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Women’s Tennis Defeats Tulane, 6-1 on Thursday – University of Alabama Athletics
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Alabama women’s tennis team defeated Tulane, 6-1, Thursday afternoon at City Park Tennis Center in New Orleans, La., as the team improved to 6-1 on the season.
Although, Alabama (6-1) dropped the doubles point, the Crimson Tide won sixth-straight singles matches to secure the victory over Tulane (4-3, 1-0 AAC).
Anne Marie Hiser earned Alabama’s first point of the afternoon after a straight-set win over Kristen Borland (6-3, 6-1), while Klara Milicevic also won in two sets over Jiayun Zhu (6-4, 6-3) to move the Tide into the lead.
On courts two and five, No. 50 Petra Sedlackova (6-4, 7-5) and Anna Parkhomenko (6-4, 7-6(7)) secured their singles matches over Mackenzie Clark and Charlotte Russell, respectfully. No. 27 Loudmilla Bencheikh defeated Lahari Yelamanchili, 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8) on court one, before Ola Pitak finalized the win on court four with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 defeat over Cora Barber.
Up Next
- Alabama will travel to Montgomery, Ala., for the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on Feb. 23
Results
Doubles:
- Lahari Yelamanchili/Kristen Borland (TUL) def. Anna Parkhomenko/Petra Sedlackova (UA) 6-0
- Cora Barber/Mackenzie Clark (TUL) def. Ola Pitak/Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) 6-4
- Klara Milicevic/Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Charlotte Russell/Delanie Tribby (TUL) 6-2
Order of finish: 1,3,2
Singles:
- Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) def. Lahari Yelamanchili (TUL) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)
- Petra Sedlackova (UA) def. Mackenzie Clark (TUL) 6-4, 7-5
- Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Kristen Borland (TUL) 6-3, 6-1
- Ola Pitak (UA) def. Cora Barber (TUL) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Charlotte Russell (TUL) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
- Klara Milicevic (UA) def. Jiayun Zhu (TUL) 6-4, 6-3
- Order of finish: 3,6,2,5,1,4
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