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Box Score 2 TULSA, Okla. - Wichita State women's tennis won its first match in Tulsa by sweeping Oral Roberts, 4-0, to get their first three-match win streak of the season, but they then lost to AAC foe Tulsa, 4-2, the next day at the Case Tennis Center.
Up Next
The Shockers head back on the road to take on Kansas City and Creighton on April 6 in Kansas City, Mo. at the Plaza Tennis Center.
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Oral Roberts
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Doubles
Both
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva/
Marta Bellucco and Ting-ya Hsu/
Jessie Zheng bettered their win streaks to three with victories over the Golden Eagles. Saidhujaeva and Bellucco won at the top, 6-2, and Hsu/Zheng bested the ORU two's, 6-1.
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Singles
An ORU player was forced to drop out of singles and no eligible player was available to play, so ORU shifted their players up a spot and defaulted at No. 6, giving the Shockers a free point.
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The two sides played to clinch, and
Jessie Zheng and Ting-ya Hsu wasted no time in achieving that. Hsu won at No. 3, 6-1, 6-4, and Zheng won her third in a row at No. 5, 6-1, 6-2.
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Tulsa
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Doubles
This proved to be a very tight doubles point for the Shockers. Saidhujaeva/Bellucco fell at the top to No. 27 Okalova/Ploner, 6-4, and the lower two duos were able to show their grit with two tiebreak wins.
Alexandra Lazarova and
Natsumi Kurahashi won first with a 7-2 tiebreak at No. 3 and
Jessie Zheng and Ting-ya Hsu followed with a 7-5 tiebreak at No. 2.
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Singles
The Golden Hurricane were able to fight back in singles, as the Shockers were only able to pick up a win at No. 4 before the match was clinched by Tulsa.
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Natsumi Kurahashi picked up a very nice win over Tulsa's Ploner, 6-2, 6-1.
Marta Bellucco went unfinished in singles after losing a close tiebreak to Monofort, 7-6 (7-5), 2-1.
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Match Results
WSU 4, ORU 0
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Singles competition
1. Oleksandra Nahurska (ORUW) vs.
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) 7-5, 3-4, unfinished
2. Aliksandra Lebedeva (ORUW) vs.
Marta Bellucco (WSU) 7-5, 2-6, unfinished
3.
Ting-Ya Hsu (WSU) def. Rai Sengupta (ORUW) 6-1, 6-4
4. Zere Iskakova (ORUW) vs.
Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) 6-7, 0-5, unfinished
5.
Jessie Zheng (WSU) def. Flavia Gutierrez (ORUW) 6-1, 6-2
6.
Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) def. No player (ORUW), by default
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Doubles competition
1.
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva/
Marta Bellucco (WSU) def. Rai Sengupta/Aliksandra Lebedeva (ORUW) 6-2
2.
Ting-Ya Hsu/
Jessie Zheng (WSU) def. Oleksandra Nahurska/Zere Iskakova (ORUW) 6-1
3. Gorana Kadijevic/Flavia Gutierrez (ORUW) vs.
Alexandra Lazarova/
Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) 3-5, unfinished
Match Results
WSU 2, Tulsa 4
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Doubles competition
1. #81 Martina Okalova (Tulsa) def.
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Laia Conde Monfort (Tulsa) vs. Marta Belluco (WSU) 7-6 (7-5), 2-1 unfinished
3. Shura Poppe (Tulsa) def.
Ting-Ya Hsu (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
4.
Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) def. Vera Ploner (Tulsa) 6-2, 6-1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
5. Valeryia Rozenkova (Tulsa) def.
Jessie Zheng (WSU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Lian Benedejcic (Tulsa) def.
Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
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Singles competition
1. #27 Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner (Tulsa) def. Marta Belluco/
Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) 6-4
2.
Ting-Ya Hsu/
Jessie Zheng (WSU) def. Shura Poppe/Valeryia Rozenkova (Tulsa) 7-6 (7-5)
3.
Natsumi Kurahashi/
Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) def. Megan Hopton/Laie Conde Monfort (Tulsa) 7-6 (7-2)
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