The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's tennis team earned a 6-1 victory over the Waterloo Warriors on Day 1 of the OUA championships at Mayfair East.

With the win, the Blues advance to the semifinals and will take on the York Lions tomorrow (Oct. 6) at 1 p.m.

Samar Qaedizadeh led the Blues with a 6-3, 6-2 win in the No. 2 singles spot, while also winning the No. 2 doubles match with veteran Cecelia Pye. Alara Demirag took the No. 3 singles match, 6-0, 6-0, and paired up with Adelaida Allkhverdiyeva to take the No. 1 doubles match 8-4.

  

Order	Event	University of Toronto	-	University of Waterloo	Score	Points
1	WS1	Adelaida Allakhverdiyeva	-	Nancy Baloescu	2-6 6-3 10-6	0-1
2	WS2	Samar Qaedizadeh	-	Tianjiao Wu (Nancy)	6-3 6-2	1-0
3	WS3	Alara Demirag	-	Ava Skuse	6-0 6-0	1-0
4	WS4	Salma Desouki	-	Jessie Cui	6-0 6-2	1-0
5	WS5	Milena Music	-	Nisihi Shah	6-1 6-0	1-0
6	WS6	Cecelia Pye	-	Dana Iskoldski	6-0 6-0	1-0
7	WD1	Adelaida Allakhverdiyeva Alara Demirag	-	Nancy Baloescu Tianjiao Wu (Nancy)	8-4	1-0
8	WD2	Cecelia Pye Samar Qaedizadeh	-	Jessie Cui Ava Skuse	8-1	1-0
9	WD3	Alex Boone Kimberly Lai	-	Dana Iskoldski Nisihi Shah	8-0	1-0

 
 
 
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