Baton Rouge. La. – South Alabama women's tennis finished day one of ITA Southern Regionals with 1 loss and 5 wins.
 
Otoha Aoki and Caraline Scheufler competed in the round of 64 for singles qualifying matches and both advanced. Tereza Dejnozkova and Delien Kleinhans both had byes and competed in the round of 32.
 
Dejnozjova, Kleinhans and Scheufler won their matches in the round of 32 and will move on to the round of 16 for singles qualifiers on Friday. Otoha dropped her match in the round of 32 and did not advance.
 
SINGLES R64 RESULTS
Otoha Aoki (USA) def. Mariam Hatem (ULM) 7-5, 6-2
Caraline Scheufler (USA) def. Tamara Bachmann (ULM) 6-1, 6-0
 
SINGLES R32 RESULTS
Tereza Dejnozkova (USA) def. vs Thitirat Kanaphuet (Northwestern State) 6-1, 6-2
Shevita Aulana (USM) def. Otoha Aoki (USA) 6-4, 6-1
Delien Kleinhans (USA) def. vs Maddison Ricardo (USM) 6-3, 6-1
Caraline Scheufler (USA) def. vs Rebeka Kern (Alabama) 6-2, 2-6, 13-11
 
Friday schedule:
One Round of Singles Qualifying, Two Rounds Main Draw Singles (Round of 128 and Round of 64), Two Rounds Main Draw Doubles (Round of 64 and Round of 32)
 
Dejnozkova, Kleinhans and Scheufler will compete in the next round of singles round of 16 qualifying matches.
 
The doubles partners of Luminita Tutunaru/Elysia Pool, Delien Kleinhans/Chems Doha Zeghlouli and Otoha Aoki/Tereza Dejnozkova will compete in the doubles main draw. Tutunarnu/Pool will get a bye and play in the round of 32 while Kleinhans/Zeghlouli and Aoki/Dejnozkova will play in the round of 64.

Head coach Dr. Jaco Keyser
"Anytime you can go 5-1 for the day at a regional tournament it's a good day. So many things we can improve on but once again I love how we are slowly starting to up the quality of play for longer periods of time. Definitely a step up in quality of opponent tomorrow and thereby a great opportunity to keep developing our competitive identity."
 
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