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Monday, October 4
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ITA All-American Championship
Cyclones Head To Pair Of Tournaments Next Week
10.02.2021 | Tennis
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State tennis team will be back in action next week at the ITA All-American Championship and the June Stewart Invitational. The Cyclones will be looking to build off a successful first week of competition.
ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Host: Charleston Tennis, LLC
When: Monday, Oct. 4 - Sunday, Oct. 10
Where: LTP Mount Pleasant - Mount Pleasant, SC
LTP Daniel Island - Daniel Island, SC
Cyclones Participating: Thasaporn Naklo & Miska Kadleckova
Schedule: Singles action kicks off at 8 a.m. (CT) each day Monday through Friday. Doubles play will begin Wednesday following singles. Qualifying singles rounds of 64 and 32 will take place Monday, followed by the round of 16 on Tuesday. If the Cyclones qualify, they will move on to the main draw. The main draw semifinals and finals will start at 9 a.m. (CT) on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Naklo will open the clay court tournament play facing No. 44 Taisiya Pachkaleva of Pepperdine, who was WCC Freshman of the Year for the national runners-up in 2021. The match will start at 8 a.m. Monday.
Kadleckova faces No. 45 Carolyn Ansari of Auburn in the first round of qualifying on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
JUNE STEWART INVITATIONAL
Host: Vanderbilt University
When: Friday, Oct. 8 - Sunday, Oct. 10
Where: Currey Tennis Center - Nashville, TN
Cyclones Participating: Sofia Cabezas, Christin Hsieh and Chie Kezuka
Schedule: TBA
PLAYER TO WATCH
Thasaporn Naklo came out the gates hot to start the 2021 season. The nation's No. 38 player won her bracket at the Kitty Harrison Invite, going 4-0 in singles and extending her winning streak to six straight matches dating back to last season.
Naklo now has eight career singles victories over ranked opponents and looks to add to that total at the ITA All-American Championship.
It will be a return trip for Naklo, who competed in the tournament in 2019 as a freshman. The first Cyclone to make two appearances at the tournament, Naklo went 3-1 in singles action in that event.
THE BOUNCE BACK
Kadleckova rebounded from dropping her first match at the Kitty Harrison Invite and won the consolation title with three straight wins.
The sophomore now owns a .826 winning percentage with an overall singles mark of 19-4. She's won five of her last six matches.
Kadleckova is the third Cyclone to participate in the ITA All-American Championship, joining Naklo and Maty Cancini (2019).
WEEK ONE REWIND
The Cyclones finished the first weekend 14-6 in singles play and 8-5 in doubles matches.
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Keep up with Iowa State tennis by following @CycloneTEN on Twitter, @iowastatetennis on Instagram, and Iowa State Tennis on Facebook.
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