SPOKANE, Wash. – Portland freshman Iye Onoja partnered with Kylie Canubida for a pair of doubles wins and then earned an afternoon singles victory to highlight the opening day of the Gonzaga Invitational Friday at the Stevens Center.
Onoja and Canubida knocked won their opening match and then defeated a tandem from Gonzaga to reach Saturday's semifinals of the Blue Draw. In the singles White Draw, Onoja defeated Savannah Johnson of Gonzaga in straight sets.
Rimona Rouf also advanced with a three-set win over Idaho's Diana Khaydarshina in the topflight singles Gold Draw. Aleksandra Dimitrijevic also picked up a 6-4, 6-4 win against Momoko Yoshimura in the Blue Draw to move on.
The tournament continues on Saturday and will conclude with the finals on Sunday. All matches will have live video coverage via
GoZags.com and the tournament draws are available
here.
Gonzaga Invitational
Spokane, Wash. (Stevens Center)
October 27-29, 2023
Gold Singles
16 Rimona Rouf (POR) def. Diana Khaydarshina (UI) 3-6, 7-5, 10-5
16 Marta Garcia-Reboredo (MSU) def. Alaia Rubio Perez (POR) 3-6, 6-3, 11-9
QF Rouf (POR) vs. Kianna Oda (GON) Saturday, 11 AM
Blue Singles
16 Aleksandra Dimitrijevic (POR) def. Momoko Yoshimura (PSU) 6-4, 6-4
16 Yuna Kadowaki (SEA) def. Nadine Arbaizar Martinez (POR) 6-4, 6-4
QF Dimitrijevic (POR) vs. Rose Hayes (GON) Saturday, 11:30 AM
Red Singles
16 Jazmin Lerman (MSU) def. Meagan Pearson (POR) 6-2, 7-5
16 Anait Arutiunian (EWU) def. Kylie Canubida (POR) 6-1, 6-0
White Singles
16 Iye Onoja (POR) def. Savannah Johnson (GON) 6-0, 6-2
16 Shivika Agrawal (MON) def. Rose Watanabe (POR) 2-6, 7-6 (3), 10-2
QF Onoja (POR) vs. Felicia Jayasaputra (MSU) Saturday, 1 PM
Gold Doubles
16 Elena Kraleva/Anastasia-Aleksandra Nikolova (SEA) def. Watanabe/Rubio Perez (POR) 6-3
16 Rachelle Starreveld/Diana Khaydarshina (UI) def. Rouf/Dimitrijevic (POR) 7-6 (8)
Blue Doubles
16 Canubida/Onoja (POR) def. Tiffany Phout/Abigail Ritters (WSU/MSU) 6-2
QF Canubida/Onoja (POR) def. Caroline Wernli/Savannah Johnson (GON) 7-6 (4)
QF Lola Tavcar/Lamija Avdic (SEA) def. Pearson/Arbaizar Martinez (POR) 7-5
SF Canubida/Onoja (POR) vs. Selin Sepken/Ida Johansson (UI) Saturday, 9 AM
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