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SPOKANE, Wash. (Oct. 31, 2025) \u2013 Juniors Zali Morris<\/a><\/a> and Yura Nakagawa<\/a>, along with sophomore Martina Puvill<\/a> each posted straight-set singles wins to highlight Washington State’s first day of play at the Gonzaga Invitational Friday, played at the Stevens Center. SINGLES
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\nPlaying in the Red Flight, Puvill battled through two tight sets to defeat Utah State’s Natalie Paterova, 6-4, 6-4 Also in the Red Flight, WSU’s Chisato Kanemaki’s<\/a> comeback fell short as she dropped a 6-2, 7-6 (3) contest to Utah State’s Terezia Mikva.
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\nIn the Blue Flight, Nakagawa opened play with a 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory over Eastern Washington’s Veronika Gayevyk, while Morris cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Portland State’s Kasumi Hirayama.
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\nIn doubles play, both Cougar duos fell in tiebreakers. The pair of Morris and Nakagawa dropped a 7-6 (0) contest to Idaho’s Jessica Matthews and Naomi Schraeder, while Puvill and Kanemaki came up just short against Montana State’s Nia Gelashvili and Angel Bean, 7-6 (7).
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\nPlay continues at the Gonzaga Invitational Saturday.
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\nWASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
\nGonzaga Invitational
\nOctober 31, 2025
\nStevens Center
\nSpokane, Wash.
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\nDOUBLES
\nGold Flight
\nFirst Round
\nMatthews\/Schraeder (Idaho) def. Morris\/Nakagawa (WSU) 7-6 (0)
\nBean\/Gelashvilli (Mont. St.) def. Puvill\/Kanemaki (WSU) 7-6 (7)<\/p>\n
\nRed Flight
\nFirst Round
\nMartina Puvill<\/a> (WSU) def. Natalie Paterova (Utah St.) 6-4, 6-4
\nTerezia Mikva (Utah St.) def. Chisato Kanemaki<\/a> (WSU) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
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\nBlue Flight
\nFirst Round
\nNakagawa (WSU) def. Veronika Gayevyk (EWU) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
\nZali Morris<\/a><\/a>\u00a0(WSU) def. Kasumi Hirayama (Port. St.) 6-2, 6-2
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\n–wsucougars.com–
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