By Michael Haag | Sports Writer
Baylor women’s tennis freshman Alina Shcherbinina has already represented the program on a national stage after less than two months of being on campus. Shcherbinina participated in the U.S. Open Junior Tennis Championships, getting to the second round before falling to Hungary’s Natalia Szabanin 6-4, and 7-6. Shcherbinina, from Moscow, Russia, played against some stout competition, as she said there were no easy rounds in the Open.
“It was the top sixteen juniors in the world. They’re there to win and they were preparing themselves for this tournament,” Shcherbinina said.