Dmitrichenko, Sayfetdinova earn two wins on day one of TCU Invite
January 07, 2023 | Women's Tennis
FORT WORTH, Texas – On the first day of the TCU Invitational, the Red Raiders battled student-athletes from host team, TCU, and collected four victories over six matches.
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko and Avelina Sayfetdinova notched their second win as a doubles pair when they defeated Destinee Martins and Margaret Polk of TCU in exciting fashion. The Red Raiders trailed 5-3, before winning four-consecutive games to claim the doubles match by a score of 7-5.
Moving on to singles play, the Red Raiders won three of their four matches with all four going into a third-set super tiebreaker.
Sayfetdinova faced Martins and earned a hard-fought win against the Horned Frog. Going down early after losing the first set, 6-3, Sayfetdinova would rally back and claim set two by a 6-3 score. The match went down to the wire, but the Moscow, Russia native would come out with a 10-8 super tiebreaker to clinch the match.
Dmitrichenko joined Sayfetdinova with two wins on the day after taking down Narmount in a super tiebreak. The freshman would win the first set, 7-5, before dropping set two by a 6-2 score. Then, Dmitrichenko and Narmount went back-and-forth in the breaker, but ultimately the Red Raider held her ground by taking the match, 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (8).
Camryn Stepp posted her first win of the day in what was another tiebreaker match for Tech. Taking on Polk, Stepp would fall in set one, 6-4, but fought back to win the second set in reverse score, 6-4. Both battled in the breaker, but Stepp came out victorious with a 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8) victory.
Arina Oreshchenkova made her debut as a Red Raider, pushing TCU's Tsai to a super tiebreaker in her first singles match in the Scarlet and Black. Oreshchenkova earned a 6-3 first set before falling 7-6 in the second set. The Horned Frog would claim the match in a super tiebreak battle, 10-8.
Tech continues tournament play tomorrow at 11 a.m. with singles matches against Tarleton State players, followed by doubles at approximately 12:45 p.m.
SINGLES RESULTS
Avelina Sayfetdinova def. Destinee Martins (TCU), 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko def. Helena Narmont (TCU), 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (8)
Camryn Stepp def. Margaret Polk (TCU), 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8)
Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU) def. Arina Oreshchenkova (TTU), 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (8)
DOUBLES RESULTS
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Avelina Sayfetdinova def. Destinee Martins/Margaret Polk (TCU), 7-5
Helena Narmount/Yu-Chin Tsai (TCU) def. Arina Oreshchenkova/Camryn Stepp, 6-0
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