Oct. 9, 2001

Pacific Palisades, Calif. - Katja Kovac opened the Riviera Women's All-American Championships with a first round win then lost in the second round but the doubles duo of Kovac and Vida Mulec won and advanced to the second round of qualifying.

Kovac, a senior and the qualifying draw's No. 2 seed, defeated UC-Irvine's Jonni Seymour in the first round, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (2). Later in the day she fell to Aleksanda Durska of Tulsa, 6-1, 6-3. Mulec, a junior, lost her first round match to Georgia's Agata Cioroch, 6-0, 6-4

In doubles, Kovac and Mulec handily defeated California's Christina Fusano and Nicole Havlicek, 8-1. They will face Stacy McKenna and Erica Perkins of Washington State on Wednesday.

Baylor Results
Qualifying singles first round
Agata Cioroch (Georgia) def. Mulec (BU), 6-0, 6-4
Kovac (BU) def. Jonni Seymour (UC Irvine) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (2)

Second round
Aleksanda Durska (Tulsa) def. Kovac (BU) 6-1, 6-3

Qualfiying doubles first round
Kovac/Mulec (BU) def. Christina Fusano/Nicole Havlicek (California) 8-1