TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Washburn tennis entered the first day of the inaugural Division II ITA Singles & Doubles Championships all day on Wednesday and will send six players into the Round of 16 on Thursday. Two singles players and pair of doubles duos will take the court Thursday beginning at 9 a.m.  

Beginning the day with the women's singles bracket Riko Konno, who entered the tournament as an alternate, defeated the No. 2 seed, Emily Buchanan of Mississippi College in three sets. After losing a first set tiebreaker 7-6(4), Konno responded with 6-3 and 10-8 victories.  

In the men's singles bracket, Yuto Miyagawa bounced back after losing his opening set 6-0. He took the next two sets 6-3 and 10-8 over Nehal Naidoo of the University of Texas, Permain Basin to advance into the Round of 16.  

Benjamin Fock won his first set by a 6-3 score but the score was reversed in the second set and in the 10-point tiebreaker he fell just short, losing 10-8. Kilian Martinez, the No. 6 seed in the men's bracket lost a long opening set tiebreaker 7-6(7) before falling 6-3 in the second set of his opening round match.  

On the women's doubles courts Saajida Razick and Jasel Bailey were matched up against the No. 1 overall seed Kristyna Hranacova and Katja Markus of Nova Southeastern, falling 6-0 and 6-2 in two sets.  

Mariana Silva Balsa and Daniela Tijaro took a 6-3 opening-set victory and battled in the second set to win 6-4 and advance into a round of 16 match.  

On the men's side, Yuto Miyagawa and Kilian Martinez began their dual with a 6-2 win in the first set before falling 6-3 in the second. The third set 10-point tiebreaker was tight down the stretch but Kevin Kovacs and Luke Laughlin of Ferris State came away with a 10-8 victory.  

Benjamin Fock and Nicolas Hurtado-Novoa opened their match winning a tight 7-6(3) tiebreaker and carried the momentum into a 6-1 second set victory over a duo from the University of Texas, Dallas.