GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Duke women's tennis team wrapped up the second day of competition at the 33rd Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic Saturday afternoon in Greenville, S.C.
The singles action was highlighted by junior
Ema Lazic advancing to the finals of the flight 10 draw as she defeated North Carolina's Sophia Patel 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Lazic will face Gemma Heath of USC Sunday at 9 a.m.
Freshman
Chloe Beck also pulled out a victory over No. 115 Magda Adaloglou of MSU (6-7, 6-1, 6-3) and will play Florida State's Petra Hule Sunday at 9 a.m., in the consolation final of flight 3.
Duke was unable to pull out a victory in doubles as No. 41
Kelly Chen/Margaryta Bilokin fell to North Carolina's No. 3 Makenna Jones/Cameron Morra (8-5),
Meible Chi/Beck fell 8-4 to Kenya Jones/Victoria Flores of Georgia Tech and
Hannah Zhao/Lazic fell to Texas' Lexi Ryngler/Fernanda Labrana in a tiebreak 8-7 (6).
Duke will close out the Furman Invitational Sunday with the final round of singles.
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SINGLES
FLIGHT 1
No. 5
Kelly Chen (Duke) def. No. 49 Mia Horvit (USC) 6-1, 6-2
No. 46 Katarina Kozarov (Furman) def. No. 5
Kelly Chen (Duke) 7-6 (6), 6-3
FLIGHT 2
Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) def. No. 15 Christine Rosca (Vanderbilt) 6-4, 7-5
Lexi Ryngler (Texas) def.
Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
FLIGHT 3
Irina Cantos (Ohio State) def.
Chloe Beck (Duke) 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
Chloe Beck (Duke) def. No. 115 Magda Adaloglou (MSU) 6-7, 6-1, 6-3
FLIGHT 9
Hannah Zhao (Duke) def. Dasha Kourkna (Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-4
MC Meredith (Wake Forest) def.
Hannah Zhao (Duke) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
FLIGHT 10
Ema Lazic (Duke) def. Meredith Roberts (Michigan State) 6-3, 6-2
Ema Lazic (Duke) def. Sophia Patel (UNC) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
DOUBLES
FLIGHT 1
Chloe Beck/
Meible Chi (Duke) def. Magda Adaloglou/Tamara Racine (MSU) 8-6
Chloe Beck/
Meible Chi (Duke) def. Eliza Omnirou/MC Meredith (Wake) 8-6
No. 3 Makenna Jones/Cameron Morra (UNC) def.
Meible Chi/
Chloe Beck (Duke) 8-5
FLIGHT 2
No. 41
Kelly Chen/
Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) def. No. 43 Anna Ross/Emma Kurtz (Vanderbilt) 8-7 (4)
No. 41
Kelly Chen/
Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) def. Megan Davies/Gabriela Martinez Asensi (USC) 8-7 (4)
Kenya Jones/Victoria Flores (Georgia Tech) def. No. 41
Kelly Chen/
Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) 8-4
FLIGHT 4
Ema Lazic/
Summer Dvorak (Duke) def. Luna Dormet/Mary Beth Hurley (OSU) 8-6
Nami Otsuka/Gia Cohen (Georgia Tech) def.
Ema Lazic/
Summer Dvorak (Duke) 8-5
Lexi Ryngler/Fernanda Labrana (Texas) def.
Ema Lazic/
Hannah Zhao (Duke) 8-7 (6)