Talaba Defeats Top 10 Opponent on Day Two in Miami

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Talaba Defeats Top 10 Opponent on Day Two in Miami

January 21, 2017 | Women's Tennis

Day Two Results Season Stats

Lady Raiders finish with seven wins over host No. 12 Miami

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Junior Gabriela Talaba led the Lady Raider tennis team to six wins on day two of the Miami Spring Invitational with a win over the highest ranked opponent in school history.

Talaba upset No. 6 Sinead Lohan of Miami in straight sets. She pulled out a 7-6 win over Lohan after a 7-3 tie break. Talaba took control over the second set and completed the match, 6-1.

The win was Talaba's first over a nationally-ranked opponent this season.

The Lady Raiders ended play against No. 12 Miami with a 7-4 record, winning two out of three doubles matches on Friday and four of the seven singles matches on Saturday.

In doubles action, the Lady Raiders won two of the three matches against Kentucky. Duo Talaba and Felicity Maltby took down Kentucky's Adachi and Fanning (6-4) while Katelyn Jackson and Alex Valenstein defeated Chumney and Novakovic, 6-1.

Texas Tech wraps up play at the Miami Spring Invitational on Sunday with doubles matches against Vanderbilt and singles play against Kentucky. First serve is set for 7 a.m. CT.

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Miami Spring Invitational Results – Saturday, Jan. 21
Singles vs. Miami
#26 Gabriela Talaba def. #6 Sinead Lohan: 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
#81 Felicity Maltby def. Yolimar Ogando: 0-2, retired
#70 E. Perez-Somarriba def. Alex Valenstein: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Dominika Paterova def. Sarah Dvorak: 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
Sabrina Federici def. Ana Madcur: 6-3, 6-3
Silvia Fuentes def. Katelyn Jackson: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Alba Cortina-Pou def. Clara Tanielian: 6-4, 6-4

Doubles vs. Kentucky
TechAkvile Parazinskaite/Aldila Sutjiadi def. #14 Sarah Dvorak/Sabrina Federici: 7-5
Felicity Maltby/Gabriela Talaba def. Mami Adachi/Emily Fanning: 6-4
Katelyn Jackson/Alex Valentstein def. Morgan Chumney/Milica Novakovic: 6-1