The Florida freshmen picked-up a doubles and singles victory to open the tournament on Friday.
ATHENS, Ga. – Freshmen Alicia Dudeney and Bente Spee opened the Georgia Invitational with a doubles victory while Spee also notched a singles victory to get competition started on Friday in Athens.
Dudeney and Spee opened the tournament with a victory on the doubles side of the field, defeating Central Florida’s Evgeniya Levashova and Valeriya Zeleva, 8-5, before falling to Georgia’s Guillermina Grant and Mell Reasco, 8-6.
On the singles side of the competition, Spee earned a clean sweep in her opening round, defeating Central Florida’s Nandini Sharma, 6-3, 6-4.
Competition at Georgia is slated to begin on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. ET with round three of doubles competition.
SINGLES
No. 66 Morgan Coppoc (Georgia) def. Alicia Dudeney: 7-5, 6-3
Spee def. Nandini Sharma (UCF): 6-3, 6-4
DOUBLES
Dudeney/Spee def. Zeleva/Levashova (UCF): 8-5
Grant/Reasco (Georgia) def. Dudeney/Spee: 8-6
NOTEABLES
– Dudeney’s doubles record in the fall moves to 9-5 while Spee sits at 4-6.
– Spee improved to 7-5 for the fall campaign in singles competition.
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