Box Score ROME, Ga. – University of Denver women's tennis players
Andrea Burguete Beltran and
Marley Lambert won their first match of the day before falling to the No. 1 seed in the quarterfinals at the 2024 ITA Conference Masters Championships on Friday.
The duo overcame a slow start to their day to win their round of 16 match in straight sets. After surrendering a break in the opening game and eventually facing a 1-4 deficit, Burguete Beltran/Lambert began a fight back to led them to a tiebreaker. The claimed the first minibreak for a 4-2 lead at the changeover before closing it on their second set point for 7-4.
They carried momentum into the second set breaking in their first two return games and getting to a 5-1 lead. Cosmo/Ushio started their own comeback to get back within a break, but Burguete Beltran/Lambert were able to serve it out at 6-4.
A little less than two hours later, they retook the court for a quarterfinal match against the No. 1-seeded team from Vanderbilt. Burguete Beltran/Lambert broke to begin the match, the first of five breaks in the first six games. Mohr/Webster retook a break lead for 5-3 before holding to take the set.
The second set, too, saw multiple breaks for both teams. Vanderbilt jumped out to a two-break lead at 3-0, but Burguete Beltran/Lambert got one break back in the fourth game. Mohr/Webster answered with a rebreak as part of a three-game win streak to close out the match.
Elsewhere in Denver women's tennis action on Friday, four more Pioneers kicked off the Colorado Cup at Denver Tennis Park.
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Round of 16:
[5-8] Burguete Beltran/Lambert (DU) def. Cosmo/Ushio (UIC): 7-6(4) 6-4
Quarterfinal: [1] Mohr/Webster (Vanderbilt) def.
[5-8] Burguete Beltran/Lambert (DU): 6-3 6-1
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