Kansas University tennis players Smith Hinton and Anastasiya Rychagova teamed for two doubles wins in the first round of the Purdue Invitational on Friday and won in their respective singles matches.
Hinton and Rychagova earned 6-3 doubles victories over Deborah Suarez and Marta Ruedas-Burgos of Purdue and Athena Trouillot and Davina Nguyen of Michigan State to move on to the semifinals.
The two Jayhawks were in different brackets for singles play, but each notched first-round victories. Rychagova defeated Michigan’s State Georgiana Patrasc in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) in the Black Draw, while Hinton outlasted Ines Vias of Illinois (6-4, 3-6, 6-1) in the Boiler Draw.
Doubles
Hinton/Rychagova (KU) def. Suarez/Ruedas-Burgos (PU), 6-3
Hinton/Rychagova (KU) def. Trouillet/Nguyen (MSU), 6-3
Singles
Boiler Up Draw
Hinton (KU) def. Ines Vias (UI), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Black Draw
Rychagova (KU) def. #83 Georgiana Patrasc (MSU), 6-2, 6-3
