ORLANDO, Fla. — The doubles duo No. 32 Mariia Kozyreva and Hind Abdelouahid fought hard in the first round of the NCAA Doubles Championships on Tuesday, but fell short to Central Florida's No. 26 Valeriya Zeleva and Ksenia Kuznetsova with a final score of 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 10-6.
The match began with Zeleva and Kuznetsova taking a 4-1 lead in the first frame, but Kozyreva and Abdelouahid made a strong comeback as they went on to win the next four straight games to take a 5-4 lead. The first set went to a tiebreaker where Central Florida's tandem came out on top with a close 7-6 (7-4) win.