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Women's Tennis tops Tulane and Tulsa at Blue-Gray Tennis Classic
02.25.2017 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns rally to victory over Tulane Saturday morning and make short work of Tulsa in an afternoon match.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Texas (4-3) finished up a come-from-behind victory over Tulane and decisively put away Tulsa in an afternoon consolation round contest Saturday on the final day of competition at the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic.
The Longhorns began a match against Tulane on Friday with doubles and trailed the Green Wave before resuming the match Saturday morning in singles. Senior Neda Koprcina posted a 6-0, 6-3 win over Kyla Klier at second singles, and UT freshman Petra Granic finished off the Green Wave's Sade Atkinson by a 6-0, 6-1 count at third singles.
Freshman Anna Turati locked up a 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 win over Ivone Alvaro at fourth singles, and sophomore Katie Poluta closed out a 6-4, 6-0 win over Christina Sisti at sixth singles, as Texas registered its 4-2 win over Tulane.
Texas took charge early on against Tulsa and won the doubles point. UT's 35th-ranked tandem Petra Granic and Dani Wagland dealt Ksenia Laskutova and Martina Okalova a 6-2 defeat at first doubles. Neda Koprcina and Anna Turati contributed a 6-2 win over Marcelina Cichon and Mahitha Dadireddy at third doubles.
Bianca Turati made short work of Laskutova at first singles and prevailed by a 6-1, 6-1 count. Poluta notched a 7-6, 6-2 win over Cichon at sixth singles before UT closed out the team victory with simultaneous wins from Granic and Anna Turati. Granic dealt Dadireddy a 6-2, 6-2 defeat at third singles while Turati finished off Martina Okalova by the same tally. The remaining matches were suspended.
Texas resumes dual-match play on the road next weekend when it takes on Stanford and Fresno State.
Texas 5, Tulsa 0
Doubles
1 No. 35 Petra Granic/Dani Wagland (Texas) def. Ksenia Laskutova/Martina Okalova (Tulsa), 6-2
2 Bianca Turati/Katie Poluta (Texas) vs. Rongrong Leenabanchong/Martha Matoula (Tulsa), 5-2, susp.
3 Neda Koprcina/Anna Turati (Texas) def. Marcelina Cichon/Mahitha Dadireddy (Tulsa), 6-2
Singles
1 No. 39 Bianca Turati (Texas) def. Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa), 6-1, 6-1
2 No. 69 Neda Koprcina (Texas) vs. Rongrong Lennabanchong (Tulsa), 6-1, 3-4, susp.
3 Petra Granic (Texas) def. Mahitha Dadireddy (Tulsa), 6-2, 6-2
4 Anna Turati (Texas) def. Martina Okalova (Tulsa), 6-2, 6-2
5 Katie Poluta (Texas) vs. Martha Matoula (Tulsa), 7-5, 1-2, susp.
6 Daniella Roldan (Texas) def. Marcelina Cichon (Tulsa), 7-6, 6-2
Texas 4, Tulane 2
Doubles
1 Naz Karagoz/Elena Muller (Tulane) def. No. 35 Petra Granic/Dani Wagland (UT), 6-4
2 Ivone Alvaro/Sade Atkinson (Tulane) def. Bianca Turati/Katie Poluta (UT), 6-3
3 Neda Koprcina/Anna Turati (UT) def. Kyla Klier/Christina Sisti (Tulane), 6-0
Singles
1 No. 39 Bianca Turati (Texas) vs. Naz Karagoz (Tulane) , 5-7, 6-4, 1-0, susp.
2 No. 69 Neda Koprcina (Texas) def. Kyla Klier (Tulane), 6-0, 6-3
3 Petra Granic (Texas) def. Sade Atkinson (Tulane), 6-0, 6-1
4 Anna Turati (Texas) def. Ivone Alvaro (Tulane), 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
5 Elena Muller (Tulane) def. Dani Wagland (Texas), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
6 Katie Poluta (Texas) def. Christina Sisti (Tulane), 6-4, 6-0
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