Doubles Advance to Round of 16 at USTA/ITA NW Regional Championships
October 11, 2014 | Women's Tennis
STANFORD, Calif. – The University of Washington women's tennis team had two doubles pairs stay alive on Saturday and advance to the round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships hosted by Stanford University.
Elianne Douglas-Miron and Riko Sihmizu defeated Pacific's Gergana Boncheva and Francis Dean, 8-4 while newcomer Miki Kobayashi and sophomore Grace Ysidora outlasted Kamila Kecki and Frederique Sleiffer of UC Davis 8-3.
Douglas-Miron and Shimizu will next face Stanford's second-seeded duo Carol Zhao and Taylor Davidson while Kobayashi and Ysidora will take on Nia Rose and Alyssa Tobita of Oregon.
In singles action, Douglas-Miron and Julija Lukac both advanced out of the round of 32 before falling in the round of 16. Douglas-Miron handled St. Mary's Parminder Kaur, 6-1, 6-2 before dropping a 6-2, 6-1 decision to third-seeded Zsoft Susanyi of California. Lukac became one of five unseeded players to earn a spot in the round of 16 as she defeated Cal's Cecilia Estlander, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Lukac eventually fell to fourth-seeded Carolyn Doyle of Stanford 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles action starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
UW RESTULS
Open Singles – Round of 16
No. 3 Zsofi Susanyi (California) def. No. 13 Elianne Douglas-Miron, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Caroline Doyle (Stanford) def. Julija Lukac, 6-0, 6-1
Open Singles – Round of 32
No. 13 Elianne Douglas-Miron def. Parminder Kaur (St. Mary's), 6-1, 6-2
Julija Lukac def. Cecilia Estlander (California), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
No. 1 Lynn Chi (California) def. Natali Coronel, 6-0, 6-1
Open Doubles – Round of 32
Elianne Douglas-Miron/Riko Shimizu def. Gergana Boncheva/Francis Dean (Pacific), 8-4
Miki Kobayashi/Grace Ysidora def. Kamila Kecki/Frederique Sleiffer (UC Davis), 8-3
Tanya Murtagh/Rana Sharif Ahmed (Fresno State) def. Natali Coronel/Julija Lukac, 8-4
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