Rice Invite Day One
10/28/2021 9:13:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Doubles start at 9 a.m.
In Brief: The Rice women's team picked up six wins in nine opportunities on the first day of action in the Rice Invitational at a windy George R. Brown Tennis Center on Thursday.
The Details: In a departure from previous years, the 2021 Rice Invitational features round robin play rather than tournament flights with players from BYU, Houston, SMU, Texas A&M, UTA and Rice playing a doubles and single match each day.
Rice Invite
Thursday 10/28
Doubles
Federica Trevisan/ Diae El Jardi def. Leah Heimuli/Helen Jiao (BYU) 8-6
Victoria Smirnova/Allison Zipoli def. Emilee Astle/Smith (BYU) 8-6
Gabriela Giraldo/Ellena Trencheva (Houston) def. Anastasia Smirnova/Saara Orav 8-5
Singles
Allison Zipoli def. Drew Morris (SMU) 6-2,6-4
Diae El Jardi def. Reka Patel (SMU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Emma Gretzky (SMU ) def. Federica Trevisan 6-1, 7-6(3)
Saara Orav def. Cambelle Bouchard (SMU) 7-5, 6-3
Victoria Smirnova def. Helen Jiao (BYU) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4)
Momoka Horiguchi (UTA) def. Anastasia Smirnova 6-3, 6-1
Up Next: Play resumes at 9 a.m. on Friday with doubles followed by the second day of singles and wraps up at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
The Details: In a departure from previous years, the 2021 Rice Invitational features round robin play rather than tournament flights with players from BYU, Houston, SMU, Texas A&M, UTA and Rice playing a doubles and single match each day.
Rice Invite
Thursday 10/28
Doubles
Federica Trevisan/ Diae El Jardi def. Leah Heimuli/Helen Jiao (BYU) 8-6
Victoria Smirnova/Allison Zipoli def. Emilee Astle/Smith (BYU) 8-6
Gabriela Giraldo/Ellena Trencheva (Houston) def. Anastasia Smirnova/Saara Orav 8-5
Singles
Allison Zipoli def. Drew Morris (SMU) 6-2,6-4
Diae El Jardi def. Reka Patel (SMU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Emma Gretzky (SMU ) def. Federica Trevisan 6-1, 7-6(3)
Saara Orav def. Cambelle Bouchard (SMU) 7-5, 6-3
Victoria Smirnova def. Helen Jiao (BYU) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4)
Momoka Horiguchi (UTA) def. Anastasia Smirnova 6-3, 6-1
Up Next: Play resumes at 9 a.m. on Friday with doubles followed by the second day of singles and wraps up at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
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