MILWAUKEE – A pair of doubles teams and two singles players reached the quarterfinals of the Milwaukee Tennis Classic on Friday.
Both Boilermaker doubles squads advanced to the quarterfinals on Friday. Juana Larranaga and Ece Gencer cruised to a 6-3 win over Emma Kette and Lucie Petruzelova from Ole Miss. The duo will face top-seeded Vanesa Suarez and Maeve Thornton from Tennessee on Saturday.
Fatima Gutierrez and Ida Clement ousted Sami Yli-Piipari and Yilin Yan from Tennesse with a 6-4 decision. They will face Eva Alvarez Sande and Maxine Murphy from Washington State on Saturday.
Ece Gencer and Juana Larranaga punched their tickets to the final eight in singles action.
The Boilermakers won four of five round of 32 singles matchups. Gencer downed Ylin Yan from Tennessee in straight sets 7-6 (2), 6-3. Calissa Dellabarca followed suit with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Andie Weise from Marquette.
Juana Larranaga outlasted Sami Yli-Piipari from Tennessee 6-1, 2-6, 6-2. Ida Clement rallied from a set down to defeat Mariia Dolzhenko from Lipscomb 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Larranaga rallied to defeat Navy's Elimy Tannenbaum over three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. The senior will square off with Anaelle Leclerrq-Ficher from Ole Miss on Saturday morning.
Gencer dominated a first-set tiebreak and never looked back in a 7-6 (1), 6-3 victory against Lipscomb's Sofia Paladi. The freshman will face Kareisova with a bid to the semifinals on the line.
SINGLES R32
Ece Gencer (PUR) def. Yilin Yan (TEN) – 7-6 (2), 6-3
Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Sami Yli-Piipari (TEN) – 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
Ida Clement (PUR) def. Mariia Dolzhenko (LIP) – 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Calissa Dellabarca (PUR) def. Andie Weise (MAR) – 6-4, 6-4
Vanesa Suarez (TEN) def. Fatima Gutierrez (PUR) – 6-4, 6-0
SINGLES R16
Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Emily Tannenbaum (USNA) – 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Ece Gencer (PUR) def. Sofia Paladi (LIP) – 7-6(1), 6-3
Ludmila Kareisova (MISS) def. Calissa Dellabarca (PUR) – 6-2, 6-2
Gloriana Nahum (OU) def. Ida Clement (PUR) – 6-3, 6-1
Fatima Gutierrez (PUR) def. Olivia Fermo (USNA) - 7-6 (4), 6-3
DOUBLES R16
Juana Larranaga/Ece Gencer (PUR) def. Emma Kette/Lucie Petruzelova (MISS) – 6-3
Fatima Gutierrez/Ida Clement (PUR) def. Sami Yli-Piipari/Yilin Yan (TEN) – 6-4