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LBSU Tennis Has Successful Opening Day at Fall Tournament
10/11/2019 3:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Long Beach State opened this weekend’s Beach Tennis Fall Tournament with a strong showing on Friday at Rhodes Tennis Center. The Beach went a combined 10-2 across doubles and singles play to kick off the annual tournament.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Beach Tennis began its fall tournament on Friday morning at Rhodes Tennis Center and had a productive day on the courts, going a combined 10-2 across singles and doubles play. The Beach have six singles players and two doubles teams advancing to the semifinal round on Saturday morning.
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Friday started with the Beach sweeping its first round of doubles matches, dropping just five games combined across the three victories. The biggest winner was the pair of Sadeghvaziri/Devarakonda, who were 6-1 winners in their only doubles match of the day in Flight B. In the top doubles flight, both Beach pairs (Munoz/Lennon and Rutkowska/Bardet) were 6-2 winners to advance to Friday afternoon's quarterfinal round.
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The Beach didn't let up during singles play, going 6-1 across three singles flights. Emma Bardet had the most lopsided victory of the afternoon, going 6-0, 6-0 in her singles win to advance to the Flight B semifinals tomorrow. Also in Flight B, Lalita Devarakonda was a 6-1, 6-1 winner and Sadaf Sadeghvaziri claimed a 6-2, 6-4 win.
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In Flight A of singles, the Beach went 2-1, getting victories from Natalia Munoz (6-3, 7-6 (4)) and Wiktoria Rutkowska (6-3, 6-4). In Flight C, Carlota Casasampere was a 6-2, 6-1 winner to move on to her semifinal as well.
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The day concluded with two more doubles matches in Flight A, where Munoz/Lennon picked up a second victory of the day, 6-1. The other Beach pair of Rutkowska/Bardet withdrew from their doubles match.
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The Beach Tennis Fall Tournament will resume on Saturday at 9 a.m. with semifinal rounds of doubles and singles, along with consolation brackets.
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Friday started with the Beach sweeping its first round of doubles matches, dropping just five games combined across the three victories. The biggest winner was the pair of Sadeghvaziri/Devarakonda, who were 6-1 winners in their only doubles match of the day in Flight B. In the top doubles flight, both Beach pairs (Munoz/Lennon and Rutkowska/Bardet) were 6-2 winners to advance to Friday afternoon's quarterfinal round.
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The Beach didn't let up during singles play, going 6-1 across three singles flights. Emma Bardet had the most lopsided victory of the afternoon, going 6-0, 6-0 in her singles win to advance to the Flight B semifinals tomorrow. Also in Flight B, Lalita Devarakonda was a 6-1, 6-1 winner and Sadaf Sadeghvaziri claimed a 6-2, 6-4 win.
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In Flight A of singles, the Beach went 2-1, getting victories from Natalia Munoz (6-3, 7-6 (4)) and Wiktoria Rutkowska (6-3, 6-4). In Flight C, Carlota Casasampere was a 6-2, 6-1 winner to move on to her semifinal as well.
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The day concluded with two more doubles matches in Flight A, where Munoz/Lennon picked up a second victory of the day, 6-1. The other Beach pair of Rutkowska/Bardet withdrew from their doubles match.
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The Beach Tennis Fall Tournament will resume on Saturday at 9 a.m. with semifinal rounds of doubles and singles, along with consolation brackets.
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