THIS WEEK: Washington State Tennis will begin its 2023 fall season this weekend as they travel to Cary, N.C. to participate in the 2023 ITA All-American Championships, Sept. 30-Oct. 8 at the Cary Tennis Park. Sophomore Eva Alvarez Sande and junior Elyse Tse will participate in the qualifying rounds of the event.
ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: For the 2023 All-American Championships, sophomore Eva Alvarez Sande will begin play in the singles pre-qualifying draw while Alvarez Sande and Elyse Tse will compete in the doubles pre-qualifying draw. The pre-qualifying rounds run Sept. 30-Oct. 1, following by the qualifying rounds Oct. 2-4 and the main draw, Oct. 5-8. Alvarez Sande will start her tournament Saturday against Virginia’s Sara Ziodato at 10:30 a.m. PT. She and Tse will open doubles play Oct. 2 when the qualifying draw begins.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: For the 2023-24 season the Cougars will have one new player to accompany the eight returners. The returning roster consists of senior Fifa Kumhom, redshirt-junior Hania Abouelsaad, juniors Stefaniia Mikhailova, Maxine Murphy and Elyse Tse, along with sophomores Eva Alvarez Sande, Yura Nakagawa and Tiffany Phout. Freshman Martina Markova joins the Cougar lineup this season.
FALL SCHEDULE: In addition to the All-American Championships, the remaining events on Washington State’s Fall schedule include the Oregon Fall Tournament (Oct. 6-8), the ITA Northwest Regionals (Oct. 12-15), the Gonzaga Invitational (Oct. 27-29) and the ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 1-5).
STRONG SUMMER FOR COUGAR TENNIS: Cougar Tennis players made an impression on the ITF circuit over the summer as Eva Alvarez Sande, Elyse Tse, Fifa Kumhom and Hania Abouelsaad all played tour events. Elyse Tse reached a career-best ranking of 1,024 as she was 7-4 over the summer, reaching the quarterfinals of the W15 Caloundra event in Australia. Playing mainly in Spain and Portugal, Eva Alvarez Sande reached the main draw in four summer ITF tournaments while Fifa Kumhom found success on the doubles court, reaching the semifinals of one event and the finals of the W15 Nakhon Si Thammarat tournament in Thailand.
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