Chi Nets School Record as No. 14 Duke Defeat Syracuse, 4-3

Sunday, April 11

Syracuse, N.Y.

11:00 AM

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Chi Nets School Record as No. 14 Duke Defeat Syracuse, 4-3

4/11/2021 3:47:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score Duke-Syracuse Boxscore

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Blue Devil graduate student Meible Chi collected her school-record 42nd all-time ACC singles victory Sunday as the 14th-ranked Duke women's tennis team totaled a 4-3 win on the road at Syracuse, which was played at the Drumlins Tennis Center in Syracuse, N.Y.

Duke improves to 13-5 overall and 8-4 in the ACC, while Syracuse drops to 6-10, 5-8.

The Blue Devils were able to secure the doubles point to take a 1-0 advantage early. Duke's 10th-ranked tandem of Chloe Beck and Karolina Berankova never trailed en route to a 6-2 win over Polina Kozyreva and Sofya Treshcheva of Syracuse on court two. Beck and Berankova now sport a 12-3 ledger on the year.

In a top-30 matchup on court one, the sixth-ranked Blue Devil duo of Chi and Margaryta Bilokin notched a 6-2 win over 28th-ranked Natalie Novotna and Viktoriya Kanapatska to improve to 10-3 on the season.

When the doubles point was clinched, Duke's 39th-ranked Kelly Chen and Georgia Drummy were leading, 5-4, against Guzal Yusupova and Zeynep Erman on court three.

Duke kept the momentum from the doubles matches as singles followed.

A native of Weston, Fla., 42nd-ranked Chi faced Ines Fonte on court No. 4 and was able to get off the court quickly with a 6-3, 6-0 victory to put the Blue Devils ahead, 2-0. The win gave Chi her 42nd career ACC singles win to move past Ellyse Hamlin for first on Duke's all-time charts.

Chi improved to 19-3 overall and 11-1 in ACC play on the year.

Duke was able to claim a 3-0 advantage with a 6-4, 6-3 win on court three by 34th-ranked Beck as she notched a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Novotna. Beck, who hails from Watkinsville, Ga., trailed early in the first set, before coming back for her 35th all-time singles win.

Seeing action on court one for the fifth time this season, 77th-ranked Drummy battled back from being down 5-6 in the first set to take it, 7-6, with a 7-5 tiebreaker against 23rd-ranked Kanapatska. Drummy, a product of Dublin, Ireland, registered a 6-1 second set win to put Duke ahead, 4-0, and clinch the ACC victory.

It marked the highest ranked opponent Drummy has defeated in her short Duke career. She is now 14-4 on the season, including a 7-2 mark in ACC play.

Syracuse was able to add three late points as Erman knocked off 117th-ranked Bilokin, 7-5, 6-3, on court No. 5, Kozyreva defeated Berankova, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, on court No. 6 and Yusupova won, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, over No. 27 Chen on court No. 2.

Duke will close the regular season Sunday, April 18 at 1 p.m., as the Blue Devils host Wake Forest at Ambler Tennis Stadium. It will mark senior day for Ema Lazic, Hannah Zhao and Chi.

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No. 14 Duke 4, Syracuse 3

Doubles
1.   #6 Meible Chi/Margaryta Bilokin (DU) def. #28 Natalie Novotna/Viktoriya Kanapatska (SY) 6-2
2.   #10 Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Polina Kozyreva/Sofya Treshcheva (SY) 6-2
3.   #39 Kelly Chen/Georgia Drummy (DU) vs. Guzal Yusupova/Zeynep Erman (SY) 5-4

Singles

1.   #77 Georgia Drummy (DU) def. #23 Viktoriya Kanapatska (SY) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
2.   Guzal Yusupova (SY) def. #27 Kelly Chen (DU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
3.   #34 Chloe Beck (DU) def. Natalie Novotna (SY) 6-4, 6-3
4.   #42 Meible Chi (DU) def. Ines Fonte (SY) 6-3, 6-0
5.   Zeynep Erman (SY) def. #117 Margaryta Bilokin (DU) 7-5, 6-3
6.   Polina Kozyreva (SY) def. Karolina Berankova (DU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

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