STANFORD, Calif.—The San José State women's tennis team advanced three singles to the round of 32 and one doubles team to the round of 16 at the ITA Northwest Regional at Stanford this weekend.
•Jovana Babic advanced in both singles and doubles. In singles, she advanced to the round of 64 after her opponent withdrew in the first round. Babic then defeated Jenna Gordon from Santa Clara in three sets before falling to the fifth seed Alexandra Yepifanova of Stanford in straight sets.
• Babic paired with Raquel Villan Pereira to win their first two matches, winning 6-4 in the round of 64 and 7-6 (6) in the round of 32 before falling to the top seeded pair of Blake and Ma from Stanford, 6-1.
•Lara Marco Mas won her first singles match in straight sets over Scout Mathews from Easter Washington, 6-4, 6-3. Marco Mas then needed three sets to defeat Paige Alter of Sacramento State, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Marco Mas then faced top-seeded Vanessa Wong of Washington in the round of 16 and fell 6-2, 6-1.
•Alba Pedrero Galindo won her two singles matches in straight sets – first over Olive Maunupau from UC Davis, 6-0, 6-2 and Lene Hovda from Saint Mary's, 6-2, 6-1. Pedrero Galindo then faced conference foe Yinglak Jittakoad from Fresno State in the round of 32 and fell 7-6, 6-2.
ITA Northwest Regional
Stanford, Calif.
Singles Draw
Round of 128
Lara Marco Mas def. Scout Mathews (EWU) 6-4, 6-3
Jovana Babic advanced, Madelyn Ferreros (SAC) withdrew
Irena Muradyan lost to #10 seed Valencia Xu (ST) 6-3, 6-2
Olaya Bances Iglesias lost to Tsveti Yotova (SAC) 6-2, 6-3
Alba Pedrero Galindo def. Olive Maunupau (UCD) 6-0, 6-2
Raquel Villan Pereira lost to Ares Teixido (UO) 6-3, 6-4
Round of 64
Lara Marco Mas def. Paige Alter (SAC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Jovana Babic def. Jenna Gordon (SCU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
Alba Pedrero Galindo def. Lene Hovda (SMC) 6-2, 6-1
Round of 32
Lara Marco Mas lost to #1 seed Vanessa Wong (UW) 6-2, 6-1
Jovana Babic lost to #5 seed Alexandra Yepifanova (ST) 6-0, 6-3
Alba Pedrero Galindo lost to Yinglak Jittakoad (FS) 7-6, 6-2
Doubles Main
Round of 64
Raquel Villan Pereira/Jovana Babic def. Sato/Zupancic (UW) 6-4
Olaya Bances Iglesias/Lara Marco Mas lost to Gurevich/Stavropoulos (UCD) 6-4
Alba Pedrero Galindo/Irena Muradyan lost to Thiel/Viller Moeller (CAL) 7-5
Round of 32
Raquel Villan Pereira/Jovana Babic def. Rees/Hernandez (PS) 7-6 (6)
Round of 16
Raquel Villan Pereira/Jovana Babic lost to #1 seed Blake/Ma (ST) 6-1
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