PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The first day of the 2021 Sun Belt Women's Tennis Championship featured two upset victories as 5E Troy and 5W Texas State advance to the quarterfinals on Friday, April 16, along with 3W ULM.
In the opening match, the Trojans took an early advantage with doubles victories on courts two and three to grab a 1-0 lead. Troy won contests on courts three, four, and six in singles' competition to advance to the quarterfinals to play No. 1 seed South Alabama.
ULM earned singles victories on courts one, three, and four and one doubles point to secure its 4-1 win over Georgia State. ULM will advance to play Georgia Southern in the quarterfinals.
In the final match of the day, the Bobcats won the doubles point after capturing victories in the No. 3 and No. 1 contest. Chacadyah Israel-Lewis and Renata Gonzalez defeated Virginia Poggi and Peri Tippins 6-3 on court no. 3. Hana Kvapilova and Rishona Israel-Lewis clinched the point with a 6-4 triumph over Maria Zacarias and Ksenia Aleshina. Texas State will face top-seeded UT Arlington in the quarterfinals Friday.
2021 SUN BELT WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST ROUND RESULTS
Match 1 – Troy 4, A-State 0
Doubles
1. Rice, Thea/Roper, Hunter (ASU) vs. Khrustaleva, Anastas/Khokhlova, Anastasii (TROY) 5-2, unfinished
2. Ncube, Michelle/Widing, Andrea (TROY) def. King, Shelby/Morse, Jill (ASU) 6-2
3. Aulana, Shevita/Mihaljevic, Matea (TROY) def. Humbert, Yasmine/Zukic, Nejla (ASU) 6-0
Singles
1. Allen, Emma (ASU) vs. Mihaljevic, Matea (TROY) 3-6, 6-3, 2-4, unfinished
2. Roper, Hunter (ASU) vs. Khokhlova, Anastasii (TROY) 5-7, 6-3, unfinished
3. Aulana, Shevita (TROY) def. King, Shelby (ASU) 6-2, 7-5
4. Ncube, Michelle (TROY) def. Morse, Jill (ASU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Kukaras, Kristina (TROY) vs. Zukic, Nejla (ASU) no result
6. Khrustaleva, Anastas (TROY) def. Brody, Rebecca (ASU) 6-2, 6-2
Match 2 – Texas State 4, App State 1
Doubles
1. Hana Kvapilova/R Israel-Lewis (TXST) def. Aleshina, Ksenia/José Zacarias, María (APP) 6-4
2. Anglesjö, Sandra/Jansen, Helena (APP) vs. Nikita Pradeep/S Murcia-Rodriguez (TXST) 5-3, unfinished
3. C Israel-Lewis/Renata Gonzalez (TXST) def. Poggi, Virginia/Tippins, Peri (APP) 6-3
Singles
1. Hana Kvapilova (TXST) def. José Zacarias, María (APP) 6-4, 6-2
2. Aleshina, Ksenia (APP) vs. R Israel-Lewis (TXST) 7-5, 3-0, unfinished
3. Jansen, Helena (APP) vs. Nikita Pradeep (TXST) 3-6, 3-3, unfinished
4. Poggi, Virginia (APP) def. S Murcia-Rodriguez (TXST) 6-1, 7-5
5. C Israel-Lewis (TXST) def. Anglesjö, Sandra (APP) 6-4, 6-1
6. Renata Gonzalez (TXST) def. Tippins, Peri (APP) 6-0, 6-1
Match 3 – ULM 4, Georgia State 1
Doubles
1. Hala Badwy/Oleksandra Balaba (ULM) def. Ellie Aldrich/Andreea Stanescu (GSUW) 7-5
2. Angel Carney/Alexia Alvarez (GSUW) vs. Madalina Grigoriu/Drousile Dzebou (ULM) 5-5, unfinished
3. Jimena P. Garbino/Daniela Hernandez (ULM) def. Nansi Toskova/Maddy Frediani (GSUW) 6-3
Singles
1. Andreea Stanescu (GSUW) def. Drousile Dzebou (ULM) 6-3, 6-0
2. Hala Badwy (ULM) def. Angel Carney (GSUW) 6-2, 6-2
3. Alexia Alvarez (GSUW) vs. Oleksandra Balaba (ULM) 4-6, 1-4, unfinished
4. Ellie Aldrich (GSUW) vs. Madalina Grigoriu (ULM) 1-6, 2-5, unfinished
5. Jimena P. Garbino (ULM) def. Maddy Frediani (GSUW) 6-1, 6-2
6. Daniela Hernandez (ULM) def. Nansi Toskova (GSUW) 6-4, 6-1