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Memphis Invitational
Tulsa Women's Tennis Dominates Day One at Memphis Invitational
9/18/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sept. 18, 2009
Memphis, Tenn. - The University of Tulsa women's tennis team posted a nearly perfect 18-1 overall record on the first day of competition Friday at the Memphis Invitational. The Golden Hurricane sent five doubles teams into the finals of their respective flights after going 10-0 in two rounds of doubles action.
The 46th-ranked duo of Rebecca Row and Ewa Szatkowska defeated Cunitz/Ottosen of Murray State, 8-4, in the first round, and topped Memphis' duo of Murdock/Collins, 8-6, in the semifinals to advance to tomorrow's Blue 1 doubles final.
Anastasia Erofeeva and Jie Zeng advanced to the Gray 1 doubles final with a pair of wins, while Caroline Beaulieu and Marta Marcinkowska will face off against teammates JoAnne Karaitiana and Alexandra Kichoutkin in the White 1 doubles final after going a combined 4-0 on Friday.
In singles play, 118th-ranked Alexandra Kichoutkin defeated Tennessee-Martin's Martie Wahl, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of Blue 1 singles, and Anastasia Erofeeva breezed past Elizabeth Hamlin of Tulane, 6-4, 6-0, in Blue 2 singles first round action.
Caroline Beaulieu, Jie Zeng, Ewa Szatkowska, Meredith Burns, JoAnne Karaitiana, and Marta Marcinkowska all earned first round singles wins in their respective flights.
Play continues tomorrow through Sunday at The Racquet Club of Memphis and the WellWorx Fitness Club due to rain in the Memphis, Tenn., area.
Memphis Invitational Day OneSingles Agate
Blue 1 Singles Round 1 #118 Kichoutkin (TU) def. Wahl (UTM), 6-2, 6-2
Blue 2 Singles Round 1 Erofeeva (TU) def. Hamlin (Tulane) 6-4, 6-0
Blue 3 Singles Round 1 Beaulieu (TU) def. Obukhova (MSU), 6-0, 6-1
Gray 1 Singles Round 1 Vogel (Ole Miss) def. Row (TU), 6-3, 6-1
Gray 2 Singles Round 1 Zeng (TU) def. Hogan (Belmont), 6-2, 7-5 Szatkowska (TU) def. Elster (Tulane), 6-1, 6-1
Gray 3 Singles Round 1 Burns (TU) def. Edwards (Belmont), 6-0, 6-0
White 1 Singles Round 1 Karaitiana (TU) def. Webb (MSU), 7-6 (3), 6-2 Marcinkowska (TU) def. Winkelmann (UTM), 7-6 (1), 6-4
Doubles Agate
Blue 1 Doubles Round 1 #46 Row/Szatkowska (TU) def. Cunitz/Ottosen (MSU), 8-4.
Semifinals #46 Row/Szatkowska (TU) def. Murdock/Collins (UM), 8-6
Blue 2 Doubles Round 1 Burns/Herbold (TU/UTM) def. Diamond/Erwin (Samford), 8-4
Semifinals Burns/Herbold (TU/UTM) def. Lange/Siegel (Tulane), 8-6
Gray 1 Doubles Round 1 Erofeeva/Zeng (TU) def. Elster/Helosten (Tulane), 8-6
Semifinals Erofeeva/Zeng (TU) def. Meiring/Kiruen (Sam), 8-4
White 1 Doubles Round 1 Beaulieu/Marcinkowska (TU) def. Webb/Canty, 8-5 Karaitiana/Kichoutkin (TU) def. Winklemann/Tiley (UTM), 8-5
Semifinals Beaulieu/Marcinkowska (TU) def. Dvorak/Hamlin (Tulane), 8-4 Karaitiana/Kichoutkin (TU) def. Fonseca/Gerber (Tulane), 8-0
