LOS ANGELES – The 19th-ranked UCLA women's tennis team started Pac-12 tennis play with an emphatic win Friday afternoon, beating Washington State 7-0 at Los Angeles Tennis Center.
Three players had two-win days for the Bruins (6-3, 1-0 Pac-12). Elise Wagle clinched the result. The Cougars (8-3, 0-1) collected a pair of singles sets, but both matches were ultimately won by UCLA in third-set, 10-point tiebreakers.
Fresh off earning their first ranking as a doubles pair, No. 66 Ahmani Guichard and Sasha Vagramov of the Bruins rolled to a 6-1 victory against Hania Abouelsaad and Martina Markov on Court 3. The combination of Guichard and Vagramov is now 3-0 since its Feb. 24 debut. The clinching decision followed on Court 1, where Kimmi Hance and Anne Christine Lutkemeyer – who was making her first Court 1 appearance – bounced back from a 1-3 deficit versus Eva Alvarez Sande and Elyse Tse to prevail 6-3.
No. 65 Bianca Fernandez registered a 7-5, 6-2 result over Yura Nakagawa on Court 4, extending UCLA's lead to 2-0. The win was Fernandez's fourth in a row, with each of them coming in straight sets. No. 91 Hance followed with a straight-setter of her own on Court 2, dispatching Tse by a 6-2, 6-4 score.
For the second time this season, Wagle won in clinching fashion. She took down Fifa Kumhom 6-2, 6-2 on Court 4 in this one. No. 62 Tian nearly pulled even after trailing 1-5 in her second set with Alvarez Sande before outlasting her top-court counterpart 6-1, 4-6, 1-0(5). Tian, the defending Pac-12 Player of the Week, has won four in a row.
Next to finish was Court 6, as Vagramov got the best of Martina Markov in a 7-6(0), 6-3 decision. Finally, it was Guichard who bounced back to defeat Abouelsaad in a tightly-contested 5-7, 7-6(5), 1-0(7) match on Court 5.
The Bruins return to action Saturday, when they host No. 25 Washington for more Pac-12 action. First serve from LATC is scheduled for 12 p.m. PT.
Tennis Match Results
Washington State vs UCLA
3/8/2024 at Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles Tennis Center)
#19 UCLA 7, Washington State 0
Singles competition
1. #62 Tian Fangran (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
2. #91 Kimmi Hance (UCLA) def. Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. #65 Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) def. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-7)
6. Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Martina Markov (WSU) 7-6 (7-0), 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Kimmi Hance/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande/Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-3
2. Tian Fangran/Elise Wagle (UCLA) vs. Fifa Kumhom/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 5-4, unfinished
3. #66 Ahmani Guichard/Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Hania Abouelsaad/Martina Markov (WSU) 6-1
Match Notes:
Washington State 8-3
UCLA 6-3; National ranking #19
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,2,4,1,6,5)
Three players had two-win days for the Bruins (6-3, 1-0 Pac-12). Elise Wagle clinched the result. The Cougars (8-3, 0-1) collected a pair of singles sets, but both matches were ultimately won by UCLA in third-set, 10-point tiebreakers.
Fresh off earning their first ranking as a doubles pair, No. 66 Ahmani Guichard and Sasha Vagramov of the Bruins rolled to a 6-1 victory against Hania Abouelsaad and Martina Markov on Court 3. The combination of Guichard and Vagramov is now 3-0 since its Feb. 24 debut. The clinching decision followed on Court 1, where Kimmi Hance and Anne Christine Lutkemeyer – who was making her first Court 1 appearance – bounced back from a 1-3 deficit versus Eva Alvarez Sande and Elyse Tse to prevail 6-3.
No. 65 Bianca Fernandez registered a 7-5, 6-2 result over Yura Nakagawa on Court 4, extending UCLA's lead to 2-0. The win was Fernandez's fourth in a row, with each of them coming in straight sets. No. 91 Hance followed with a straight-setter of her own on Court 2, dispatching Tse by a 6-2, 6-4 score.
For the second time this season, Wagle won in clinching fashion. She took down Fifa Kumhom 6-2, 6-2 on Court 4 in this one. No. 62 Tian nearly pulled even after trailing 1-5 in her second set with Alvarez Sande before outlasting her top-court counterpart 6-1, 4-6, 1-0(5). Tian, the defending Pac-12 Player of the Week, has won four in a row.
Next to finish was Court 6, as Vagramov got the best of Martina Markov in a 7-6(0), 6-3 decision. Finally, it was Guichard who bounced back to defeat Abouelsaad in a tightly-contested 5-7, 7-6(5), 1-0(7) match on Court 5.
The Bruins return to action Saturday, when they host No. 25 Washington for more Pac-12 action. First serve from LATC is scheduled for 12 p.m. PT.
Tennis Match Results
Washington State vs UCLA
3/8/2024 at Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles Tennis Center)
#19 UCLA 7, Washington State 0
Singles competition
1. #62 Tian Fangran (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
2. #91 Kimmi Hance (UCLA) def. Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. #65 Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) def. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) def. Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-7)
6. Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Martina Markov (WSU) 7-6 (7-0), 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Kimmi Hance/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande/Elyse Tse (WSU) 6-3
2. Tian Fangran/Elise Wagle (UCLA) vs. Fifa Kumhom/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 5-4, unfinished
3. #66 Ahmani Guichard/Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Hania Abouelsaad/Martina Markov (WSU) 6-1
Match Notes:
Washington State 8-3
UCLA 6-3; National ranking #19
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,2,4,1,6,5)