CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Five different Duke women’s tennis student-athletes – Ellie Coleman, Irina Balus, Shavit Kimchi, Emma Jackson and Eleana Yu — won a pair of singles matches Friday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regionals to move into the round of 16 at the Chewning Tennis Center in Chapel Hill. All three of the Blue Devils’ doubles teams won their matches to move on as well.
When the round of 16 commences on Saturday, Duke will feature five of the 16 players on the courts.
Junior Katie Codd won her round of 64 match to open play Friday with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win over Kady Tannenbaum of Wake Forest, but dropped her second match, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 2-6 to Amelie Smejkalova of Clemson. Blue Devil freshman Ava Krug fell, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6 to Ines Bachir Earl Bouhali of East Carolina in the opening round. Krug came back to defeat Furman’s Eleanor Schulson, 6-2, 5-7, 10-8, in the consolation bracket.
In doubles play, all three Blue Devil duos moved into the round of 32. Codd and Kimchi posted an 8-3 win over Simone Bergeron and Lisa Kranec of Elon, while Coleman and Balus posted an 8-3 victory against Furman’s Eleanor Schulson and Macy Hitchock. Krug and Yu rounded out the action with an 8-2 win versus Romana Cisovska and Gaia Parravicini of Clemson.
On Saturday, doubles play will open at 9 a.m., with singles play expecting to kick off at 1 p.m.
The full schedule is below.
Friday, October 18
Main Draw
Singles – Round of 64
#53 Ellie Coleman (Duke) def. Heidi Bulger (Elon) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
Irina Balus (Duke) def. Emmie Moore (Charleston Southern) 6-3, 6-3
#38 Shavit Kimchi (Duke) def. Misa Malkin (South Carolina) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
#49 Katie Codd (Duke) def. Kady Tannenbaum (Wake Forest) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Ines Bachir Earl Bouhali (East Carolina) def. Ava Krug (Duke) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
#41 Emma Jackson (Duke) def. Kavya Patel (Davidson) 6-1, 6-2
#73 Eleana Yu (Duke) def. Kristina Paskauskas (NC State) 6-2, 6-1
Singles – Round of 32
Irina Balus (Duke) def. Sofiya Chursina (SC State) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
#53 Ellie Coleman (Duke) def. Marina Skegro (Charleston Southern) 6-4, 6-3
#38 Shavit Kimchi (Duke) def. Lindsay Zink (North Carolina) 6-0, 6-3
Amelie Smejkalova (Clemson) def. #49 Katie Codd (Duke)
#41 Emma Jackson (Duke) def. Jade Groen (Western Carolina) 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
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