Beck Earns Top-10 Win as Blue Devils Wrap Up Weekend Slate

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Beck Earns Top-10 Win as Blue Devils Wrap Up Weekend Slate

9/26/2021 9:05:00 PM | Women's Tennis

RESULTS - FALL RANKED SPOTLIGHT RESULTS - KITTY HARRISON INVITE

DURHAM – Duke women's tennis completed a competitive weekend slate, with the final day of competition at the Fall Ranked Spotlight in Cary, N.C., and the Kitty Harrison Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sunday.

Fall Ranked Spotlight
The final day of the Fall Ranked Spotlight was a huge one for junior Chloe Beck, who went 2-0 overall. Starting her day in doubles, Beck and her partner freshman Emma Jackson, earned a ranked victory over No. 31 Diana Khodan and Isabella Pfennig of Miami, 6-4.

Her day wasn't done, as Beck competed in the final of the compass draw north, facing No. 7 Irina Cantos. The Watkinsville, Ga., native took the first set, 6-3, but dropped the second to force a third set tiebreaker. Beck held her ground to win a thriller, 10-8, in the tiebreaker and secure a win over a top-10 opponent for the first time since beating North Carolina's Cameron Morra on Mar. 19, 2021. Beck is now 3-1 against top-10 opponents in her collegiate career.

Senior Margaryta Bilokin capped off her stint in Cary, N.C., with a thrilling victory of her own, defeating Oklahoma's Alexandra Pisareva, 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-3). Bilokin won her last two singles matches this weekend, earning a ranked win on Saturday.

RESULTS
Singles
Compass Draw Final – North
No. 28 Chloe Beck (Duke) def. No. 7 Irina Cantos (Ohio State) – 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
Compass Draw – South- Southeast
No. 80 Evgeniya Levashova (UCF) def. Emma Jackson (Duke) – 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 1-0 (10-6)
Compass Draw – Southwest
Margaryta Bilokin (Duke) def. Alexandra Pisareva (Oklahoma) – 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-3)

Doubles
Chloe Beck/Emma Jackson (Duke) def. No. 31 Diana Khodan/Isabella Pfennig (Miami) – 6-4

Kitty Harrison Invitational
With only two matches on the day after Kelly Chen earned a walkover win, freshman Ellie Coleman played in a thriller against ACC opponent Casie Wooten. Coleman was able to secure an opening set win of 6-4, but dropped the next set to force a tiebreaker. Coleman put in a valiant effort but dropped the tiebreaker, 10-3.

Coleman and graduate student Eliza Omirou also played in the third-place match in doubles, dropping a 6-3 decision. The duo played a talented North Carolina team that featured two top-100 singles players, but came up just shy in a tight back-and-forth set.

RESULTS
Singles
Third Place Match
Flight 3: No. 25 Kelly Chen (Duke) vs. No. 77 Tatsiana Sasnouskaya (Old Dominion) - Walkover
Fifth Place Draw
Flight 4: Casie Wooten (Wake Forest) def. Ellie Coleman (Duke) – 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)

Doubles
Third Place Match
Fiona Crawley/Anika Yarlagadda (North Carolina) def. Ellie Coleman/Eliza Omirou (Duke) – 6-3

The Blue Devils will split up for the second time in early October, as some will compete in the ITA All-American Championships from Oct. 4-10 in Charleston, S.C., while others will play at the Wildcat Invitational in Evanston, Ill.

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