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Arasu, Blaszak Advance At ASU Thunderbird Invitational
11/8/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Nov. 8, 2002
TEMPE, ARIZ. - Sophomore's Saras Arasu and Katie Blaszak each advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the Arizona State University Thunderbird Invitational on Friday in Tempe, Ariz. Each Blue Devil won two matches Friday and will next play on Saturday.
Arasu, a Tampa, Fla. native seeded third, defeated Maria Rosenberg of Kansas State (6-3, 6-1) and Cindy Sureephong of Arizona State (6-4, 6-0) on Friday, while eighth-seeded Blaszak (Fairfax, Va.) defeated Northern Arizona's Katie Schurr (6-1, 6-1) and UNLV's Agnieszka Abram (6-3, 6-1).
Arasu will next take on Mhairi Brown of Arizona State and Blaszak will battle Jieun Jacobs of California on Saturday.
In other singles action, Susie Abromeit fell in the first round to Northern Arizona's Kristen Balk (6-3, 6-4), Hillary Adams advanced to the second round before fall to Arizona State's second-seeded and 21st-ranked Dora Krstulovic (2-6, 6-2, 6-3).
Duke's doubles duo of Abromeit/Arasu also advanced to the second round with an 8-1 victory over Burkett/Rosenberg (ASU/KSU). The tandem of Blaszak/Adams fell 9-8 to Cooper/McIver of Kansas State.
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FIRST ROUND (MAIN DRAW):(1) Adria Engel (ASU) def. Tara Browning (TT) 6-0, 6-2
Kristen Balk (NAU) def. Susie Abromeit (Duke) 6-3, 6-4
(7) Pauline Janus (UNLV) def. Joslynn Burkett (ASU) 6-2, 6-2
Petra Sedlmajerova (KSU) def. Brooke Borisoff (Cal) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
(3) Saras Arasu (Duke) def. Maria Rosenberg (KSU) 6-3, 6-1
Cindy Sureephong (ASU) def. Kendall Brooks (TT) 6-4, 6-3
(5) Mhairi Brown (ASU) def. Marjolein Klompmaker (NAU) 6-1, 6-3
Irina Tereschenko (TT) def. Tara Livesay (USD) 6-3, 6-2
Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) def. Jessica Simosa (KSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
(8) Katie Blaszk (Duke) def. Katie Schurr (NAU) 6-1, 6-1
Megan Yeats (ASU) def. Anchen Lombard (TT) 6-1, 6-0
(4) Jieun Jacobs (Cal) def. Andrea Cooper (KSU) 6-3, 6-3
Lauren Colalillo (ASU) def. Beverly Dawson (TT) 6-2, 6-4
(6) Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. Catherine Heppell (USD) 6-0, 6-2
Hillary Adams (Duke) def. Jody Scheldt (Cal) 6-2, 6-2
(2) Dora Krstulovic (ASU) def. Hayley McIver (KSU) 6-2, 6-0
SECOND ROUND (MAIN DRAW):
(1) Adria Engel def. Kristen Balk (NAU) 6-0, 6-1
(7) Pauline Janus (UNLV) def. Petra Sedlmajerova (KSU) 6-1, 6-0
(3) Saras Arasu (Duke) def. Cindy Sureephong (ASU) 6-4, 6-0
(5) Mhairi Brown (ASU) def. Irina Tereschenko (TT)
(8) Katie Blaszk (Duke) def. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) 6-3, 6-1
(4) Jieun Jacobs (Cal) def. Megan Yeats (ASU) 6-2, 6-1
(6) Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. Lauren Colalillo (ASU) 6-1, 7-5
(2) Dora Krstulovic (ASU) def. Hilary Adams (Duke) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
SECOND ROUND (CONSOLATION):
Tara Browning (TT) def. Susie Abromeit (Duke) 6-1, 6-0
Maria Rosenberg (KSU) def. Kendall Brooks (TT) 6-1, 6-1
Joslynn Burkett (ASU) def. Brooke Borisoff (Cal) 6-1, 6-3
Tara Livesay (USD) def. Marjolein Klompmaker (NAU) 6-4, 6-1
Jessica Simosa (KSU) def. Katie Schurr (NAU) 6-2, 6-1
Andrea Cooper (KSU) def. Anchen Lombard (TT) 6-3, 6-1
Catherine Heppell (USD) def. Beverly Dawson (TT) 6-3, 6-1
Jody Scheldt (Cal) def. Hayley McIver (KSU) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
Doubles Results
1) Engel/Krstulovic (ASU) BYE
(2) Jacobs/Scheldt (Cal) def. Brooks/Browning (TT) 8-5
Sedlmajerova/Simosa (KSU) def. (3) Dawson/Tereschenko (TT) 8-3
(4) Brown/Sureephong (ASU) def. Klompmaker/Lombard (NAU/TT) 8-2
Abromeit/Arasu (Duke) def. Burkett/Rosenberg (ASU/KSU) 8-1
Colalillo/Yeats (ASU) def. Balk/Schurr (NAU) 8-4
Cooper/McIver (KSU) def. Adams/Blaszk (Duke) 9-8 (5)
Abram/Janus (UNLV) def. Heppell/Livesay (USD) 8-2
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