WACO, Texas  – The Washington State Women's Tennis Team opened play at the 2022 Baylor Invitational with multiple victories in singles and doubles Friday during the first day of play at the Hurd Tennis Center on the Baylor campus.
 
Playing in a hidden dual format where singles are played against one team and doubles another, the Cougars open the event with two singles and two doubles victories. In singles play, sophomore Maxine Murphy and junior Fifa Kumhom recorded straight-set wins while Elyse Tse and Yura Nakagawa and the duo of Eva Alvarez Sande and Murphy each won by identical scores of 6-3.
 
Play continues Saturday at the Baylor Invitational with another round of singles and two rounds of doubles.
 
2022 Baylor Invitational
Oct. 28-30, 2022
Hurd Tennis Center
Waco, Texas
 
SINGLES
Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Margaret Polk (TCU) 6-3, 6-4
Azul Pedemonti (Houston) def. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 6-4, 7-5
Elena Trencheva (Houston) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)
Laura Slisane (Houston) def. Elyse Tse (WSU) 7-6, 6-4
Sonya Kovalenko (Houston) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova (WSU) 6-1, 6-0
Fifa Kumhom (WSU) def. Gabriela Cortes (Houston) 7-5, 7-5
 
DOUBLES
B. Cortijo Parreno/Sophie Schouten (Houston) def. Elyse Tse/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 6-3
Sonya Kovalenko/Laura Slisane (Houston) def. Eva Alvarez Sande/Maxine Murphy (WSU) 6-3
Gabriela Cortes/Elena Trencheva (Houston) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova/Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-4
Elyse Tse/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. Azul Pedemonti/Maria Dzemeshkevich (Houston) 6-3
Eva Alvarez Sande/Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Elena Trencheva/Gabriela Cortes (Houston) 6-3
Sonya Kovalenko/Laura Slisane (Houston) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova/Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-3