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Women’s Tennis Downs Hampton 6-1 in Season Opener
1.12.19 | Women's Tennis
NORFOLK, Va.— Temple women's tennis opened up its 2019 slate in a dominant fashion, notching a 6-1 victory over Hampton.
Notes
> The Owls are 1-0 in the 2019 season after defeating the Hampton Pirates in Norfolk, Va.
> Temple had a strong showing in doubles play, sweeping Hampton. The pairs of Chunan Xiang/Ruoyu Chen and Alice Patch/Oyku Boz both downed their opponents, 6-2. The duo of Kristina Titova/Stefaniya Surikova prevailed 6-0.
> The team followed its doubles performance with impressive singles play, only dropping one match to the Pirates. Yining Tian and Boz each defeated their opponents, 6-0, 6-0. Xiang clinched her match 4-6, 6-0, 6-0 over Hampton's Cherise Slocombe and Cecilia Castelli dominated her opponent 6-1, 6-1. Patch came out on top over Haley Mullins, 6-3, 6-2.
Results
Doubles
Xiang/Chen def. Kapitanova/Ljungman, 6-2
Patch/Boz def. Slocombe/d'Auvergne, 6-2
Titova/Surikova def. Walker/Mullins, 6-0
Singles
Yulia Kapitanova def. Oleksandra Doroshenko, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
Chunan Xiang def. Cherise Slocombe, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
Cecilia Castelli def. Viktoria Ljungman, 6-1, 6-1
Alice Patch def. Haley Mullins, 6-3, 6-2
Yining Tian def. Julia d'Avergne, 6-0, 6-0
Oyku Boz def. Caira Walker, 6-0, 6-0
Next Up
> Temple will round out its road trip to Virginia as they take on Old Dominion on Sunday, Jan. 13. The Owls will face the Monarchs at 10 a.m.
Notes
> The Owls are 1-0 in the 2019 season after defeating the Hampton Pirates in Norfolk, Va.
> Temple had a strong showing in doubles play, sweeping Hampton. The pairs of Chunan Xiang/Ruoyu Chen and Alice Patch/Oyku Boz both downed their opponents, 6-2. The duo of Kristina Titova/Stefaniya Surikova prevailed 6-0.
> The team followed its doubles performance with impressive singles play, only dropping one match to the Pirates. Yining Tian and Boz each defeated their opponents, 6-0, 6-0. Xiang clinched her match 4-6, 6-0, 6-0 over Hampton's Cherise Slocombe and Cecilia Castelli dominated her opponent 6-1, 6-1. Patch came out on top over Haley Mullins, 6-3, 6-2.
Results
Doubles
Xiang/Chen def. Kapitanova/Ljungman, 6-2
Patch/Boz def. Slocombe/d'Auvergne, 6-2
Titova/Surikova def. Walker/Mullins, 6-0
Singles
Yulia Kapitanova def. Oleksandra Doroshenko, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
Chunan Xiang def. Cherise Slocombe, 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
Cecilia Castelli def. Viktoria Ljungman, 6-1, 6-1
Alice Patch def. Haley Mullins, 6-3, 6-2
Yining Tian def. Julia d'Avergne, 6-0, 6-0
Oyku Boz def. Caira Walker, 6-0, 6-0
Next Up
> Temple will round out its road trip to Virginia as they take on Old Dominion on Sunday, Jan. 13. The Owls will face the Monarchs at 10 a.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
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