TAMPA, Fla. - North Florida women's tennis opened the fall season with day one of the Bedford Cup, earning five victories with freshman
Isabel Oliveira taking home two singles wins in her collegiate debut Friday, Oct. 1.
The Ospreys competed in 14 matches between doubles and singles play throughout a variety of draws in the Bedford Cup's compass draw format.
Summer Yardley,
Sean Lodzki,
Annabelle Davis,
Isabel Oliveira,
Kendall Nash and
Anslee Long all made their season debuts Friday. Oliveira and Long both made their UNF debuts.
Highlighting the day was Oliveira's 2-0 day in Flight B West Draw singles. The freshman won her round of 32 match against Lucia Garriguez (USF), 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-3). She went on to defeat Laetitia Rizk (Stetson) in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. Oliveira goes up against Kristina Miletic (FIU), in the flight B east draw quarterfinals at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Sophomore
Annabelle Davis opened her year with a singles win in the Flight A East Draw, downing Stetson's Noa Cohen in a tiebreaker. Yardley also nabbed a win in the Flight A West Draw Quarterfinals.
Kendall Nash and Oliveira secured a doubles win for UNF in the Flight B Doubles East Draw Round of 16. The duo would drop their quarterfinals matchup.
Results - Singles
Flight A East - Round of 32
Nadja Bay Christians def.
Summer Yardley (6-2, 6-2)
Bente Spee def.
Sean Lodzki (6-2, 6-1)
Annabelle Davis def. Noa Cohen (6-1, 4-6, 1-0 [10-4])
Flight A West - Quarterfinals
Summer Yardley def. Katerina Filip (6-1, 6-3)
Sean Lodzki - Bye
Flight A West - Round of 16
Marie Mattel def.
Summer Yardley (6-2, 6-1)
Flight B East - Round of 32
Isabel Oliveira def. Lucia Garriguez (4-6, 6-1, 1-0 [10-3])
Millie-Mae Matthews def.
Kendall Nash (2-6, 6-4, 1-0 [11-9])
Anslee Long - Bye
Flight B East - Round of 16
Ines Bekrar def.
Anslee Long (6-0, 6-1)
Isabel Oliveira def. Laetitia Rizk (6-1, 6-4)
Flight B West - Round of 16
Kendall Nash - Bye
Results - Doubles
Flight A East - Round of 16
De Oliveira/Dudeney def. Yardley/Davis (6-1)
Flight A West - Quarterfinals
Kudelova/MGinnis def. Yardley/Davis (6-3)
Flight A South - Semifinals
Yardley/Davis - Bye
Flight B East - Round of 16
Long/Lodzki - Bye
Nash/Oliveira def. Salinis/Sumaia (6-2)
Flight B East Quarterfinals
Colmenares/Retortillo def. Long/Lodzki (6-4)
Norin/Ossa def. Nash/Oliveira (6-3)
Tomorrow's Schedule for the Ospreys
Singles
Flight A West - Quarterfinals
Summer Yardley v. Emily De Oliveira - 11:30 a.m.
Sean Lodzki v. Sydney Berlin - 11:30 a.m.
Flight A North - Quarterfinals
Annabelle Davis v. Alexandria Mjos - 11:30 a.m.
Flight B East - Quarterfinals
Isabel Oliveira v. Kristina Miletic - 11 a.m.
Flight B West - Quarterfinals
Kendall Nash v. Laia Pasini - 11:30 a.m.
Flight B North - Quarterfinals
Anslee Long v. Margriet Timmermans - 12:45 p.m.
Doubles
Flight A South - Finals
Yardley/Davis v. Hubeaut/Sandy
Flight B North - Semifinals
Long/Lodzki v. Garriguez/Timmermans
Nash/Oliveira v. Mjos/Yaylali
About the Bedford Cup - 2021
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
- Singles: 2 - 32 compass draws
- Play format: 2 out of 3 sets, no ad, with a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of a 3rd set; main draw singles finals will be a full 2 out of 3 sets; new balls for each set, 2nd set balls will be used for the match tiebreak
- Doubles: 2 – 16 compass draws
- Play format: 6 game pro set, no ad scoring, with 7-point tiebreak at 6-6; main draw doubles finals will be 1 8-game pro set with a 7 pt set tiebreak at 8 games all.
- players guaranteed at least 2 singles and 2 doubles matches
- Order of Play - Matches start at 9am daily, 5 min warm up before each match in both singles and doubles.
- Courts assigned on a TO FOLLOW basis.
- Friday - 2 doubles, 2 singles
- Saturday - 1 doubles, 2 singles
- Sunday - 1 doubles, 1 singles
Compass Draw Format:
- At the end of each round, the winners continue in their tournament in the same direction, while the losers move to other points on the compass to form a new satellite tournament.
- At the end of round 1
- The winners go east
- The losers go west
- At the end of round 2
- The east losers go north
- The west losers go south
- At the end of round 3
- The east losers go northeast (3/4 Playoff)
- The north losers go northwest
- The west losers go southwest
- The south losers go southeast