PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State Tennis team continued its busy weekend, competing at both the Milwaukee Tennis Classic while also hosting the four-team WSU Hidden Duals event.
MILWAUKEE TENNIS CLASSIC
Play continued Saturday for Cougars Eva Alvarez Sande and Maxine Murphy at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic from the Nicolet Tennis Center in Glendale, Wisc.
After posting back-to-back straight-set wins in her first two matches, junior Eva Alvarez Sande could not find the same success in her quarterfinal match, falling to Tennessee’s Vanesa Suarez, 6-2, 6-0.
In her first match Saturday, WSU redshirt-junior Maxine Murphy won her second round of the backdraw, defeating Mississippi’s Lucie Petruzelova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. In her second match Saturday, Murphy battled Tennessee’s Saray Yli-Piipari in a tough three-setter before falling 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9).
In doubles action, Alvarez Sande and Murphy advanced to the semifinal round as they posted a 6-4 victory over Purdue’s Fatima Gutierrez and Ida Clement. In the semis, a few early breaks of serve proved to be too much to overcome as the Cougar duo dropped a 6-3 match to Oklahoma’s Salakthip Ounmang and Roisin Gilheany,
WSU has concluded play at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic.
WSU HIDDEN DUALS
For the second-consecutive day, the Cougars captured five of six singles matches, this time against Montana, while taking two of three doubles matches against Portland during the second day of play at the WSU Hidden Duals.
Senior Hania Abouelsaad, junior Yura Nakagawa and sophomore Martina Markov each won two matches Saturday to pace WSU.
Play concludes at the WSU Hidden Duals Sunday as the Cougars face Idaho in singles play. Match time is set for 11 a.m. at the WSU Outdoor Tennis Courts.
WSU vs. Montana Singles
Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. Kelsey Phillips (UM) 6-3, 6-4
Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) def. Grace Haugen (UM) 6-1, 6-2
Martina Markov (WSU) def. Piper Freeman (UM) 6-2, 6-1
Martina Puvill (WSU) def. Kate Pritchard (UM) 6-1, 6-4
Monika Fizova (UM) def. Chisato Kanemaki (WSU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-6
Madhu Satishbabu (WSU) def. Olivia Moir (UM) 6-1, 6-4
WSU vs. Portland Doubles
Abouelsaad/Nakagawa (WSU) def. Dimitjijevic/Flores (UP) 6-4
Perez/Arbaizar Martinez (UP) def. Satishbabu/Markov (WSU) 6-4
Puvill/Kanemaki (WSU) def. Canubida/Marquart (UP) 7-6 (3)
Idaho vs. Montana…
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