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Riviera/ITA All-American Championships
Zhang Falls in Second Qualifying Round
10/3/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
by Chuck Pool (cpool@edu) -
Wendy Zhang saw her seven-match winning streak in singles tournament play come to an end when she fell to third-seeded Felicity Maltby in the second round of the 2017 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships Qualifying Singles in Pacific Palisades, California on Tuesday.
Zhang, who was named Conference USA Women's Tennis Athlete on the Month on Monday and was ranked 104th in the Oracle/ITA preseason rankings, picked up her fourth win in the tournament earlier on Tuesday when she overcame a loss in the opening set to defeat 89th ranked Anna Rogers of North Carolina State, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, before falling to the Red Raiders' Maltby, who is ranked 27th.
Lindsey Hodge and Michaela Haet each dropped their opening matches on Tuesday, but Haet advanced to the second round of consolation action on Wednesday, advancing in a walkover.
2017 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships Qualifying Singles
First round
#63 Fernanda Contreras (Vanderbilt) def. #45 Lindsey Hodge (Rice) 6-1, 6-2
#104 Wendy Zhang (Rice) def. #89 Anna Rogers (North Carolina St.) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
#56 Natalie Novotna (Virginia Tech) def. Michaela Haet (Rice) 6-4, 6-4
Second round
#27 Felicity Maltby (Texas Tech) (3) def. #104 Wendy Zhang (Rice) 7-5, 6-1
Qualifying Singles Consolation
#32 Natalie Suk (Ole Miss) (7) def. #45 Lindsey Hodge (Rice) 6-1, 7-5
Michaela Haet (Rice) advanced by walkover
