ORLANDO, Florida – The #25 Pepperdine women's tennis program swept its second top-15 road match in three days, closing out an important weekend with a 4-0 win over #14 Central Florida on Sunday afternoon at the USTA National Campus.
Pepperdine (5-2) led throughout the majority of doubles on all three courts, and it was the nation's top-ranked duo of
Savannah Broadus (Carrollton, Texas) and
Janice Tjen (Jakarta, Indonesia) that got the first victory with a 6-2 decision on court one. With the Waves holding a pair of match points over UCF (5-4) on both courts two and three, #27
Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand) and
Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) provided the clinch of the doubles point with a 6-4 win on court two.
The Waves dominated singles, winning all six first sets with four of six courts having a margin of three games or more. #16 Broadus cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win on court three over Noel Saidenova to double the Pepperdine lead. #29 Tjen earned her second ranked win of the weekend, defeating #31 Marie Mattel 6-2, 6-4 to give Pepperdine a commanding 3-0 lead.
To close out the match, #35 Zaar took down Jantje Tilbuerger 6-2, 6-1 putting an exclamation point on the weekend for the Waves.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
#1
Broadus/Tjen def. Saidenova/Tilbuerger 6-2
#27
Thamchaiwat/Zaar def. Biolay/Mattel 6-4
A. Campana/Redelijk vs. Kattenberg/Sharma 5-3 unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2
SINGLES
#29
Tjen def. #31 Mattel 6-2, 6-4
#35
Zaar def. Tilbuerger 6-2, 6-1
#16
Broadus def. Saidenova 6-1, 6-1
Thamchaiwat vs. Leslie 6-3, 3-2 unfinished
Redelijk vs. Biolay 6-4, 1-2 unfinished
A. Campana vs. #125 Sharma 7-5, 3-2 unfinished
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2*
NEXT UP: Pepperdine returns home to face #3 Michigan at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on Saturday, March 4 at 12 p.m.
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