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Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
Saturday, September 29
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
All Day
Duke University
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Day One
Day One Of Riviera/ITA All-American Championship Prequalifying Complete
9/29/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
LOS ANGELES - The Duke women's tennis team began play at the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships presented by Fila at UCLA on Saturday, as two Blue Devils are still in action in the prequalifying rounds.
Sophomore Elizabeth Plotkin, who ranks 102nd in the nation, defeated Kirsten Paul of Western Michigan, 6-3, 6-1, and then posted a commanding 6-0, 6-2 win over Whitney Peterson of Cal Poly to earn a spot in the third and final prequalifying round. Plotkin will take on Delia Demaschin of Arkansas at 12 p.m. PT (3 p.m. ET) on Sunday.
Freshman Reka Zsilinszka posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory over No. 125 Romy Farrah of Miami in a first round matchup, then cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Stephanie Davison of Texas to advance to the final round. Zsilinszka will face Andrea Remynse of UCLA on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT (3 p.m. ET).
Senior Tory Zawacki defeated No. 113 Ekaterina Burduli of Washington State in her first round match, 6-0, 6-3, then dropped a three-set decision to Maria Mizyuk of Nebraska (6-2, 3-6, 6-0) in the second round.
Junior Jessi Robinson defeated Clare Fermin of UC Irvine, 6-2, 6-2, in a first round match, but then fell to Julie Chao of Rice, 6-4, 6-4.
Freshman Amanda Granson fell to Samantha Mouly of San Diego, 6-4, 6-2, in the first round.
Competing for Duke in the doubles prequalifying round was the tandem of Granson and Robinson, as the duo faced on Romy Farah and Caren Seenauth of Miami, but fell to the Hurricane tandem, 9-7.
A qualifying round for All-American singles and doubles competition will take place on Oct. 2-3 at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., as junior Melissa Mang and freshman Ellah Nze will compete for a spot in the singles main draw, and the Blue Devil tandem of Plotkin and Nze will challenge for a place in the doubles bracket. Mang received a preseason singles national ranking of No. 72, while Plotkin and Nze combine to form the No. 35 team in the nation.
The duo of Zawacki and Mang won the doubles championship at the 2007 ITA National Summer Championships in August, earning a wild card spot in the All-American main draw, which will take place on Oct. 4-7, also in Pacific Palisades. The Blue Devil pair ranks 22nd in the national preseason listings.
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