WACO \u2013 Rice women’s tennis advanced three Owls to the main singles draw Thursday to open the ITA Texas Regional in Waco.<\/p>\n
Fernanda Martinez<\/a> opened the day with a 7-5, 7-6 win over Jessica Board of Abilene Christian before securing her spot in the main draw with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 victory over Baylor’s Ligaya Murray.<\/p>\n Freshman Josephine Kunz<\/a> also earned two wins to advance. She defeated UTSA’s Celine Absawi in three sets, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1, before claiming a 6-0, 6-3 victory over UIW’s Victoria Franklin.<\/p>\n Francesca Maguina<\/a> received a first-round bye and advanced to the main draw after taking the opening set 6-2 and leading 3-0 in the second when Luna Buijtenhuijs retired due to injury.<\/p>\n Daniela Chica<\/a> opened her tournament with a 6-3, 6-1 win over UTSA’s Akari Tomoyose before falling to Texas A&M’s Yoana Konstantinova, 7-6, 6-2.<\/p>\n Main-draw singles play begins Friday. Anushka Ashar<\/a>, Martinez and Divna Ratkovic<\/a> are scheduled to compete at 12:30 p.m., followed by Maguina and Nithesa Selvaraj<\/a> at 2 p.m. and Uma Bakaityte<\/a> and Kunz at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Doubles play begins at 8 a.m. with Ashar and Selvaraj. Kunz and Maguina will take the court at 9:30 a.m., followed by Ratkovic and Chica and Martinez and Bakaityte at 11 a.m. Both later pairs received first-round byes.<\/p>\n Results
\nSingles
\nFernanda Martinez<\/a> (RICE) def. Jessica Board (ACU) 7-5, 7-6
\nDaniela Chica<\/a> (RICE) def. Akari Tomoyose (UTSA) 6-3, 6-0
\nJosephine Kunz<\/a> (RICE) def. Celine Absawi (UTSA) 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
\nFrancesca Maguina<\/a> (RICE) vs Luna Buijtenhuis (UTRGV) 6-2, 3-0 RET [inj]
\nYoana Konstantinova (TAMU) def. Daniela Chica<\/a> (RICE) 7-6, 6-2
\nJosephine Kunz<\/a> (RICE) def. Victoria Franklin (UIW) 6-0, 6-3
\nFernanda Martinez<\/a> (RICE) def. Ligaya Murray (Baylor) 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
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