CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri women's tennis started its 2018 season at the Austin Peay Fall Invitational in Clarksville, Tennessee, Friday and Saturday.
 
Sneha Sinha reached the championship match in the Flight B Singles Draw after she beat Sara Loncarevic of Murray State Saturday in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-1. In the final with Mei Ishimura of Central Arkansas, Sneha dropped a 9-8 (3) decision.
 
Sinha won two matches on Friday to advance to Saturday's semifinals. Sinha earned a first round bye as the seventh seed before back-to-back wins. Sneha fought past Mical Johnson of Belmont 6-0, 3-6, 11-9 before outdueling Austin Peay's Helena Kuppig, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 10-5.
 
Kseniya Zonova, Isabella Krupa, Anais Emelie, Kelly Sicha also all notched singles victories on Friday. Zonova beat Belmont's Peyton Lee, 6-1, 6-1 and Krupa defeated Chattanooga's Caroline Hall after dropping the first set, 2-6, 7-5, 10-8, in the Flight A Singles bracket. 
 
In the B Flight, Sicha recorded wins over Ana Albertson of Austin Peay (4-6, 6-4, 10-4) and Central Arkansas's Qili Ma (6-1, 6-4) to reach the quarterfinals. Emelie ousted Nikki Christiansen of Belmont 6-3, 6-4 prior to losing consecutive tiebreaks against, Emma Van Hee  of UTC, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6).
 
In doubles, Teona Velkoska and Krupa fell to Austin Peay's Lidia Yanes Garcia and Claudia Yanes Garcia, 6-4, and Romana Tarajova and Manuela Barriga dropped a 6-1 decision to Delaney Edwards and Bogdana Zaporozhets of Chattanooga, 6-1, in the Flight A Doubles draw. 
 
Maja Lundell and Anais Emelie captured the first Redhawks doubles win of 2018 over UTM's Jule Streif and Olha Burak, 6-3, in the Flight B Doubles bracket before falling to Yada Vasupongchai of Qili Ma of UCA, 6-1. 
 
Sicha/Grace Powderly and Zonova/Sneha also competed in the Flight B Doubles draw. Sicha and  Powderly lost to Sara Loncarevic and Amina Hadzic (MSU) 6-1 and Zonova and Sneha were downed by Belmont's Lauren Carelli and Peyton Lee, 6-1. 
 
The Redhawks next compete at the UCA Fall Invitational hosted at Central Arkansas Sept. 21-22 in Conway, Arkansas. 
 
Flight A Singles
Asel Jumamukhambetova (UTM) def. Manuela Barriga (SEMO) 6-0, 6-3
Yada Vasupongchai (UCA) def. Teona Velkoska (SEMO) 7-6 (11-9), 6-3
Kseniya Zonova (SEMO) def. Peyton Lee (Belmont) 6-1, 6-1
Anastassiya Sharapova (MSU) def. Romana Tarajova (SEMO) 6-4, 1-6, 10-8
Isabella Krupa (SEMO) def. Caroline Hall (UTC) 2-6, 7-5, 10-8
Jui Yun Chang (MSU) def. Kseniya Zonova (SEMO) 6-4, 6-1
Fuka Nonoyama (UCA) def. Isabella Krupa (SEMO) 6-4, 6-3
 
Flight A Singles Consolation
Manuela Barriga (SEMO) def. Erin Allen (Belmont) default
Manuela Barriga (SEMO) def. Lauren Carelli (Belmont) 6-0, 6-3
Teona Velkoska (SEMO) def. Caroline Hall (UTC) 6-4, 6-1
Teona Velkoska (SEMO) def. Andrea Plantada Cortes (UTM) 6-4, 6-1
Manuela Barriga (SEMO) def. Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) 5-7, 6-3, 10-4
 
Flight B Singles
Danielle Morris (APSU) def. Grace Powderly (SEMO)6-1, 6-1
Anais Emelie (SEMO) def. Nikki Christiansen (Belmont) 6-3, 6-4
Emma Van Hee (UTC) def. Anais Emelie (SEMO) 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6)
Kelly Sicha (SEMO) def. Ana Albertson (APSU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
Kelly Sicha (SEMO) def. Qili Ma (UCA) 6-1, 6-4
Emma Van Hee (UTC) def. Kelly Sicha (SEMO) 6-1, 2-6, 10-1
Sara Loncarevic (MSU) def. Maja Lundell (SEMO) 2-6, 6-2, 10-8
Sneha Sinha (SEMO) def. Mical Johnson (Belmont) 6-0, 3-6, 11-9
Sneha Sinha (SEMO) def. Helena Kuppig (APSU) 6-2, 6-7(1), 10-5
Sneha Sinha (SEMO) def. Sara Loncarevic (MSU 6-3, 6-1
Mei Ishimura (UCA) def. Sneha Sinha (SEMO) 9-8 (3)
 
Consolation 2
Romana Tarajova (SEMO) def. Annie Tarwater (UTC) 8-6
Romana Tarajova (SEMO) def. Erin Allen (Belmont) 8-5

Extra Singles Consolation Matches
Mizuki Sakurai (UTM) def. Grace Powderly (SEMO) 6-2, 6-0 

Flight B Singles Consolation
Jule Streif (UTM) def. Grace Powderly (SEMO) 6-3, 6-4
Jeanne Masson def. Maja Lundell (SEMO) 6-3, 6-3
 
Flight A Doubles
Lidia Yanes Garcia / Claudia Yanes Garcia (APSU) def. Teona Velkoska / Isabella Krupa (SEMO) 6-4
Delaney Edwards / Bogdana Zaporozhets (UTC) def. Romana Tarajova / Manuela Barriga (SEMO) 6-1
 
Flight B Doubles
Sara Loncarevic / Amina Hadzic (MSU) def. Kelly Sicha / Grace Powderly (SEMO) 6-1
Lauren Carelli / Peyton Lee (Belmont) def. Kseniya Zonova / Sneha Sinha (SEMO) 6-1
Maja Lundell / Anais Emelie (SEMO) def. Jule Streif / Olha Burak (UTM) 6-3
Yada Vasupongchai / Qili Ma (UCA) def. Maja Lundell / Anais Emelie (SEMO) 6-1

Doubles Consolation
Romana Tarajova / Manuela Barriga (SEMO) def. Caroline Hall / Polina Goloputova (UTC) 6-4
Teona Velkoska / Isabella Krupa (SEMO) def. Jule Streif / Olha Burak (UTM) 6-2
Daphne Pratt / Mizuki Sakurai (UTM) def. Kelly Sicha / Grace Powderly (SEMO) 6-2
Mical Johnson / Sarah Brackin (BEL) def. Maja Lundell / Anais Emelie (SEMO) 6-4