ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) – The UCF women’s tennis team opened its fall schedule earlier this week at the Hilton Head, S.C., ITF $15,000. Rebeka Stolmar, Ksenia Kuznetsova and Domenika Turkovic all picked up wins in the qualifying draw.
Kuznetsova had a strong showing, reaching the second round of the main draw. The Russian international started the week with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Lucia Montano from Bolivia. The sophomore turned around to defeat American Sonya Macavei in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, before punching her ticket to the main draw with a 6-0, 7-5 win against Sophie Williams.
Kuznetsova’s streak without dropping a set continued in the first round of the main draw with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Ayaka Okuno from Japan. The sophomore met her match in the second round as Uzbekistan’s Komola Umarova edged her in three sets 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Turkovic finished one set shy of the main draw in her first tournament as a Knight. The native of Croatia beat Daria Tomashevskaya in the first round of the qualifying draw 6-2, 6-1. She rolled in her second match against Jacqueline Payne from the United States 6-1, 6-0. American Shannon Hudson managed to take rebound from an opening set defeat to beat Turkovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Sophomore Rebeka Stolmar opened her fall with a victory over top-seeded Francesca Fusinato in the opening round of the qualifying draw 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2. The reigning American Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year fell in the second round to Hudson 6-3, 6-1.
The Knights will be back out on the road next week at the Charleston, S.C., ITF $25,000.
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