Singles Seeds Advance at Texas Regional
10/18/2019 8:49:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Two doubles teams reach semifinals
The Lede: Michaela Haet and Victoria Smirnova advanced to the round of 16 in singles, while a pair of Rice doubles teams advanced to the quarterfinals on the second day of the 2019 ITA Texas Regional Championships at Texas A&M's Mitchell Tennis Complex on Friday.
The Details: Haet, the second seed and Smirnova, who is seeded fourth, each won in straight sets. Haet only dropped two games in dispatching Houston's Sophie Gerit while Smirnova defeated Texas Tech's Nell Miller 6-3, 6-2. She also teamed with Anna Bowtell for a pair of wins in doubles to advance to the quarterfinals, as did her twin sister Anastasia and Priya Niezgoda.
Results
Singles
32 Fernanda Labraña (Texas) def. Anna Bowtell 6-2, 6-1
32 Victoria Smirnova def. Nell Miller (Texas Tech) 6-3, 6-2
32 Isabell Dilaura (Texas Tech) def. Diae El Jardi 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-5
32 Michaela Haet def. Sophie Gerits (Houston) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
32 Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Maria Ponomareva/Nidhi Surapaneni (North Texas) 8-5
32 Priya Niezgod/Anastasia Smirnova def. Diya Menon/Sophie Omoworare (UTSA)
32 Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi def. Lisa Mayes/Nell Miller (Texas Tech)
32 Michaela Haet/ Linda Huang def. Eva Du Toit/Andrea Guerrero (ACU)
16 Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Reagan Collins/Isabell Dilaura (Texas Tech) 8-4
16 Priya Niezgoda/Anastasia Smirnova def. Marta Perez-Mur/Lexi Ryngler (Texas) 8-4
16 Jackie Nylander/Isabella Zade (SMU) def. Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi (Rice) 8-7
16 Olivia Peet/Margarita Skriabina (Texas Tech) def. Michaela Haet/Linda Huang (Rice) 8-2
Consolation Singles
Pryia Niezgoda def. Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) 6-0, 6-2
Pryia Niezgoda def. Natalia Molina (Lamar) 6-4, 6-4
Linda Huang def. Jasmin Buchta (Lamar) 7-5, 7-5
Up Next:
Doubles (8:30 am)
Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova vs. Tatiana Makarova/Jayci Goldsmith (Texas A&M)
Priya Niezgoda/Anastasia Smirnova vs. Fernanda Labraña/Tijana Spasojevic (Texas)
Singles (9:30 am)
Victoria Smirnova vs. Dorthea Faa-hviding (Texas A&M)
Michaela Haet vs. Lucia Quitero (Texas A&M)
Consolation Singles (9:30 am)
Priya Niezgoda vs. Emma Goedkoop (Sam Houston)
Linda Huang vs. Rosalie Gerritsen (Sam Houston)
The Details: Haet, the second seed and Smirnova, who is seeded fourth, each won in straight sets. Haet only dropped two games in dispatching Houston's Sophie Gerit while Smirnova defeated Texas Tech's Nell Miller 6-3, 6-2. She also teamed with Anna Bowtell for a pair of wins in doubles to advance to the quarterfinals, as did her twin sister Anastasia and Priya Niezgoda.
Results
Singles
32 Fernanda Labraña (Texas) def. Anna Bowtell 6-2, 6-1
32 Victoria Smirnova def. Nell Miller (Texas Tech) 6-3, 6-2
32 Isabell Dilaura (Texas Tech) def. Diae El Jardi 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-5
32 Michaela Haet def. Sophie Gerits (Houston) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
32 Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Maria Ponomareva/Nidhi Surapaneni (North Texas) 8-5
32 Priya Niezgod/Anastasia Smirnova def. Diya Menon/Sophie Omoworare (UTSA)
32 Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi def. Lisa Mayes/Nell Miller (Texas Tech)
32 Michaela Haet/ Linda Huang def. Eva Du Toit/Andrea Guerrero (ACU)
16 Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova def. Reagan Collins/Isabell Dilaura (Texas Tech) 8-4
16 Priya Niezgoda/Anastasia Smirnova def. Marta Perez-Mur/Lexi Ryngler (Texas) 8-4
16 Jackie Nylander/Isabella Zade (SMU) def. Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi (Rice) 8-7
16 Olivia Peet/Margarita Skriabina (Texas Tech) def. Michaela Haet/Linda Huang (Rice) 8-2
Consolation Singles
Pryia Niezgoda def. Sylvia Viljoen (ACU) 6-0, 6-2
Pryia Niezgoda def. Natalia Molina (Lamar) 6-4, 6-4
Linda Huang def. Jasmin Buchta (Lamar) 7-5, 7-5
Up Next:
Doubles (8:30 am)
Anna Bowtell/Victoria Smirnova vs. Tatiana Makarova/Jayci Goldsmith (Texas A&M)
Priya Niezgoda/Anastasia Smirnova vs. Fernanda Labraña/Tijana Spasojevic (Texas)
Singles (9:30 am)
Victoria Smirnova vs. Dorthea Faa-hviding (Texas A&M)
Michaela Haet vs. Lucia Quitero (Texas A&M)
Consolation Singles (9:30 am)
Priya Niezgoda vs. Emma Goedkoop (Sam Houston)
Linda Huang vs. Rosalie Gerritsen (Sam Houston)
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