LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Pepperdine women's tennis program will be well represented on championship Sunday as
Shiori Fukuda advanced to the singles final and the duo of
Savannah Broadus and
Janice Tjen reached the doubles semifinal after an eventful day at the Freeman Memorial Championship hosted by UNLV.
Fukuda (Tokyo, Japan) won two singles matches on Saturday, including a straight-set, semifinal victory over teammate
Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) to reach Sunday's final. Zaar had her own impressive victory after taking down #55 Oona Orpana from Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals. Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) defeated the #24-ranked Florida duo of Carly Briggs and Marlee Zein to reach the doubles semifinals.
In added consolation matches, the Waves compiled two impressive ranked wins as
Victoria Flores (Fort Dodge, Iowa) defeated #9 Connie Ma from Stanford in a three-set thriller and Tjen took down Zein, ranked #34 in singles, in a three-set match as well.
RESULTS
SINGLES
Main Draw
Quarterfinals
#36
Savannah Broadus def.
Nikki Redelijk 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#31
Shiori Fukuda def. Bolton (UCLA) 6-2, 6-3
#10
Lisa Zaar def. #55 Orpana (Oklahoma State) 6-3, 6-2
Main Draw
Semifinals
#86 Sawangkaew (Oklahoma State) def. #36
Savannah Broadus 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
#31
Shiori Fukuda def. #10
Lisa Zaar 6-4, 6-3
Consolation Draw
#30
Victoria Flores def. #9 Connie Ma (Stanford) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6
#93
Janice Tjen def. #34 Marlee Zein (Florida) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
DOUBLES
Main draw
Quarterfinals
Bolton/Wagle (UCLA) def. #11
Victoria Flores/Lisa Zaar 6-3
#46 Dudeney/Spee (Florida) def.
Shiori Fukuda/Nikki Redelijk 6-1
Savannah Broadus/Janice Tjen def. #24 Briggs/Zein (Florida) 6-3
The final day of the event begins at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday with the doubles semifinals. The doubles final and the singles final will follow shortly after.
