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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University women’s tennis prepares to host the inaugural United Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Fall Individual Championships, Friday-Sunday, at the Governors Tennis Courts.
Yi-Ching Huang and Sati Aubakirova will represent the Governors in both singles and doubles play across the three-day event. The tandem begins their tournament stay in singles play, where Aubakirova faces UT Arlington’s Maria Isabel Suarez in a 9 a.m., match. With a win, she would advance to the quarterfinals round to face Tarleton State’s Aya Ishii at 1 p.m., Friday. Huang begins her weakened in the quarterfinals with a match against the winner of Eastern Kentucky’s Izem Olcer and North Alabama’s Emma Ansorge at 1 p.m., Friday after receiving a round of 16 bye.
Huang and Aubakirova earned a bye to the semifinals, where they’ll face the winner of Abilene Christian’s duo of Victoria Correa and Alem Cote against UNA’s team of Ansorge and Mathilde Delaney at 9 a.m., Saturday.
On the season, Huang is tied for a team-best four singles wins and is 2-1 in three-set matches this season. Aubakirova is 3-4 in singles this season after splitting her matches against Murray State in last weekend’s Battle of the Border.
Huang and Aubakirova lead all APSU doubles teams with a 5-1 record this season, with their lone loss coming against Kentucky at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals earlier this month.
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