No. 6 Blue Devils Rebound with 6-1 Win at Clemson

Sunday, March 14

Clemson, S.C.

12:00 PM

Duke University

Clemson

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No. 6 Blue Devils Rebound with 6-1 Win at Clemson

3/14/2021 4:31:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score Duke-Clemson Box

CLEMSON, S.C. – The sixth-ranked Duke women's tennis team rebounded nicely Sunday at Clemson with a 6-1 victory over the Tigers at the Duckworth Family Tennis Facility.

The Blue Devils improved to 10-2 overall and 5-1 in the ACC, while Clemson fell to 6-10, 0-7.

"It was a good bounce-back win for us today after the tough loss on Friday," said Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth. "I thought we executed better today at the beginning of games and sets. The start we got off to in singles across the board was one of the best we have had all year. We are looking forward to getting back to Duke and having a great week of practice."

Duke came out in doubles and jumped out to a lead on courts one and three. The Blue Devil duo of Kelly Chen and Georgia Drummy closed court three with a 6-3 win over Laura Marti and Ali DeSpain. Chen and Drummy won their 10th straight match to improve to 11-2 on the season, including a 4-0 league mark.

On court one, Margaryta Bilokin and Meible Chi clinched the doubles point for Duke with a 6-3 win over Eleni Louka and Jenna Thompson. The Blue Devils moved to 9-1 on the year. Even though the point was clinched, Duke's Chloe Beck and Karolina Berankova collected a 6-4 win over Cristina Mayorova and Mackenzy Middlebrooks for their 11th doubles win of the year on court No. 2.

Drummy, a redshirt sophomore from Dublin, Ireland, got things started in singles for the Blue Devils with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Thompson on court two, which gave Duke a 2-0 advantage. The win for Drummy improved her to 12-3 on the season and 5-1 in ACC action.

On court four, Chi continued her stellar play with her ninth straight singles win to improve to a team-best 14-2 on the year. She knocked off Middlebrooks, 6-0, 6-4. Chi won the first nine games of the match, before dropping a few late. Chi is now 7-0 this season on court four and 6-0 in ACC play.

With the Blue Devils leading 3-0, Chen clinched the match for Duke with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Louka on court one. It marked her eighth win of the season, 104th all-time victory and is now 31-4 all-time in ACC action. Chen also clinched a victory for the Blue Devils for the 13th time over her four-year career.

After the match was clinched, Duke received victories on court three and five from Beck and Bilokin, respectively. Beck, who is from Watkinsville, Ga., totaled a 6-4, 6-3 win over Mayorova, after falling behind 0-3 in the first set. It marked her 12th singles win of the season and is now 5-1 this year in ACC play.

Bilokin, who hails from New Canaan, Conn., defeated DeSpain, 6-1, 6-4, to improve to 51-16 over her Duke career. Berankova dropped a 6-3, 2-6, 0-1 (7-10) decision to Lana Sipek on court six to close out the match.

Duke has won 47 out of the last 51 ACC matches, including 29 straight home ACC wins.

The Blue Devils will next travel down Tobacco Road to face top-ranked North Carolina Friday, March 19 at 3 p.m., in Chapel Hill.

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No. 6 Duke 6, Clemson 1

Doubles
1.   Meible Chi/Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) def. Eleni Louka/Jenna Thompson (CU) 6-3
2.   Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova (Duke) def. Cristina Mayorova/Mackenzy Middlebrooks (CU) 6-4
3.   Kelly Chen/Georgia Drummy (Duke) def. Ali DeSpain/Laura Marti 6-3

Singles

1.   #8 Kelly Chen (Duke) def. Eleni Louka (CU) 6-4, 6-2
2.    #28 Georgia Drummy (Duke) def. Jenna Thompson (CU) 6-2, 6-1
3.   #29 Chloe Beck (Duke) def. Cristina Mayorova (CU) 6-4, 6-3
4.   #111 Meible Chi (Duke) def. M. Middlebrooks (CU) 6-0, 6-4
5.   #44 Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) def. Ali DeSpain (CU) 6-1, 6-4
6.   Lana Sipek (CU) def. #95 Karolina Berankova (Duke) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)

Finish:
Doubles – 3, 1, 2
Singles – 2, 4, 1, 3, 6, 5