CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Duke women’s tennis freshman Ava Krug kicked off the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regionals Thursday at the Chewning Tennis Center in Chapel Hill by winning a pair of singles matches to move on to the main draw.
Krug, a product of Sarasota, Fla., opened action Thursday morning with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Lisa Kranec of Elon. She then collected a 6-3, 6-2 victory against Alexandra Dodashev Enbert of UNC Greensboro to continue her run.
The rest of the Blue Devils will commence play Friday in both singles and doubles action in the main draw beginning at 9 a.m. The full schedule is below.
Thursday, October 17
Qualifying
Singles
Ava Krug (Duke) def. Lisa Kranec (Elon) 6-2, 6-1
Ava Krug (Duke) def. Alexandra Dodashev Enbert (UNC Greensboro) 6-3, 6-2
Friday, October 18
Main Draw
Singles
11 a.m. – #53 Ellie Coleman (Duke) vs. Heidi Bulger (Elon)
12 p.m. – Irina Balus (Duke) vs. Emmie Moore (Charleston Southern)
11:30 a.m. – #38 Shavit Kimchi (Duke) vs. Misa Malkin (South Carolina)
12:30 p.m. – #49 Katie Codd (Duke) vs. Kady Tannenbaum (Wake Forest)
12:30 p.m. – Ava Krug (Duke) vs. Ines Bachir Earl Bouhali (East Carolina)
1 p.m. – #41 Emma Jackson (Duke) vs. Kavya Patel (Davidson)
1:30 p.m. – #73 Eleana Yu (Duke) vs. Kristina Paskauskas (NC State)
Doubles
9 a.m. – Katie Codd/Shavit Kimchi (Duke) vs. Simone Bergeron/Lisa Kranec (Elon)
9 a.m. – Ellie Coleman/Irina Balus (Duke) vs. TBA
10 a.m. – Ava Krug/Eleana Yu (Duke) vs. Romana Cisovska/Gaia Parravicini (Clemson)
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