Conde Monfort, Two Doubles Teams Advance to Round of 32 at ITA Central Regional Championships

Friday, October 18

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ITA Central Regional Championships

Conde Monfort, Two Doubles Teams Advance to Round of 32 at ITA Central Regional Championships

10/18/2019 10:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis

NORMAN, Okla. - The Tulsa women's tennis team secured three berths between the singles and doubles main draws for the round of 32 on Friday at the 2019 ITA Central Regional Championships. The championships, which are being hosted by Oklahoma and played at the Headington Family Tennis Center, feature 30 teams from across the region.

Freshman Laia Conde Monfort clinched a spot in the singles main draw, as she came from behind to defeat the fifth seed and 53rd-ranked Martina Zerulo of Arkansas 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. She picked up a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Oral Robert's Ivana Babic in her opening round match.

In doubles play, sophomore Megan Hopton and Conde Monfort captured their first win of the season, as they upset the 12th-seed from Minnesota. They defeated Cammy Frei and Ekin Ercetin, 8-4. Top-seeded Martina Okalova and Vera Ploner advanced to the round of 32 with an 8-2 win over Berta Masdevall Masip and Pornpawee Pramethong of Arkansas State.

Marina Davtyan and Shura Poppe fell to Iowa's Michelle Bacalla and Ashleigh Jacobs in a tight match, 8-7(2).

In singles competition, Okalova and Ploner each suffered defeats to the Razorbacks. Fourth-seeded Okalova dropped a competitive 7-6(3), 7-6(1) contest to Jackie Carr, while 16th-seeded Ploner fell to Kelly Keller 6-2, 6-4.

Benedejcic advanced to the round of 64 with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Iowa's Michelle Bacalla. The freshman would then square off against 14th-seeded Maria Linares of Kansas State. After falling in the opening set 6-0, she forced a tiebreak, but fell to the 106th-ranked player 7-6(5).

Poppe's comeback bid fell short, as she suffered a 6-2, 7-6(3) defeat to Iowa's Danielle Burich. Davtyan won her opening set against Minnesota's Tiffany Huber, but the Golden Gopher rallied from behind to win 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-0.

The two each picked up a win in their consolation matches. Poppe defeated Creighton's Sarah Wilcox in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Davtyan defeated Lillian Tiemeyer of Nebraska-Omaha 7-5, 6-0.

Results and updated draws will be listed as they become available on the OU tournament central page.

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Friday's Results
Doubles
[1] Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner def. Berta Masd.-Masip/Pornpawee Pramethong (Arkansas State) 8-2
Megan Hopton/Laia Conde Monfort def. [12] Cammy Frei/Ekin Ercetin (Minnesota) 8-4
Michelle Bacalla/Ashleigh Jacobs (Iowa) def. Marina Davtyan/Shura Poppe 8-7 (2)
Singles -- Main Draw
Laia Conde Monfort def. Ivana Babic (Oral Roberts) 6-4, 6-3
Danielle Burich (Iowa) def. Shura Poppe 6-2, 7-6(3)
Lian Benedejcic def. Michelle Bacalla (Iowa) 6-1, 6-1
Tiffany Huber (Minnesota) def. Marina Davtyan (Tulsa) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-0
Laia Conde Monfort def. [5] Martina Zerulo (Arkansas) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
[14] Maria Linares (Kansas State) def. Lian Benedejcic 6-0, 7-6(5)
Jackie Carr (Arkansas) def. [4] Martina Okalova 7-6(3), 7-6(1)
Kelly Keller (Arkansas) def. [16] Vera Ploner 6-2, 6-4
Consolation
Shura Poppe def. Sarah Wilcox (Creighton) 6-3, 6-3
Marina Davtyan def. Lillian Tiemeyer (Nebraska-Omaha) 7-5, 6-0
Extra Matches
Megan Hopton def. Flavia Gutierrez (Oral Roberts) 6-1, 6-1

Saturday's Matches
Singles
Laia Conde Monfort vs. [19] Dariya Detkovskaya (OSU)
Doubles
[1] Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner vs. Paulina Engbak/Mei Ishimura (Central Arkansas)
Megan Hopton/Laia Conde Monfort vs. Alye Darter/Ellie Burger (Missouri State)

Regional's Schedule – Saturday, Oct. 19
MD Doubles - Round of 32
MD Doubles - Round of 16
MD Singles - Round of 32
MD Singles - Consolation- (for those that lost and had a bye in round of 128)