Aztecs Win Nine at Day One of SDSU Fall Classic
Women's Tennis

Aztecs Win Nine at Day One of SDSU Fall Classic

San Diego State women’s tennis completed the first day of the SDSU Fall Classic on Friday, going 9-1 at the Aztec Tennis Center without dropping a set in the first round of singles play.

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Aztecs Win Nine at Day One of SDSU Fall ClassicAztecs Win Nine at Day One of SDSU Fall Classic
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SAN DIEGO – San Diego State women’s tennis completed the first day of the SDSU Fall Classic on Friday, going 9-1 at the Aztec Tennis Center without dropping a set in the first round of singles play.

Jo-Yee Chan, Ninon Martinache, Gloria Alogo, Zoe Olmos, Liisa Varul, Vesa Gjinaj and Charlotte Roesch all won in straight sets to advance in their respective brackets.

Chan picked up a quarterfinal win over Isabella Foshee of Eastern Washington in the Gold Draw, taking the match 6-3, 7-5.

In the Red Draw, Martinache cruised through the first round, taking down UC San Diego’s Adriana Tabares 6-0, 6-2. Alogo followed suit with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Petra Janigova of Nevada.

Olmos and Varul are both advancing in the Black Draw after defeating UC San Diego’s Naomi Nguyen 6-2, 6-3 and Eastern Washington’s Leandra Nizetic 6-1, 6-2, respectively.

Gjinaj and Roesch completed the Aztec singles sweep in the White Draw with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Mariya Dobreva of Colorado State and a 6-3, 6-2 victory against UC San Diego’s Allison Lian.

The Aztecs also went 2-1 in doubles, advancing two pairs to the Gold Draw semifinals. Alogo and Varul will compete again on Saturday after claiming a commanding 6-1 win over Nguyen/Jorniak of UC San Diego. A few courts over, Martinache and Chan defeated Eastern Washington’s Foshee/Mann 6-4 to secure their spot in the draw.

Olmos and Gjinaj battled against UC San Diego’s Leung/Wardy in their Black Draw match, but were bested 5-7 in SDSU's only dropped match of the day.

All seven Aztecs will be back for day two at the Aztec Tennis Center on Saturday beginning with doubles at 9 a.m., followed by singles at 9:45 a.m.

You can follow along on the live stream or visit ITA for live scoring.

Saturday Matchups
Alogo/Varul vs Ma/Glozman (Stanford)
Chan/Martinache vs Costache/Janigova (Nevada)

Alogo vs Ruja (Saint Mary’s)
Martinache vs Costache (Nevada)
Olmos vs Voeks (Colorado State)
Varul vs Silva (Saint Mary’s)
Gjinaj vs Guerbert (Nevada)
Roesch vs Rook (Saint Mary’s)