DENVER – The University of Denver women's tennis team won six of its seven matches to begin play at the 2024 Colorado Cup at Denver Tennis Park on Friday.
 
DU opened the day with a sweep of its three doubles matches including two wins for the team of junior Hana Bečirovič Novak and freshman Natálie Cinková. Juniors Claudia Martinez de Velasco and Louise Wikander used a late break for a 7-5 win to keep Denver undefeated in doubles.
 
In singles, Wikander and Martinez de Velasco both won in straight sets, dropping just three and four games apiece, respectively. Bečirovič Novak finished play for the day with a comeback win featuring a bagel in the second set and ending with a 10-3 win in the match tiebreak.
 
The Colorado Cup continues on Saturday at Denver Tennis Park, beginning at 9 a.m. MT with a round of doubles followed by a round of singles.
 
Also in action on Friday for the DU women's tennis program were senior Andrea Burguete Beltran and junior Marley Lambert at the 2024 ITA Conference Masters Championships in Rome, Ga. The duo grabbed a straight-sets win in the round of 16 before falling to the top seed in the quarterfinals.
 
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
DOUBLES
Bečirovič Novak/Cinková (DU) def. Bozinovska/Schnell (WSU): 6-2
Martinez de Velasco/Wikander (DU) def. McKenzie/Numanoglu (Tulsa): 7-5
Bečirovič Novak/Cinková (DU) def. Hill/Li (WSU): 6-3
Gaines/Sodre (UNM) def. Hutchings/Wilmot (Tulsa): 6-4
Basson/Singh (Tulsa) def. Taborga/Vandeputte (UNM): 6-2
 
SINGLES
Hana Bečirovič Novak (DU) def. Maria Sodre (UNM): 4-6 6-0 [10-3]
Jessica Hill (WSU) def. Natálie Cinková (DU): 7-6(2) 6-4
Claudia Martinez de Velasco (DU) def. Yingpangan Li (WSU): 6-3 6-1
Louise Wikander (DU) def. Sydney Schnell (WSU): 6-2 6-1
Lily Hutchings (Tulsa) def. Rebekkah Gaines (UNM): 7-5 7-6(2)
Erin McKenzie (Tulsa) def. Maud Vandeputte (UNM): 6-2 1-6 6-3
Taya Wilmot (Tulsa) def. Maria Sodre (UNM): 6-3 6-3
Saniya Singh (Tulsa) def. Sofia Taborga (UNM): 7-6(2) 7-5
Eda Numanoglu (Tulsa) def. Alicia Celorio Morales (WSU): 6-4 6-2
Bella Basson (Tulsa) def. Aleksandra Bozinovska (WSU): 6-2 6-0
 
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
DOUBLES
Bečirovič Novak/Cinková (DU) vs. McKenzie/Numanoglu (Tulsa)
Martinez de Velasco/Wikander (DU) vs. Singh/Basson (Tulsa)
Martinez de Velasco/Wikander (DU) vs. Hutchings/Wilmot (Tulsa)
Gaines/Sodre (UNM) vs. Bozinovska/Schnell (WSU)
Taborga/Vandeputte (UNM) vs. Hill/Morales (WSU)
 
SINGLES
Hana Bečirovič Novak (DU) vs. Bella Basson (Tulsa)
Natálie Cinková (DU) vs. Aleksandra Bozinovska (WSU)
Claudia Martinez de Velasco (DU) vs. Taya Wilmot (Tulsa)
Louise Wikander (DU) vs. Lily Hutchings (Tulsa)
Erin McKenzie (Tulsa) vs. Rebekkah Gaines (UNM)
Sydney Schnell (WSU) vs. Maud Vandeputte (UNM)
Yingpangan Li (WSU) vs. Maria Sodre (UNM)
Jessica Hill (WSU) vs. Sofia Taborga (UNM)
Alicia Celorio Morales (WSU) vs. Saniya Singh (Tulsa)
Eda Numanoglu (Tulsa) vs. Maud Vandeputte (UNM)
 
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