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Ashar Advances to Main Draw at ITA Regional
10/12/2023 10:57:00 PM | Women's Tennis
All six Owls open singles play on Friday
Waco: Freshman Anushka Ashar advanced through the singles qualifying round with a pair of straight-set victories on the opening day of competition at the ITA Texas Women's Regional at the Hurd Tennis Center on Thursday.
Details: Ashar defeated Tarleton State's Adeliya Mukhutdinova 6-3, 6-2 and Isid Hernandez of Incarnate Word 6-4, 6-3 to join her five Rice teammates in the opening round of the singles main draw on Friday morning.
Divna Ratkovic and Darya Schwartzman advanced to the main draw in doubles with an 8-2 win over UTRGV's Kristal Dule/Yaiza Vazquez along with Chie Kezuka and Federica Trevisan, who earned a bye in the opening round. Ashar and Saara Orav dropped an 8-5 decision to Texas A&M's Sydney Fitch and Daria Smetannikov and will play in Saturday's consolation draw.
Up Next:
Main Draw Singles Round of 64
Federica Trevisan vs. Stanislava Shulzhenk (North Texas)
Chie Kezuka vs. Emma Persson (Tarleton State)
Ashar vs. A Sayfetdinova (Texas Tech)
Divna Ratkovic vs. Vittoria Baccino (UTSA)
Darya Schwartzman vs. Mariya Polishchuk (Texas Tech)
Saara Orav vs. Metka Komac (Texas Tech)
Main Draw Doubles Round of 32
Ratkovic/Schwartzman vs. Destinee Martins/Isabel Pascual (TCU)
Kezuka/Trevisan vs. Tara Gorinsek/Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA)
Doubles Consolation
Ashar/ Orav vs. Francesca Lucia Duca/Andrea Pascual (Prairie View)
Details: Ashar defeated Tarleton State's Adeliya Mukhutdinova 6-3, 6-2 and Isid Hernandez of Incarnate Word 6-4, 6-3 to join her five Rice teammates in the opening round of the singles main draw on Friday morning.
Divna Ratkovic and Darya Schwartzman advanced to the main draw in doubles with an 8-2 win over UTRGV's Kristal Dule/Yaiza Vazquez along with Chie Kezuka and Federica Trevisan, who earned a bye in the opening round. Ashar and Saara Orav dropped an 8-5 decision to Texas A&M's Sydney Fitch and Daria Smetannikov and will play in Saturday's consolation draw.
Up Next:
Main Draw Singles Round of 64
Federica Trevisan vs. Stanislava Shulzhenk (North Texas)
Chie Kezuka vs. Emma Persson (Tarleton State)
Ashar vs. A Sayfetdinova (Texas Tech)
Divna Ratkovic vs. Vittoria Baccino (UTSA)
Darya Schwartzman vs. Mariya Polishchuk (Texas Tech)
Saara Orav vs. Metka Komac (Texas Tech)
Main Draw Doubles Round of 32
Ratkovic/Schwartzman vs. Destinee Martins/Isabel Pascual (TCU)
Kezuka/Trevisan vs. Tara Gorinsek/Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA)
Doubles Consolation
Ashar/ Orav vs. Francesca Lucia Duca/Andrea Pascual (Prairie View)
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