Blanco and Zegada Have Unbeaten Weekend in Singles at Austin Peay Invitational

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Blanco and Zegada Have Unbeaten Weekend in Singles at Austin Peay Invitational

9/19/2022 3:10:00 PM | Women's Tennis

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — The WKU Tennis team completed its first action of the fall season with the conclusion of the Austin Peay Invitational yesterday.

Overall, the team saw 10 singles victories and three doubles wins throughout the weekend.

In singles, Sofia Blanco and Mariana Zegada each completed the weekend 3-0, not dropping a set in any of their matches. Paola Cortez finished the weekend 2-1, winning on Saturday and Sunday in straight sets after dropping her Friday match. Samantha Martinez won her only singles match of the weekend on Friday, winning a tiebreaker 10-7 to take the victory. Rachel Hermanova was able to win in her second singles match of the weekend on Saturday winning in straight sets.

In doubles, Blanco and Martinez got right back to where they left off last season, winning their first doubles match, 6-2. Unfortunately, Martinez could not continue following Friday's play, after getting injured. On day two, the Lady Toppers claimed two doubles wins. Cortez and Hernandez got their first win as a duo, not dropping a game, winning 6-0. Hermanova stepped in for the injured Martinez and played alongside Blanco. They took the win in their match, 6-3.

"Overall, a very good first tournament," said head coach Greg Davis. "We had some outstanding performances out of Paola and Sofia in singles and doubles over the weekend."

Lady Topper Tennis will head to Murfreesboro on October 1-2 to compete in the Middle Tennessee Invitational to conclude play for the fall season.

Weekend Results
Friday
Singles
Denise Torrealba (Austin Peay) def. Paola Cortez (WKU) 6-3, 6-1
Jana Leder (Austin Peay) def. Sayda Hernandez (WKU) 6-1, 6-4
Yu-Hua Cheng (Austin Peay) def. Rachel Hermanova (WKU) 6-4, 2-6, 11-9
Melody Hefti (Austin Peay) def. Sunskrithi Damera (WKU) 6-1, 6-0
Sofia Blanco (WKU) def. Asia Fontana (Austin Peay) 7-6, 6-3
Mariana Zegada (WKU) def. Ayden Kujawa (Austin Peay) 6-1, 6-0
Samantha Martinez (WKU) def. Lusia Melendez (UTC) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7

Doubles
Hefti/Leder (Austin Peay) def. Cortez/Hernandez (WKU) 7-6
Blanco/Martinez (WKU) def. Torrealba/Baranov (Austin Peay) 6-2
Cheng/Lascheck (Austin Peay) def. Damera/Zegada (WKU) 7-5
Billman/Melendez (UTC) def. Hermanova/Font Mentero (WKU/Murray State) 6-4

Saturday
Singles
Paola Cortez (WKU) def. Nicole Abel (UTC) 6-2, 6-2
Caroline Gibbens (UTC) def. Sayda Hernandez (WKU) 6-4, 6-3
Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Coco Bosman (UTC) 6-3, 1-0
Lusia Melendez (UTC) def. Sunskrithi Damera (WKU) 6-4, 0-6, 10-6
Sofia Blanco (WKU) def. Callie Billman (UTC) 7-6, 6-0
Mariana Zegada (WKU) def. Ayden Kujawa (Austin Peay) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
Cortez/Hernandez (WKU) def. Billman/Gibbens (UTC) 6-0
Blanco/Hermanova (WKU) def. Young/Abel (UTC) 6-3
Bosman/Melendez (UTC) def. Damera/Zegada (WKU) 6-3

Sunday
Singles
Paola Cortez (WKU) def. Natalie Slezakova (Murray State) 6-3, 6-2
Annika Pschorr (Murray State) def. Sayda Hernandez (WKU) 6-4, 6-3
Emma Honore (Murray State) def. Rachel Hermanova (WKU) 6-2, 6-3
Sarah Bureau (Murray State) def. Sunskrithi Damera (WKU) 6-1, 6-2
Sofia Blanco (WKU) def. Jordi Font Mentero (Murray State) 6-1, 6-3
Mariana Zegada (WKU) def. Marit Kreugel (Murray State) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
Pschorr/Slezakova (Murray State) def. Cortez/Hernandez (WKU) 6-1
Bureau/Honore (Murray State) def. Blanco/Hermanova (WKU) 6-3
Campigotto/Font Mentero (Murray State) def. Damera/Zegada (WKU) 6-2

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