HONOLULU – Fifth-year senior
Michaela Bayerlova won her second-straight singles match as Washington State wrapped up the second day of play at the Weinman Foundation Invitational Friday at the UH Tennis Complex.
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The tournament's format saw WSU, host Hawaii and No. 9 California compete in singles and doubles against each other.
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Bayerlova, after posting a three-set win Thursday against California's Hailey Giavara, followed that win with a straight-set, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Hawaii's Satsuki Takamura Friday. Sophomore
Fifa Kumhom, who picked up a pair of wins Thursday, dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision to Hawaii's Lea Romain.
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In other matches involving the Cougars, Giavara posted a three-set win over
Savanna Ly-Nguyen, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, Cal's Jessica Alsola defeated
Maxine Murphy 6-2, 7-5, while Cal's Makenna Thiel defeated
Elyse Tse 7-5, 6-0 and Cal's Erin Richardson got past
Stefaniia Mikhailova 7-5, 6-2.
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In doubles action, Kumhom and
Yang Lee recorded an 8-3 victory over Hawaii's Gitte Heynemans and Romain, while Tse and Murphy picked up an 8-6 win over Hawaii's Tal Talya Zandberg and Ana Vilcek.
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Bayerlova and Ly-Nguyen dropped an 8-5 contest to Alsola and Richardson while Cal's Julia Rosenqvist and Katja Wiersholm defeated Mikhailova and
Hania Abouelsaad, 8-2.
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Play concludes Saturday at the Weinman Foundation Invitational.
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Weinman Foundation Invitational
Day 2 Results
Jan. 7, 2022
Honolulu, O'ahu (UH Tennis Complex)
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Singles competition
Michaela Bayerlova (Washington State) def. Satsuki Takamura (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-3
Lea Romain (Hawaii) def.
Fifa Kumhom (Washington State) 6-2, 7-5
Haley Giavara (California) def.
Savanna Ly-Nguyen (Washington State) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
Jessica Alsola (California) def.
Maxine Murphy (Washington State) 6-2, 7-5
Makenna Thiel (California) def.
Elyse Tse (Washington State) 7-5, 6-0
Erin Richardson (California) def.
Stefaniia Mikhailova (Washington State) 7-5, 6-2
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Doubles competition
Yang Lee/
Fifa Kumhom (Washington State) def. Gitte Heynemans/Lea Romain (Hawaii) 8-3
Elyse Tse/
Maxine Murphy (Washington State) def. Tal Talya Zandberg/Ana Vilcek (Hawaii) 8-6
Jessica Alsola/Erin Richardson (California) def.
Michaela Bayerlova/
Savanna Ly-Nguyen (Washington State) 8-5
Julia Rosenqvist/Katja Wiersholm (California) def.
Hania Abouelsaad/
Stefaniia Mikhailova (Washington State) 8-2
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