TULSA, Okla. - Wichita State women's tennis beat Houston outright and split with Central Arkansas and Tulsa at the Tulsa Invitational from Nov. 1-3.
 
The highlight of the invitational was the doubles pair of Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva and Marta Bellucco. They went 2-0 on the weekend and picked up a victory over No. 5 Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner. On the singles side, Esther Thebault went 2-0 and three other Shockers went 2-1.
 
Quotes from the Coach
Head Coach Colin Foster
"This weekend was a great opportunity to get better and we took advantage of it. Individually, Sarvi continues to build confidence and show that she can, and will, be successful at the top of our lineup in singles and doubles. Esther did well to bounce back from some disappointing results at our last event and looked very strong, composed, and confident. The rest of our team proved that they all can perform well under all types of pressure: physical, mental, and scoreboard. The offseason is now a chance for us to get stronger physically and work on a few things in our games before winter break."
 
Up Next
The Shockers will begin the spring portion of the schedule on Jan. 11, 2020 versus Abilene Christian and Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. at the Greenwood Tennis Center.
 

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Shocker Results
 
Vs. Central Arkansas
Doubles (1-2)
Fuka Nonoyama/Chunxi Xin def. Marta Bellucco/Lingwei Kong, 6-3
Mei Ishimura/Yada Vasupongchai def. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva/Natsumi Kurahashi, 6-0
Ting-Ya Hsu/Alexandra Lazarova def. Maja Gledic/Paulina Engback, 6-2
 
Singles (4-2)
Chunxi Xin def. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva, 7-6(2), 6-1
Esther Thebault def. Fuka Nonoyama, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Maja Gledic def. Lingwei Kong, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
Marta Bellucco def. Yada Vasupongchai, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Ting-Ya Hsu def. Mei Ishimura, 6-3, 6-4
Natsumi Kurahashi def. Paulina Engback, 6-3, 6-1
 
Vs. Houston
Doubles (3-1)
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva/Marta Bellucco def. Sophie Gerits/Phonexay Chitdara, 6-3
Esther Thebault/Lingwei Kong def. Azul Pedemonti/Ndindi Ndunda, 6-4
Ting-Ya Hsu/Natsumi Kurahashi def. Mimi Kendall-Woseley/Stephanie Belovukovic, 6-3
Elena Tairyan/Manasi Reddy def. Tiffani Holman/Alexandra Lazarova, 6-1
 
Singles (6-1)
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva def. Ndindi Ndunda, 7-5, 7-6(2)
Esther Thebault def. Mimi Kendall-Woseley, 6-3, 6-3
Natsumi Kurahashi def. Stephanie Belovukovic, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(7)
Azul Pedemonti def. Ting-Ya Hsu, 6-1, 6-1
Alexandra Lazarova def. Phonexay Chitdara, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2
Lingwei Kong def. Sophie Gerits, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (retirement)
Marta Bellucco def. Elena Tairyan, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
 
Vs. Tulsa
Doubles (2-1)
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva/Marta Bellucco def. No. 5 Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner, 7-5
Alexandra Lazarova/Ting-Ya Hsu def. Shura Poppe/Laia Conde Monfort, 6-2
Megan Hopton/Marina Davtyan def. Esther Thebault/Natsumi Kurahashi, 6-3
 
Singles (1-5)
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva def. Vera Ploner, 7-5, 6-2
Shura Poppe def. Lingwei Kong, 6-4, 6-0
Laia Conde Monfort def. Alexandra Lazarova, 6-1, 6-2
Lian Benedejcic def. Marta Bellucco, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Marina Dantyan def. Natsumi Kurahashi, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Megan Hopton def. Ting-Ya Hsu, 6-1, 6-3