COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou tennis closed out competition at the Battle for the Boot JAE Foundation Open on Saturday, Oct. 22. The Tigers totaled six singles and two doubles wins at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Day One
Freshmen Irina Anghel (Bucharest, Romania) and Leticia Bazan (Lima, Peru) claimed singles wins in straight sets over Iva Sepa and Iva Puiac from Houston, respectively. Classmate Alba Salles Canudas (Barcelona, Spain) fought through three sets to defeat Natalie Cinkova (Houston).
Anghel and Bazan teamed up to earn the doubles win over TCU’s Raquel Caballero Chica and Maya Drozd.
Day Two
Freshman Dario Budko (Frisco, Texas) earned a singles win in straight sets against Dagan Frutchman from Northwestern. Keeping the momentum rolling, Budko teamed up with Salles Canudas to defeat Houston’s Alice Stevens and Valeriia Krokhotina.
Day Three
Anghel and Budko each earned their second singles wins of the weekend against BYU competitors in straight sets. Both Tiger pairings of Anghel and Bazan, and Salles Canudas and Budko, battled through doubles matches against Northwestern duos but ultimately fell short.
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Mizzou returns to action at the June Stewart Invite, hosted by Vanderbilt, from Nov. 6 to Nov. 8.
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Full Results
Day One - Singles
Irina Anghel def. Iva Sepa (Houston), 6-4, 6-0
Leticia Bazan def. Alexia Puiac (Houston), 6-2, 6-3
Alba Salles Canudas def. Natalie Cinkova (Houston), 7-5, 6-7(4), 10-4
Valeriia Krokhotina (Houston) def. Daria Budko, 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
Irina Anghel/Leticia Bazan def. Raquel Caballero Chica/Maya Drozd (TCU), 6-3
Natalie Salkova/Maya Dutta (TCU) def. Alba Salles Canudas/Daria Budko, 6-2
Day Two – Singles
Daria Budko def. Mika Dagan Frutchman (Northwestern), 6-2, 6-4
Philippa Farber (Northwestern) def. Alba Salles Canudas, 7-5, 6-3
Autumn Rabjohns (Northwestern) def. Leticia Bazan, 6-3, 6-1
Erica Jessel (Northwestern) def. Irina Anghel, 6-2, 3-6, 10-5
Doubles
Daria Budko/Alba Salles Canudas def. Alice Stevens/Valeriia Krokhotina (Houston), 7-5
Iva Sepa/Petja Drame (Houston) def. Leticia & Irina, 6-4
Day Three – Singles
Irina Anghel def. Chelsea Bluestein (BYU), 7-6(6), 6-3
Daria Budko def. Sue Yan Tan (BYU), 6-3, 6-0.
Cara Korhonen (BYU) def. Leticia Bazan, 6-2, 6-4
Yuyun Chen (BYU) def Alba Salles Canudas, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
Neena Feldman/Marelie Raath (Northwestern) def. Leticia Bazan/ Irina Anghel, 6-1
Erica Jessel/Maia Loureiro (Northwestern) def. Alba Salles Canudas/Daria Budko, 7-6(3)