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No. 6 Duke Snaps Win Streak with Loss at No. 13 Georgia Tech
3/12/2021 8:06:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ATLANTA, Ga. – The sixth-ranked Duke women's tennis team saw its seven-match winning streak come to a close Friday evening in Atlanta, Ga., as the Blue Devils dropped a, 5-2, decision at 13th-ranked Georgia Tech at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex in Atlanta, Ga.
With the loss, Duke fell to 9-2 overall and 4-1 in the ACC, while the Yellow Jackets improved to 11-6, 4-2.
For the first time since 2020, the Blue Devils fell behind, 1-0, as Georgia Tech claimed the doubles point. It snapped a 14-match streak of Duke winning the doubles point.
Duke jumped out to a quick start winning the first game on all three courts and on court three Kelly Chen and Georgia Drummy stormed out to a 4-0 advantage. Chen and Drummy would take the match, 6-2, over Monika Dedaj and Sophia Sassoli.
After leading 3-2 early, Chloe Beck and Karolina Berankova would go down, 3-4, but responded by evening the match against Gia Cohen and Ava Hrastar, 4-4. Cohen and Hrastar closed the contest by winning the next two games and won, 6-4.
The doubles point came down to court one between Duke's Margaryta Bilokin and Meible Chi versus the Yellow Jacket's fifth-ranked tandem of Kenya Jones and Victoria Flores. Bilokin and Chi did not trail early leading 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 5-3, but Georgia Tech came back to even the match, 6-6, sending it to a tiebreaker. Jones and Flores took the match with a 7-3 tiebreaking win.
Duke came out in singles and was able to even the score, 1-1, as 111th-ranked Chi took down Rosie Garcia Gross, 6-3, 6-2, on court four. It marked the eighth straight victory for Chi to improve to 13-2 on the season. A product of Weston, Fla., Chi moved to 125-36 all-time in singles to move into a tie for fifth on Duke's wins list along with Susan Sabo (125-48).
Georgia Tech regained the lead with a 6-2, 6-4 win on court five as Carol Lee defeated Bilokin.
On court six, Berankova was involved in a battle with Mahak Jain. The Blue Devil freshman led, 4-3, in the first set, but Jain came back to take the set, 6-4. Berankova led 6-5 late in the second, but eventually fell, 7-6 (7-5), in a tiebreaker to give the Yellow Jackets a 3-1 lead.
Eighth-ranked Chen tried to make a comeback on court one after dropping the first set, 6-3, to 13th-ranked Jones as she won the second set, 6-3, but she got down 2-5 in the third and eventually fell, 4-6, to clinch the victory for Georgia Tech.
Seeing action on court three for the second time this season, Drummy won the first set against Hrastar, 6-3, but fell, 4-6, in the second set. After falling behind, 3-5, in the third set, Drummy stormed back to win four straight games to take the set, 7-5. Drummy, who is from Dublin, Ireland, collected her 11th singles win of the season.
Georgia Tech closed the match with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win on court two as 56th-ranked Flores defeated 29th-ranked Beck for the 5-2 final score.
Out of 11 matches on the season, Duke has dropped only two contests, both coming on the road at Georgia Tech.
Duke will close the weekend with a road match at Clemson Sunday, March 14 at 12 p.m.
For more information on Duke women's tennis, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
No. 13 Georgia Tech 5, No. 6 Duke 2
Doubles
1. #5 Victoria Flores/Kenya Jones (GT) def. Meible Chi/Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) 7-6 (3)
2. Ava Hrastar/Gia Cohen (GT) def. Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova (Duke) 6-4
3. Kelly Chen/Georgia Drummy (Duke) def. Sophia Sassoli/Monika Dedaj (GT) 6-2
Singles
1. #13 Kenya Jones (GT) def. #8 Kelly Chen (Duke) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
2. #56 Victoria Flores (GT) def. #29 Chloe Beck (Duke) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
3. #28 Georgia Drummy (Duke) def. Ava Hrastar (GT) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
4. #111 Meible Chi (Duke) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Carol Lee (GT) def. #44 Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) 6-2, 6-4
6. Mahak Jain (GT) def. #95 Karolina Berankova (Duke) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Finish:
Doubles – 3, 2, 1
Singles – 4, 5, 6, 1, 3, 2
With the loss, Duke fell to 9-2 overall and 4-1 in the ACC, while the Yellow Jackets improved to 11-6, 4-2.
