TOKYO, Japan—The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team opened its Japan roadtrip taking on Waseda University in an exhibition match on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan. Waseda edged out Hawai'I, 4-3 in a closely contested match.
 
UH won the doubles point with both No. 2 and No. 3 winning by 7-5 margins. On the No. 2 court, Nikola Homolkova and 'Ana Vilcek defeated Sarasa Kaneko and Mina Kono while at No. 3 Makeilah Nepomuceno and Hannah Galindo held off Suzu Ishikawa and Anna Kobayashi.
 
In singles, UH's No. 1 Peppi Ramsted defeated Moeka Miyata via a third set super-tiebreaker, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8). Hawai'i's No. 6, Sheena Masuda also won in a third set super-tiebreaker over Ishikawa, 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-8).
 
Hawai'i will now head to Hyogo, Japan to play Himeji On Thursday, Feb. 6.
 
 
Waseda 4, Hawai'i 3
Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025
 
Doubles Results
No. 1 – Aoi Hirata/Miori Kodaka (WU) def. Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda (UH), 6-3
No. 2 – Nikola Homolkova/Ana Vilcek (UH) def. Sarasa Kaneko/Mina Kono (WU), 7-5
No. 3 – Makeilah Nepomuceno/Hannah Galindo (UH) def. Suzu Ishikawa/Anna Kobayashi,(WU) 7-5
 
Singles
No. 1 – Peppi Ramstedt (UH) def. Moeka Miyata (WU), 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 2 – Kurumi Tamura (WU) def. Nikola Homolkova (UH), 6-1, 7-5
No. 3 – Sarasa Kaneko (WU) def. Ana Vilcek (UH), 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 – Miori Kodaka (WU) def. Emma Forgac (UH), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 – Aoi Hirata (WU) def. Makeila Nepomuceno (UH), 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 – Sheena Masuda (UH) def. Suzu Ishikawa (WU), 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-8)
Extra – Miori Kodaka (WU) def. Hannah Galindo (UH), 7-5, 6-3