COLUMBUS, Ohio – Playing its first dual match in 341 days, the Purdue women's tennis team dropped its 2021 season opener on the road at No. 10 Ohio State 6-1, with the lone point coming from Csilla Fodor in singles play.
Fodor put the Boilermakers (0-1, 0-1) on the board in singles action, knocking off Isabelle Boulais at No. 2 in straight sets 6-0, 7-5. The Boca Raton, Fla., native improved to 5-1 in singles matches this semester with the victory.
Ena Babic took No. 78 Irina Cantos to a third-set tiebreaker at No. 1. The Croatia international came up just short in a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(0) decision against the top Buckeye.
Babic and Fodor nearly posted their first ranked doubles win this season, as the duo held a 5-4 advantage against No. 42 Kolie Allen and Irina Cantos when the doubles point was halted.
The Buckeyes (4-2, 1-0) took the opening doubles point with a 6-3 win by Lisa Hofbauer and Lucia Marzal against Zala Dovnik and Nathalia Wolf Gasparin, followed by a 6-2 victory at No. 3 by Boulais and Madeline Atway over Rut Galindo and Seira Shimizu. Ohio State took singles wins at No. 5, 3 and 6 to clinch the match.
The Boilermakers will round out their opening-weekend roadswing at Penn State on Sunday morning at 10 a.m.
PURDUE - 1, No. 9 OHIO STATE - 6
SINGLES
1. No. 78 Irina Cantos (OSU) def. Ena Babic (PUR) – 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(0)
2. Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Isabelle Boulais (OSU) – 6-0, 7-5
3. Lisa Hofbauer (OSU) def. Seira Shimizu (PUR) – 6-2, 6-3
4. Kolie Allen (OSU) def. Zala Dovnik (PUR) – 6-4, 7-6 (5)
5. Lucia Marzal (OSU) def. Rut Galindo (PUR) – 6-4, 6-1
6. Tanisha Kashyap (OSU) def. Zeynep Naz Ozturk (PUR) – 6-2, 6-1
DOUBLES
1. Ena Babic/Csilla Fodor (PUR) vs. No. 42 Kolie Allen/Irina Cantos (OSU) – 5-4, unfinished
2. Lisa Hofbauer/Lucia Marzal (OSU) def. Zala Dovnik/Nathalia Wolf Gasparin (PUR) – 6-3
3. Isabelle Boulais/Madeline Atway (OSU) def. Rut Galindo/Seira Shimizu (PUR) – 6-2
Order of Finish
Singles: 5,3,2,6,4,1
Doubles: 2,3
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