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The first round of doubles is in the books for Stanford.  Higuchi/Yee won their first round match 8-5, and advance to play the #1 seed (and #11 in the nation) pair of ןɐɔ's Olivia Hauger and Karla Popovic Friday morning.  (Popovic is also the #5-ranked singles player in the country, but has been working back from an injury, so she played singles but not doubles at ITA All-Americans, where she reached the Round of 16.  Because she likely guaranteed an at-large bid for the new ITA Fall National Championships with that appearance, combined with her high ranking, this may be the attempt to qualify for that tournament on the doubles side while not overtaxing herself by playing singles as well.  In any event, Popovic not playing is good news for Stanford players trying to reach that final and qualify, but bad news in the sense that I would have loved to see Lord and Popovic slug it out.) 

The two other Stanford duos competing this morning--all walk-ons--both lost, Rosenberg/Wolak by an 8-4 margin, and Narayan/Yao by 8-3.  They'll each get another match in the consolation draw, but more to get matches under their belts than to advance there, as that draw generally isn't played out. 

Happening right now is the first round of the singles draw, though the six players expected to feature in our singles lineup this spring won't start play until this afternoon, starting with Melissa Lord at 3:30 and then Emily Arbuthnott at 4:30.  But a nice run by Kimberly Yee, or less likely, one of our walk-ons, would help give Lele some confidence that if we suffer some injuries this spring, there are some players who can hold down the #6 spot in the lineup or even make the final decision on who plays #6 a tough one. 

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The first round of doubles is in the books for Stanford.  Higuchi/Yee won their first round match 8-5, and advance to play the #1 seed (and #11 in the nation) pair of ןɐɔ's Olivia Hauger and Karla Popovic Friday morning.  (Popovic is also the #5-ranked singles player in the country, but has been working back from an injury, so she played singles but not doubles at ITA All-Americans, where she reached the Round of 16.  Because she likely guaranteed an at-large bid for the new ITA Fall National Championships with that appearance, combined with her high ranking, this may be the attempt to qualify for that tournament on the doubles side while not overtaxing herself by playing singles as well.  In any event, Popovic not playing is good news for Stanford players trying to reach that final and qualify, but bad news in the sense that I would have loved to see Lord and Popovic slug it out.) 

The two other Stanford duos competing this morning--all walk-ons--both lost, Rosenberg/Wolak by an 8-4 margin, and Narayan/Yao by 8-3.  They'll each get another match in the consolation draw, but more to get matches under their belts than to advance there, as that draw generally isn't played out. 

Happening right now is the first round of the singles draw, though the six players expected to feature in our singles lineup this spring won't start play until this afternoon, starting with Melissa Lord at 3:30 and then Emily Arbuthnott at 4:30.  But a nice run by Kimberly Yee, or less likely, one of our walk-ons, would help give Lele some confidence that if we suffer some injuries this spring, there are some players who can hold down the #6 spot in the lineup or even make the final decision on who plays #6 a tough one.