati's only defeat came at the hands of Duke's seventh-ranked Samantha Harris in the semifinals of the ITA National Fall Championships in November.
Overall, Turati has singles wins over seven top-50 foes with five of those coming against current top-30 opponents and three coming against current top-20 players.
The Longhorns resume dual-match play on Friday at Illinois.
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