Oct. 10, 2002

University of Missouri tennis player Urska Juric continues her march through the Riviera All-American Championships in Los Angeles. Juric beat Renada Stroop of Boise State 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 to advance to the main draw which consists of 32 players. In the match against Stroop., Juric was down 5-0 in the final set, love-40 and down to her final serve when she began her miraculous comeback. Juric fought off countless match points against her and won the decisive third set 7-5. Mizzou tennis head coach Blake Starkey said, "You don't see a comeback like that. I've never seen a match like that and I've never seen Urska play like this." Starkey went on to rave about Juric's run through the tournament, "What Urska is doing doesn't happen to many people. She had to win three matches in the pre-qualifying round and three matches in the qualifying round to get to the main draw. That's a remarkable accomplishment."

Juric and doubles partner, MU teammate, Katka Sevcikova won two doubles matches yesterday and play later today. Juric's next singles match against Courtney Berkman of Harvard today.