DURHAM, N.C. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its latest team, singles and doubles rankings Wednesday with four Duke women's tennis student-athletes listed in singles along with six doubles teams.
In singles, redshirt sophomore
Georgia Drummy leads all Blue Devils with a season-best ranking of No. 19 nationally. Drummy moves up following the first top-10 victory of her collegiate career, defeating last week's No. 9 Natasha Subhash, 6-4, 6-1, in the ACC Tournament quarterfinal against Virginia. The Dublin, Ireland product has now won six of her last seven singles matches, including three straight wins over ranked opponents.
Joining Drummy in this week's singles rankings are No. 39
Meible Chi, No. 40
Chloe Beck and No. 47
Kelly Chen.
In doubles, the duo of Beck/
Karolina Berankova check in at No. 9 in the nation to lead all Blue Devils. Right behind them are
Margaryta Bilokin/Chi, who rank No. 11, No. 39 Drummy/Berankova, No. 40 Chen/Drummy, No. 51 Beck/Chi and No. T-63
Hannah Zhao/Chi.
Beck/Berankova went 1-0 over the ACC Championships weekend, earning a 6-3 victory over Louisville's Chelsea Sawyer/Raven Neely. While the duo's second match against Virginia was unfinished, they held a 5-4 lead over No. 16 Natasha Subhash/Sofia Munera of Virginia at the conclusion of doubles play.
As a team, Duke is currently No. 18 nationally with a 15-6 overall record and 9-4 ACC mark. The Blue Devils will now await the NCAA Championships selection show, which is set for Monday, May 3 at 6 p.m.
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