CHARLESTON, South Carolina –
Taisiya Pachkaleva of the Pepperdine women's tennis program earned a signature win Thursday, defeating the top seed and #2 nationally ranked Abigail Forbes from UCLA in straight sets to advance to Friday's quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships.
Pachkaleva (Moscow, Russia) dominated throughout the match, defeating Forbes 6-3, 6-3. #13 Flores (Fort Dodge, Iowa) and #59
Shiori Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan) also earned ranked wins on Thursday in the consolation draw. Flores defeated #19 Lea Ma from Georgia, while Fukuda took down another top 30 opponent, #29 Ayana Akli of South Carolina.
Pepperdine's two pairs of doubles had success on Thursday as well. In the main draw,
Victoria Flores and
Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) topped Missouri's Murgett and Oliveira, the #7 doubles duo in the country, and followed that up with another ranked win – this time over Furman's Adams and Dillion, ranked 26
th. Fukuda and Pachkaleva dropped their main draw round of 32 match but received a forfeit win in the consolation draw to advance to the consolation quarterfinals on Friday.
RESULTS
SINGLES
Main draw
Round of 16
#56 Cayetano (USC) def. #3
Janice Tjen 6-0, 6-3
#44
Taisiya Pachkaleva def. #2 Forbes (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3
Consolation
Round of 32
#13
Victoria Flores def. #19 Ma (Georgia) 6-4, 6-3
#59
Shiori Fukuda def. #29 Akli (South Carolina) 6-4, 6-3
DOUBLES
Main draw
Round of 32
Victoria Flores/Janice Tjen def. #7 Murgett/Oliveira (Missouri) 8-5
#27 Daniel/Smith (NC State) def. #11
Shiori Fukuda/Taisiya Pachkaleva 8-6
Round of 16
Victoria Flores/Janice Tjen def. #26 Dillon/Adams (Furman) 9-7
Consolation
Round of 32
#11
Shiori Fukuda/Taisiya Pachkaleva def. #54 Mannix/Noel (Iowa) Injured
All four Waves are back in action Friday, starting at 6:00 a.m. PT with the consolation quarterfinal matches for Fukuda and Flores in singles. Pachkaleva's main draw quarterfinal against USC's Ewing begins at 7:30 a.m. PT. The doubles pair of Flores/Tjen in the main draw quarterfinal starts at 11:00 a.m. PT, while the consolation quarterfinal for Fukuda and Pachkaleva kicks off at 12:30 p.m. PT.
