Fall Slate Comes to a Close at ITA Fall Nats

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Junior Meible Chi's time at the 2018 Oracle ITA Fall National Championships came to an end Friday at the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex in Surprise, Ariz.

Chi, tabbed No. 31 by the ITA preseason rankings and the seventh seed in the draw, fell to second ranked and the 10th seed Makenna Jones of North Carolina (7-5, 6-2).

The Weston, Fla., native concludes the fall season with an 11-3 overall ledger.

“This weekend was a microcosm of different parts that we have to work on as a team,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “I thought Kelly [Chen] and Meible both played well at times and gave them opportunities to win the two matches they lost. If you look at these couple matches, it goes with how our fall has been. We've put ourselves in good opportunities and have given ourselves chances to win matches and we haven't capitalized on some. Over the next couple weeks and heading into the spring, we have to figure out a way to become mentally tougher.”

The Blue Devils now turn their attention to the spring slate with their first match Saturday, Jan. 12 in the Bahamas against Oklahoma State, marking the team's first international trip.

“One of the biggest things we have to do over the next eight weeks is concentrate on our doubles,” Ashworth said. “We haven't had the fortune of having Maria [Mateas] in many college events to work different doubles combinations with her. When we start the season in January against Oklahoma State, we have to make sure we're ready to play good doubles.”

SINGLES
ROUND OF 64
No. 12 Kelly Chen (Duke) def. No. 47 Caroline Lampl (Stanford) 7-6 (8), 6-1
No. 31 Meible Chi (Duke) def. No. 11 Carla Touly (Florida State) 6-3, 6-3

ROUND OF 32
No. 31 Meible Chi (Duke) def. Sara Castellano (Wisconsin) 6-4, 6-2
No. 30 Christina Rosca (Vanderbilt) def. No. 12 Kelly Chen (Duke) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

ROUND OF 16
No. 2 Makenna Jones (North Carolina) def. No. 31 Meible Chi (Duke) 7-5, 6-2

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