SAN DIEGO, Calif.--The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team began competition on day one of the ITA Southwest Regionals in San Diego, Calif. The Rainbow Wahine fought hard, with many taking their matches to three sets. Two UH players won their first round singles matches to advance to the Round of 64. Only Satsuki Takamura won two matches in the Main Draw to advance to the Round of 32.

The lone Rainbow Wahine to survive in the main draw, Satsuki Takamura, won both her matches on Thursday to punch her ticket into Round of 32. She began things in the Round of 128, where she held off Arizona's Midori Castillo after a lengthy, three-set battle that ended with Takamura dominating the third set tie-breaker to end the match, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2). Takamura then faced Camille Kiss of UC Santa Barbara in the Round of 64. Takamura took care of business, winning in straight sets via a pair of breaks, 6-4, 7-5. Takamura moves on to the Round of 32 to take on Pepperdine's 6th seeded Taisiya Pachkaleva on Friday, October. 22 at 9:30 a.m. PST.

Hawai'i's Gitte Heynemens also broke through to win her opening match, moving past San Diego State's Alicia Melosch. After splitting the first two sets, Heynemans was able to edge out Melosch in a third set tie-breaker, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (4) to advance to the Round of 64. Heynemens however was then defeated in the secodn round by Selma Ewing of USC, 6-1, 6-4.

The Rainbow Wahine were tenacious on the court, UH's Madison Kim fell in a tight match to CSUN's Ekatarina Repina that ended with a tie-breaker in the third set, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7). UH's Lea Romain also took her match to a third set. She won the second set to even the match, but eventually fell to Loyola Marymount's Veronica Miroshnichenko, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Hawai'i's Alexis Merrill was defeated by UCLA's Alexandra Vagramov, 6-0, 6-2 while UH's Nidhi Surapaneni fell in two sets to UCLA's Elise Wagler, 6-3, 6-2. UH's Tal Talya Zandberg yielded to LMU's Eva Marie Voracek, 6-4, 6-3.

In the doubles competition, the Rainbow Wahine did not fare so well, dropping all three matches. The UH duo of Zandberg and Takamura fell to UC San Diego's Anu Bhadada and Anna Snissarenko, 6-3. Merrill and Surapaneni dropped their match to UCSB's Amelia Honer and Shakhnoza Khatamova, 6-1. UH's Heynemans and Romain lost against SDSU's Alicia Melosch and Nnena Nadozie, 6-2.

ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONALS RESULTS - Day 1
San Diego, Calif.
Thursday, October. 21, 2021

Women's Draw - Results
Round of 128
Ekatarina Repina (CSUN) def. Madison Kim (UH), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
Gitte Heynemans (UH) def. Alicia Melosch (SDSU), 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (4)
Veronica Miroshnichenko (LMU) def. Lea Romain (UH), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Alexandra Vagramov (UCLA) def. Alexis Merrill (UH), 6-0, 6-2
Satsuki Takamura (UH) def. Midori Castillo (UofA), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
Elise Wagler (UCLA) def. Nidhi Surapaneni (UH), 6-3, 6-2
Eva Marie Voracek (LMU) def. Tal Talya Zandberg (UH), 6-4, 6-3

Round of 64
Salma Ewing (USC) def. Gitte Heynemans, 6-1, 6-4
Satsuki Takamura (UH) def. Camille Kiss (UCSB), 6-4, 7-5

Doubles
Round of 64
Anu Bhadada/Anna Snissarenko (UCSD) def. Tal Taya Zandberg/ Satsuki Takamura (UH), 6-3
Amelia Honer/Shakhnoza Khatamova (9)(UCSB) def. Alexis Merrill/ Nedhi Surapaneni (UH), 6-1
Alicia Melosch/Nnena Nadozie (SDSU) def. Gitte Heynemans/Lea Romain (UH), 6-2


Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 - Schedule
Round of 32
Satsuki Takamura (UH) vs. Taisiya Pachkaleva (Pepp)

Singles Consolation Matches
Madison Kim (UH) vs. Sophie Pearson (UCSD)
Tal Talya Zandberg (UH) vs. Valentina Del Marco (GCU)
Lea Romain (UH) vs. Mega Mansonhing (UCI)
Alexis Merrill (UH) vs. Khim Iglupas (UofA)
Nidhi Surapaneni (UH) vs. Anjni Agrawal (UCSD)
Gitte Herynesmans (UH) vs. Ekatarina Repina (CSUN)

Doubles Consolation Matches
TBA