For the first time since 2020, the Blue Devils fell behind, 1-0, as Georgia Tech claimed the doubles point. It snapped a 14-match streak of Duke winning the doubles point.
Duke jumped out to a quick start winning the first game on all three courts and on court three Kelly Chen and Georgia Drummy stormed out to a 4-0 advantage. Chen and Drummy would take the match, 6-2, over Monika Dedaj and Sophia Sassoli.
After leading 3-2 early, Chloe Beck and Karolina Berankova would go down, 3-4, but responded by evening the match against Gia Cohen and Ava Hrastar, 4-4. Cohen and Hrastar closed the contest by winning the next two games and won, 6-4.
The doubles point came down to court one between Duke's Margaryta Bilokin and Meible Chi versus the Yellow Jacket's fifth-ranked tandem of Kenya Jones and Victoria Flores. Bilokin and Chi did not trail early leading 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 5-3, but Georgia Tech came back to even the match, 6-6, sending it to a tiebreaker. Jones and Flores took the match with a 7-3 tiebreaking win.
Duke came out in singles and was able to even the score, 1-1, as 111th-ranked Chi took down Rosie Garcia Gross, 6-3, 6-2, on court four. It marked the eighth straight victory for Chi to improve to 13-2 on the season. A product of Weston, Fla., Chi moved to 125-36 all-time in singles to move into a tie for fifth on Duke's wins list along with Susan Sabo (125-48).
Georgia Tech regained the lead with a 6-2, 6-4 win on court five as Carol Lee defeated Bilokin.
On court six, Berankova was involved in a battle with Mahak Jain. The Blue Devil freshman led, 4-3, in the first set, but Jain came back to take the set, 6-4. Berankova led 6-5 late in the second, but eventually fell, 7-6 (7-5), in a tiebreaker to give the Yellow Jackets a 3-1 lead.
Eighth-ranked Chen tried to make a comeback on court one after dropping the first set, 6-3, to 13th-ranked Jones as she won the second set, 6-3, but she got down 2-5 in the third and eventually fell, 4-6, to clinch the victory for Georgia Tech.
Seeing action on court three for the second time this season, Drummy won the first set against Hrastar, 6-3, but fell, 4-6, in the second set. After falling behind, 3-5, in the third set, Drummy stormed back to win four straight games to take the set, 7-5. Drummy, who is from Dublin, Ireland, collected her 11th singles win of the season.
Georgia Tech closed the match with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win on court two as 56th-ranked Flores defeated 29th-ranked Beck for the 5-2 final score.
Out of 11 matches on the season, Duke has dropped only two contests, both coming on the road at Georgia Tech.
Duke will close the weekend with a road match at Clemson Sunday, March 14 at 12 p.m.
For more information on Duke women's tennis, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeWTEN".
#GoDuke
No. 13 Georgia Tech 5, No. 6 Duke 2
Doubles
1. #5 Victoria Flores/Kenya Jones (GT) def. Meible Chi/Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) 7-6 (3)
2. Ava Hrastar/Gia Cohen (GT) def. Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova (Duke) 6-4
3. Kelly Chen/Georgia Drummy (Duke) def. Sophia Sassoli/Monika Dedaj (GT) 6-2
Singles
1. #13 Kenya Jones (GT) def. #8 Kelly Chen (Duke) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
2. #56 Victoria Flores (GT) def. #29 Chloe Beck (Duke) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
3. #28 Georgia Drummy (Duke) def. Ava Hrastar (GT) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
4. #111 Meible Chi (Duke) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Carol Lee (GT) def. #44 Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) 6-2, 6-4
6. Mahak Jain (GT) def. #95 Karolina Berankova (Duke) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Finish:
Doubles – 3, 2, 1
Singles – 4, 5, 6, 1, 3, 2
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
123
364
Kenya Jones / 0 (13/-) [GT]
626
#2 Singles Match
123
564
Victoria Flores / 0 (56/-) [GT]
726
#3 Singles Match
123
647
Ava Hrastar / 0 [GT]
365
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Rosie Garcia Gross / 0 [GT]
32
#5 Singles Match
12
24
Carol Lee / 0 [GT]
66
#6 Singles Match
12
46
Mahak Jain / 0 [GT]
67
Order of Finish:
4,5,6,1,3,2
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