DURHAM – The latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) tennis rankings were released this week with Duke freshman Shavit Kimchi earning the highest singles ranking of her career at No. 58. She leads a group of five Blue Devils that are listed – Iuliia Bryzgalova (#81), Emma Jackson (#87), Ellie Coleman (#90) and Katie Codd (#107).
Kimchi, who recently was just named ACC Freshman of the Week for the fourth time, owns five ranked singles wins, including three against top-50 opponents. She has registered 11 dual match wins and five ACC victories as the Blue Devils head into the final week of the regular season.
One of the hottest players nationally, Bryzgalova is riding an eight-match winning streak and has totaled an 11-2 ledger in dual match play. Bryzgalova, who is from Moscow, Russia, has notched three ranked wins during the winning streak, including one versus 20th-ranked Anika Yarlagadda of North Carolina.
She recently registered her 100th career singles victory and also owns over 100 doubles wins over her collegiate career.
Codd leads Duke with 18 singles wins, while Jackson ranks second on the squad with 16 along with graduate student Brianna Shvets.
As a team, Duke is ranked No. 21 nationally.
The Blue Devils travel to Notre Dame on Friday, April 12 at 3:30 p.m., and then at Louisville at Sunday, April 14 at 12 p.m.
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