LBSU Doubles Team Advance to Finals on Day Two of the Beach Fall Tennis Tournament

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LBSU Doubles Team Advance to Finals on Day Two of the Beach Fall Tennis Tournament

10/9/2021 6:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis

2021 Beach Tennis Fall Tournament Results Day 2

The pairing of Sheena Masuda and Nikola Homolkova advanced to the finals of the doubles tournament in flight A on Saturday.

By: Michael Abbott, Athletic Communications Assistant

LONG BEACH, Calif.- Sheena Masuda and Nikola Homolkova stormed their way into the flight A doubles final, as the Beach wrapped up day two at the Beach Fall Tennis Tournament on Saturday at the Rhodes Tennis Center.

In doubles play the pairing of Homolkova and Masuda earned a hard-fought win, with a 7-6 (1) win. The pairing was down 4-3 at one point before fighting their way back to a win, to earn their spot in the final.

Zara Lennon and Claire Le Du dropped their semifinal match in the A flight, 6-4 and will play in the third-place match on Sunday. In flight B, Arina Babkova and Zuzanna Szczepanska battled brilliantly but came up just short, losing 6-4 in their match.

In singles action the Beach had five athletes advance from the quarterfinals to the semifinals. Lennon advanced to the semifinals of flight A in straight sets fashion, with a dominant 6-3, 6-4 win.
Homolkova battled through another grueling three-set match and came out on top again, with a 2-6. 7-5, 6-2 win to also move on to the semifinals of flight A.

Babkova moved on to the semifinal round as well, with a gusty three-set win in flight B, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Also, in the quarterfinal round Andreea Ciornei and Masuda both ran out winners in flight C in straight sets. Ciornei won her match 6-1, 6-2 and Masuda won her match 6-3, 6-2.

In addition to those matches Claire Le Du lost a hard-fought match 6-4, 6-0 in her quarterfinal in flight A, and Zuzanna Szczepanska also fell, 6-1, 6-1 in flight B.

As for the semifinal round played on Saturday afternoon, Zara Lennon fell in a back-and-forth match 7-6 (2), 6-4. After going three sets in her quarterfinal match, Babkova came back for her semifinal match, but fell 6-4, 6-2 in flight B. In flight C, Sheena Masuda battled throughout the match but ultimately came up short, 6-3, 6-2. Also in flight C, Ciornei lost 6-2, 6-1.

Play is scheduled to resume on Sunday at 9 a.m. with doubles play, followed by singles play.

Saturday's Results:
Singles:
A QF: Zara Lennon (LBSU) def. Somer Dalla-Bona (CSU) 6-3, 6-4
A QF: Radka Buzkova (CSU) def. Claire Le Du (LBSU) 6-4, 6-0
A QF: Nikola Homolkova (LBSU) def. Fabienne Schmidt (GCU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
B QF: Arina Babkova (LBSU) def. Chunxi Guo (CSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
B QF: Yuseung Suh (CSU) def. Zuzanna Szczepanska (LBSU) 6-1, 6-1
C QF: Sheena Masuda (LBSU) def. Anastasiia Kotsyuba (CSU) 6-3, 6-2
C QF: Andreea Ciornei (LBSU) def. Mia Totah (UC Irvine) 6-1, 6-2
A SF: Radka Buzkova (CSU) def. Zara Lennon (LBSU) 7-6 (2), 6-4
A SF: Sarka Richterova (CSU) def. Nikola Homolkova (LBSU 6-4, 6-3
B SF: Jenna Dorian (CSUN) def. Arina Babkova (LBSU) 6-4, 6-2
C SF: Taylor Anderson (GCU) def. Sheena Masuda (LBSU) 6-1, 6-3
C SF: Lucia Natal-Gojm (CSU) def. Andreea Ciornei (LBSU) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles:
A SF: Masuda/Homolkova (LBSU) def. Duffy/Tobrand (GCU) 7-6 (1)
A SF: Puehse/Strombacha (GCU) def. Lennon/Le Du (LBSU) 6-3
B SF: Schmidt/Prudhomme (GCU) def. Babkova/Szczepanska (LBSU) 6-4