Three Cowgirls Advance at Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic

STILLWATER – With the first 24 matches of the second annual Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic in the rearview, 32 players remain alive in the qualifying draw after Sunday's first round of action at the Greenwood Tennis Center.

Three current and former members of the host Oklahoma State Cowgirl tennis team saw action on Sunday, and each will be playing again on Monday as well after tallying straight-set wins to advance.

Cowgirl fans got their first look at newcomer Lisa Marie Rioux, who tallied a dominant, 6-1, 6-0 win over Kirsten Pierce in the first round. Rioux will face a tough test Monday, as she'll battle All-American Arianne Hartono out of Ole Miss after the Rebel defeated Slovakia's Martina Okalova, 6-4, 6-2.

The orange-clad fans also cheered on former Cowgirls Viktoriya Lushkova and Katarina Adamovic. Lushkova took a 6-1, 6-0 win over American Ruby Alyssa Trevino in the first round, while Adamovic defeated Sandra Honigova, 6-4, 6-4 to advance as well. Lushkova will face Kristina Sorokolet in the round of 32 and Adamovic will take on fifth-seeded Ksenia Laskutova.

With the top eight seeds in the qualifying draw receiving a bye to Monday's second round, No. 9 seed Safiya Carrington was the lone seeded player to see the court on Sunday. Carrington had little trouble with opponent Natalie Suk, as the American dropped Suk in a 6-1, 6-2 straight set match to advance to the round of 32 where she will face Russia's Kamila Galieva.

Straight sets were a trend on Sunday, with only three of the day's 24 matches being decided by a third set.

Alona Bondarenko,Tamara Kupkova and Kana Daniel came away with the lone three-set wins of the day. Kupkova brushed off a rough first set to defeat Italian Vera Ploner, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, to move on and face Angelina Shakhraychuk in the qualifying round of 32. Meanwhile, Daniel outlasted Martha Matoula, 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-1 and Bondarenko dropped Maria Gabriela Linares de Faria of Venezuela, 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3.

The second round of qualifying will begin Monday morning at 10 a.m. CT.

Results – Qualifying – First Round
Stillwater Pro Tennis Classic | Sept. 24, 2017 | Stillwater, Okla.

Kerrie CARTWRIGHT (BAH) def. Shura POPPE (NED) 6-3 6-4
Kristina SOROKOLET (RUS) def. Salome DEVIDZE (GEO) 6-2 6-4
Viktoriya LUSHKOVA (UKR) def. Ruby Alyssa TREVINO (USA) 6-1 6-0
Daniella SILVA (CAN) def. Amanda VOS (USA) 6-3 6-2
Angelina SHAKHRAYCHUK (UKR) def. Kathleen DERIENZO (USA) 6-1 6-2
Tamara KUPKOVA (SVK) def. Vera PLONER (ITA) 3-6 6-3 6-2
Nicole MOSSMER (USA) def. Maia SOSA (USA) 6-1 6-0
Kat FACEY (USA) def. Elizabeth BANCE (USA) 6-1 6-0
Lina PADEGIMAITE (LTU) def. Gabriela TENORIO (BRA) 6-3 6-2
Charity JOHNS (USA) def. Rosalyn SMALL (USA) 7-5 6-2
Rosanna MAFFEI (ITA) def. Mahitha DADI REDDY (IND) 6-1 6-3
Felicity MALTBY (USA) def. Ceijenia CORNELIUS (USA) 6-2 6-1
Katarina ADAMOVIC (SRB) def. Sandra HONIGOVA (CZE) 6-4 6-4
Sarvinoz SAIDHUJAEVA (UZB) def. Maria Jose PORTILLO RAMIREZ (MEX) 6-0 7-5
Kana DANIEL (JPN) def. Martha MATOULA (GRE) 6-0 6-7(5) 6-1
Taylor DEAN (USA) def. Jasmine BOYD (USA) 6-4 6-2
Arianne HARTONO (NED) def. Martina OKALOVA (SVK) 6-4 6-2
Lisa-Marie RIOUX (JPN) def. Kirsten PIERCE (USA) 6-1 6-0
Alona BONDARENKO (UKR) def. Maria Gabriela LINARES DE FARIA (VEN) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
Elizaveta BUSS (RUS) def. Alexandrina CHINIKOVA (BUL) 6-3 6-0
Emma PIERONI (USA) def. Crystel BUTLER (USA) 7-5 6-3
Chelsea KUNG (USA) def.Alexis THOMA (USA) 7-5 6-3
Kamilla GALIEVA (RUS) def. Idia AMEN (USA) 6-2 6-0
Safiya CARRINGTON (USA) [9] def. Natalie SUK (USA) 6-1 6-2

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