APSU Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – Capped off by Lidia Yanes Garcia winning the Flight A Singles title, Austin Peay State University (APSU) women’s tennis team made a great showing in the APSU Fall Invitational, Saturday.
Due to time constraints, only the main draws of Flight A and B singles and Flight B doubles were fully completed.
The first matches on the day were the main draw singles matches. Three of the four Govs in the quarterfinals in Flight A Singles advanced to the semifinals.
Yanes Garcia defeated Central Arkansas’s Fuka Nonoyama (6-4, 6-3), Fabienne Schmidt powered through Chunxi Xin (7-6, 7-5), and newcomer Tatiana Lopez won a match over Murray State’s Jui Yun Chang due to retirement (4-6, 5-1, retired).
The results meant that Schmidt and Lopez played each other for a spot in the final, with Schmidt just edging out her teammate, 6-1, 4-6, 10-7. Yanes Garcia comfortably booked the other spot in the final with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Anastassiya Sharapova of Murray State. Due to time and two teammates playing each other in the final, Yanes Garcia and Schmidt played one set. Yanes Garcia, playing in her fourth singles final at the APSU Invitational, ended up winning her second title after winning the single-set match, 6-4.
In Flight A Doubles, the Yanes Garcia team of Claudia and Lidia advanced to the final via default, while the team of Lopez and Schmidt took on Nonoyama and Mei Ishimura, winning 6-4 to also advance to the final. The final between the two APSU teams will be held Monday, with the winner being crowned then.
Results
Flight A Singles Main Draw
Quarterfinals
- Lidia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Fuka Nonoyama (UCA) 6-4, 6-3
- Fabienne Schmidt (APSU) def. Chunxi Xin (UCA 7-6, 7-5)
- Anastassiya Sharapova (MUR) def. Claudia Yanes Garcia (APSU) 6-4, 1-6, 11-9
- Tatiana Lopez (APSU) def. Jui Yun Chang (MUR), 4-6, 5-1 (retired)
Semifinals
- Lidia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Anastassiya Sharapova (MUR) 6-3, 6-0
- Fabienne Schmidt (APSU) def. Tatiana Lopez (APSU) 6-1, 4-6, 10-7
Final
- Lidia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Fabienne Schmidt (APSU) 6-4
Flight B Singles Main Draw
Quarterfinals
- Sneha Sinha (SEMO) def. Helena Kuppig (APSU) 6-2, 6-7, 10-5
Flight B Singles Consolation Draw
Quarterfinals
- Ana Albertson (APSU) def. Nikki Christiansen (BEL) 6-3, 6-3
Flight A Doubles
Semifinals
- Claudia Yanes Garcia/Lidia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Delaney Edwards/Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC), by default
- Fabienne Schmidt/Tatiana Lopez (APSU) def. Fuka Nonoyama/Mei Ishimura (UCA) 6-4
Final
- Fabienne Schmidt/Tatiana Lopez (APSU) vs. Claudia Yanes Garcia/Lidia Yanes Garcia (APSU)
Flight B Doubles
Quarterfinals
- Helena Kuppig/Danielle Morris (APSU) def. Mical Johnson/Sarah Brackin (BEL) 6-1
Semifinals
- Sara Loncarevic/Amina Hadzic (MUR) def. Helena Kuppig/Danielle Morris (APSU) 6-3