Ates, Lee Reach A Flight Singles Final at Redbird Invite

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

NORMAL, Ill. – Senior Melisa Ates came away a double winner Sunday at the 2019 Redbird Invite at the Bloomington Tennis Center. Ates captured the Flight 1 Singles title and teamed with Carla Quadflieg to take the doubles title.

Ates and Quadflieg opened the day by rolling through Illinois State's Vujicic and Damnjanovic 6-0 in the doubles final. In other doubles action, WSU's Yang Lee and Maddie Egan won a pair of backdraw matches, defeated Northern Illinois' Potsi and Slisko 6-1 followed by a 6-2 win over NIU's Naves and Dmitrieva.

In singles action, Ates squared off against teammate Lee and the two went the distance. After dropping the first set…