Brenau Tennis Day One Results from GCSU
In the C flight of the tournament, Nelli Martirosyan had a first round victory against Amber Fahrner from University of Tampa (6-2, 6-4) and a second round win over Christian Minnick from UNC-Pembroke (6-3, 6-1). Martirosyan will face Charlotte Fabricius from Clayton State in the semifinal.
Hannah Thompson had two straight-set wins in the B singles flight, over Michelle Lingner from GCSU (6-4, 6-1) and Maricel Quintero from UNC-Pembroke (6-0, 6-1). Thompson will play her semifinal match against Katie Brown (Carson-Newman) on Saturday morning.
Liubov Orlova started the day with a quick victory over Nikol Williams from University of Tampa, 6-0 6-1. Her second match, however, was quite a battle. Facing the number one seed in the B singles flight, Orlova fought back twice during the match (4-1 down in the first set and 5-2 down in the third set) to take a three set win over Lisa Setyon from GCSU. After over three hours on the court, Orlova finished the match with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win. Orlova is in the quarter final and will play Taryn Cappadona (Carson- Newman) on Saturday.
In doubles play, Nagles and Martirosyan were the first off the court as they beat Ewing/Ryan (Tampa) 8-0 in the B doubles flight. Playing in the A doubles draw, Orlova/Thompson beat Backham/Raymond also from Tampa, 8-5. Both doubles teams will play the quarter final round on Saturday.