Tulsa Women Open Season with 7-0 Win Over Louisiana Tech

Saturday, January 16

Case Tennis Center

9:00 am

Tulsa

Louisiana Tech

Shura Poppe waiting at SFHS All-American Championships

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Tulsa Women Open Season with 7-0 Win Over Louisiana Tech

1/16/2021 4:02:00 PM | Women's Tennis

TULSA, Okla. –– The Tulsa women opened the 2021 tennis season with a 7-0 victory over Louisiana Tech on Saturday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the first day of the Hurricane Invite.

Tulsa opened with the doubles win as the 22^nd-ranked tandem of Martina Okalova and Vera Ploner started it off at the No 1 spot with a 6-1 victory over Tech's Leonie Schuknecth and Ilana Tetruashvili.

The Hurricane also got doubles wins from Shura Poppe and Megan Hopton and Laia Conde Monfort and Gabriella Charalampidi.

The Hurricane took all the singles matches in straight sets. Tulsa's Okalova and Ploner did not in singles competition, Okalova normally at the No. 1 slot and Ploner at No. 3.

Poppe was at No. 1 for the Hurricane and won 6-2, 6-2 over Schuknecht, while Monfort won 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2. Newcomer Valeryia Rozenkova claimed victory at the No. 3 spot with scores of 6-3 and 6-2.

At No. 4, Lian Benedejcic was a 6-0, 7-6 winner, while Hopton won 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 5 position and Leonor De Oliveira captured a 6-1, 7-5 victory at the No. 6 slot.

Tulsa will finish out the event on Sunday against UCA.

SINGLES
#1       Shura Poppe (Tulsa) def. Leonie Schuknecht (Tech) 6-2, 6-2
#2       Laia Conde Monfort (Tulsa) def. Ilana Tetruashvili (Tech) 6-0, 6-3
#3       Valeryia Rozenkova (Tulsa) def. Anastasia Salenko (Tech) 6-3, 6-2
#4       Lian Benedejcic (Tulsa) def. Alexia Romero (Tech) 6-0, 7-6 (4)
#5       Megan Hopton (Tulsa) def. Lara Unkovich (Tech) 6-2, 6-3
#6       Leonor Peralta Dias De Oliveira (Tulsa) def. Claudia Oravcova (Tech) 6-1, 7-5

DOUBLES
#1       Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner (Tulsa) def. Leonie Schuknecht/ Ilana Tetruashvili (Tech) 6-1
#2       Shura Poppe/Megan Hopton (Tulsa) def. Alexia Romero/ Lara Unkovich (Tech) 6-3
#3       Laia Conde Monfort/Gabriella Charalampidi (Tulsa) def. Claudia Oravcova/ Anastasia Salenko (Tech) 6-4