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Blue Devils open play at the ITA Regionals in Chapel Hill on Thursday

Blue Devils open play at the ITA Regionals in Chapel Hill on Thursday

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The Duke women’s tennis team will open play on Thursday in Chapel Hill as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regionals begin at the Chewning Tennis Center. The action takes place from October 17th to 21st with singles and doubles matches.

Blue Devil rookie Ava Krug starts on Thursday at 9 a.m. against Lisa Kranec from Elon in the qualifying round. Six more Duke student-athletes open qualifying play on Friday – Irina Balus, Shavit kimchi, Emma Jackson, Katie Codd, Ellie Coleman And Elena Yu.

Duke features five ranked singles players – Kimchi (38), Jackson (41), Codd (49), Coleman (53) and Yu (73). The Blue Devils doubles teams Jackson/Yu are ranked 58th and Kimchi/Coleman are ranked 61st. Balus was also ranked 10th in the newcomer singles book.

Thursday, October 17th
Qualifying

Singles

9 a.m. – Ava Krug (Duke) vs. Lisa Kranec (Elon)

Friday, October 18th

Main draw

Singles

Still open – Irina Balus (Duke) vs. Emmie Moore (Charleston Southern)
Still open – Ellie Coleman (Duke) vs. Heidi Bulger (Elon)
Still open – Shavit kimchi (Duke) vs. Misa Malkin (South Carolina)
Still open – Katie Codd (Duke) vs. TBA
Still open – Emma Jackson (Duke) vs. TBA
Still open – Elena Yu (Duke) vs. Kristina Paskauskas (NC State)

Double

Still open – Katie Codd/Shavit kimchi (Duke) vs. Simone Bergeron/Lisa Kranec (Elon)
Still open – Ellie Coleman/Irina Balus (Duke) vs. TBA
Still open – Ava Krug/Elena Yu (Duke) vs. Romana Cisovska/Gaia Parravicini (Clemson)

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