SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Emma Sun clinched her first career match for the Cardinal to lead No. 12 Stanford to a 6-1 win at Santa Clara on Wednesday.
A couple of rain delays stretched the match to five and a half hours, which didn’t end until Valencia Xu won a couple of tiebreakers to beat Velizara Fileva on court 3, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4).
The Cardinal claimed the doubles point courtesy of wins at No. 1 from Valerie Glozman and Connie Ma (6-2) and No. 2 from Chidimma Okpara and Valencia Xu (6-3).
Connie Ma and Morgan Shaffer won their singles matches with relative ease to quickly push the lead to 3-0. Ma beat Tian Yu Dong 6-0, 6-2 on court 2 and Shaffer beat Anna Rahman 6-1, 6-0 on court 5.
Sun dropped her first set at No. 6 to Jamie Pope, but rallied and took the next two 6-2, 6-2 to deliver the win.
A first-set loss at No. 1 didn’t deter Glozman, who beat Danielle Dimitrova 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Stanford returns home next week for a pair of matches, beginning with one against Saint Mary’s on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m.
Stanford 6, Santa Clara 1
DOUBLES
1) #49 Valerie Glozman/Connie Ma (STAN) d. Velizara Fileva/Jillian Roa (SCU) 6-2
2) Chidimma Okpara/Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Daniella Dimitrova/Tian Yu Dong (SCU) 6-3
3) Kacey Feng/Anna Rahman (SCU) d. Morgan Shaffer/Emma Sun (STAN) 7-6 (5)
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
SINGLES
1) #8 Valerie Glozman (STAN) d. Daniella Dimitrova (SCU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
2) #18 Connie Ma (STAN) d. Tian Yu Dong (SCU) 6-0, 6-2
3) Valencia Xu (STAN) Velizara Fileva (SCU) 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
4) Jillian Roa (SCU) d. Chidimma Okpara (STAN) 6-2, 3-6, 10-4
5) Morgan Shaffer (STAN) d. Anna Rahman (SCU) 6-1, 6-0
6) Emma Sun (STAN) d. Jamie Pope (SCU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 5, 6, 1, 4, 3