WILDCAT INVITATIONAL DRAWS (PDF) | ITA All-America Draws
EVANSTON, Ill. – Doubles teams were on display on day two of the Wildcat Invitational on Saturday. The Purdue women's tennis team notched several victories during its first road tournament of the fall.
Nathalia Wolf Gasparin and Seira Shimizu opened the day with a 7-5 win over Christine Gouws and Rachel Papavasiloupos from Eastern Illinois. The duo later rebounded from a second-round loss to beat Katarina Drazic and Diana Borodina of Chicago State, 6-4.
Down in Tulsa, Okla., at the ITA All-American Championships, freshman Csilla Fodor competed in the first round of the pre-qualifying event. She came up short over three sets against TCU's Mercedes Aristegui, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Fodor will face Catherine Gulihur from Oklahoma State in the consolation round on Sunday.
Ena Babic will hit the court on Monday for the qualifying stages of the tournament. The two will also open the doubles event in the qualifying flight on the same day.
PURDUE MATCHES ON SATURDAY
Wolf Gasparin/Shimizu def. Papavasilapoulos/Gouws (EIU) – 7-5 – A Draw
Ogut/Hand (Northwestern) def. Wolf Gasparin/Shimizu – 6-3 – A Draw
Wolf Gasparin/Shimizu def. Drazic/Borodina (Chicago State) – 6-4 – A Draw
Haynes/Xu (Columbia) def. Sabe/Dovnik – 7-5 – A Draw
Ryan/Rohrbacher (Penn State) def. Sabe/Dovnik – 6-4 – A Draw