Naklo Advances To Round of 16

NORMAN, Okla. – Iowa State freshman Thasaporn Naklo advanced to the round of 16 with a three-set victory Saturday at the ITA Central Regionals hosted by the University of Oklahoma.

Naklo moved on with a three-set win against Arkansas senior Lauren Alter, winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Naklo will face Wichita State's Sarvinoz SaidHujaeva, who upset 11-seed Maria Toran Ribes of Kansas.

Maty Cancini fell to Kansas State's Margot Decker in a three-set heartbreaker, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), and Chie Kezuka was downed by another Wildcat, Maria Linares, 6-3, 6-2.

In doubles, Naklo and fellow freshman Christin Hsieh beat Bradley's Natalia Barbery and Sandra Maletin, 8-2, in the round of 32 before bowing out in the round of 16 with an 8-5 loss to Oklahoma's Camila Romero and Martina Capurro.

Consolation and extra match results were not made available.

Doubles
Round of 32
Thasaporn Naklo/Christin Hsieh (ISU) def. Natalia Barbery/Sandra Maletin (BRAD), 8-2
Gulihur/Wolf (OKSTATE) def. Maty Cancini/Ting-Pei Chang (ISU), 8-4
Alter/Rice (ARK) def. Karen Alvarez/Oumaima Aziz (ISU), 8-3

Round of 16
Camila Romero/Martina Capurro (OU) def. Naklo/Hsieh (ISU), 8-5

Singles
Round of 32
Naklo (ISU) def. Lauren Alter (ARK), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Margot Decker (KSU) def. Cancini (ISU), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
Maria Linares (KSU) def. Chie Kezuka (ISU), 6-3, 6-2

Extra Matches
Margarita Timakova (ISU) def. Myrna Olaya (ARK), 6-2, 6-0

Players Mentioned

Karen Alvarez

Oumaima Aziz

Maty Cancini

Ting-Pei Chang

Christin Hsieh

Chie Kezuka

Thasaporn Naklo

Margarita Timakova

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