DURHAM, N.C. – Three members of the Duke women's tennis team will compete in the 2019 ITA Fall National Championships Nov. 6-10 in Newport Beach, Calif., at the Newport Beach Tennis Club and the Tennis Club.
The championships will feature a 64-player singles draw for men and women, while men's and women's doubles will consist of a 32-team draw.
Players qualified for the tournament through designated placings at earlier ITA National Championships and ITA Regional Championships.
Duke will be represented in the singles main draw by senior
Meible Chi, junior
Kelly Chen and freshman
Chloe Beck.
Chen enters the tournament with the highest ITA ranking (No. 5) and has played to an 11-4 overall ledger so far this fall. Most recently, Chen fell in the championship of the ITA Regionals in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Chi is tabbed No. 18 by the ITA and captured her 100th-career singles victory over the weekend at the Kitty Harrison Invitational and is now 5-2 this fall.
Beck has had a highly successful fall campaign in her first year as a Blue Devil and is 9-2 overall that includes a 4-1 ledger against nationally ranked opponents. At the ITA All-American Championships, Beck was originally placed in the qualifying singles draw and worked her way into the main draw by defeating six ranked opponents before falling to No. 14 Ashley Lahey of Pepperdine.
Beck will hit the courts first against LSU's Paris Corley at 11 a.m. (EST) before No. 5 Chen will face No. 22 Solymar Colling of San Diego and No. 18 Chi will go against No. 95 Bojana Markovic of Hawaii both at 2 p.m. (EST).
Sunday's singles finals at the Newport Beach Tennis Club will air live on ESPN3 with Bryan Fenley, Marc Lucero and Jasmine Minor calling the action. Both finals will re-air on ESPNU with dates and times to be announced.
Live results and updated draws throughout the week are available
here.
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