WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Wisconsin women's tennis team earned its fourth-straight win behind a convincing road effort, defeating Purdue for a 4-0 victory on Sunday.
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The Badgers (7-4, 6-3 Big Ten) set the victorious tone early by clinching the doubles point.
Ava Markham and
Antonela Stoica were the first pair to win their match, 6-2, over
Nathalia Wolf Gasparin and Zala Dovnik.
Anna Makarova and
Charmaine Seah sealed the doubles victory for Wisconsin by defeating Seira Shimizu and Zeynep Nap Ozturk, 6-3.
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In singles, Markham won the first match for Wisconsin in straight-sets over Purdue's Ena Babic, 6-2, 6-1. Seah was the second singles winner while Stoica clinched the match-winning point for Wisconsin after her 6-4, 6-0 victory over Zala Dovnik.
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Up Next:
Wisconsin will have another pair of road matches next weekend, facing Iowa on Friday, March 19, before traveling to Nebraska on Sunday, March 21.
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WISCONSIN (7-4, 6-3) – 4, PURDUE (3-6, 3-6) – 0
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SINGLES
1.
Ava Markham (WISC) def. Ena Babic (PUR) – 6-2, 6-1
2.
Xinyu Cai (WISC) vs. Csilla Fodor (PUR) – 6-1, 4-1, unfinished
3.
Antonela Stoica (WISC) def. Zala Dovnik (PUR) – 6-4, 6-0
4. Seira Shimizu (PUR) vs.
Anna Makarova (WISC) – 7-6(2), 1-0, unfinished
5.
Nastasya Semenovski (WISC) vs. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin (PUR) – 6-3, 3-3, unfinished
6.
Charmaine Seah (WISC) def. Zeynep Naz Ozturk (PUR) – 6-2, 6-0
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DOUBLES
1. Ena Babic/Csilla Fodor (PUR) vs.
Xinyu Cai/
Nastasya Semenovski (WISC) – 5-4, unfinished
2.
Ava Markham/
Antonela Stoica (WISC) def. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin/Zala Dovnik (PUR) – 6-2
3.
Anna Makarova/
Charmaine Seah (WISC) def. Seira Shimizu/Zeynep Naz Ozturk (PUR) – 6-3
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Order of Finish
Singles: 1,6,3
Doubles: 2,3
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