Krug wins two games to open ITA Regionals

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Duke women’s tennis freshman Ava Krug started the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regionals on Thursday at the Chewning Tennis Center in Chapel Hill by winning two singles matches and moving on to the main round.

Krug, a product of Sarasota, Florida, opened play Thursday morning with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Lisa Kranec of Elon. She then earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over UNC Greensboro’s Alexandra Dodashev Enbert to continue her run.

The rest of the Blue Devils will begin play at 9 a.m. Friday in the singles and doubles main draw. The full schedule is listed below.

Thursday, October 17th
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 18th

Main draw

Singles

11am – No. 53 Ellie Coleman (Duke) vs. Heidi Bulger (Elon)
12 o’clock – Irina Balus (Duke) vs. Emmie Moore (Charleston Southern)
11:30am – #38 Shavit kimchi (Duke) vs. Misa Malkin (South Carolina)
12:30pm – #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. – No. 41 Emma Jackson (Duke) vs. Kavya Patel (Davidson)
1:30 p.m. – #73 Elena Yu (Duke) vs. Kristina Paskauskas (NC State)

Double

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 O `clock – Ava Krug/Elena Yu (Duke) vs. Romana Cisovska/Gaia Parravicini (Clemson)

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