Blue Devils Win Third Straight; Defeat No. 46 Clemson, 4-0

Friday, March 8

Durham, N.C.

2 p.m.

Duke University

Clemson

Photo by: Kelly Teseny

Blue Devils Win Third Straight; Defeat No. 46 Clemson, 4-0

3/8/2024 5:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DURHAM – The 21st-ranked Duke women's tennis team collected its third straight victory on Friday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium as the Blue Devils registered their quickest win of the season in under two hours with a 4-0 sweep over 46th-ranked Clemson.

Duke was able to get off the doubles court in just 22 minutes by taking the doubles point and earned singles wins by Emma Jackson, Brianna Shvets and Shavit Kimchi to clinch the victory.

How It Happened

The Blue Devils jumped out to a hot start in doubles holding leads on all three courts.
In only 21 minutes on court three, the Duke tandem of Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova didn't drop a game against Alexandra Antilla and Jenna Thompson posting a 6-0 victory.
Shortly after, the Blue Devil duo of Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova posted a 6-0 win on court two against Daniella Medvedeva and Sophia Hatton to clinch the doubles point for Duke.
Duke was leading, 4-1, on court one when the doubles point was clinched.
On court one, 93rd-ranked Jackson was impressive as she posted a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Cristina Mayorova to put the Blue Devils ahead, 2-0.
Shvets, a graduate student out of Pennington, N.J., continued her stellar play on court five as she totaled a 6-2, 6-4 win over Leigh Van Zyl to give the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead.After dropping the first two games of the first set, Shvets won six straight to take the first.Shvets never trailed in the second set.
For the fifth time this season, Kimchi clinched the win for the Blue Devils with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Medvedeva on court two.Kimchi, who is ranked No. 97, cruised in the first set and led 3-0 in the second, before Medvedeva came back to win five straight games and led, 5-3.A product of Israel, Kimchi responded by winning four straight of her own to win, 7-5.
The Blue Devils were leading on the other three courts when the match was clinched.

Notes

Of Duke's nine victories on the season, freshman Shavit Kimchi has clinched the win for the Blue Devils in five of those.She notched her second career ACC win on Friday.
Brianna Shvets earned her 96th career singles win and is now 13-2 all-time in ACC singles action. Shvets has won seven out of her last eight matches.
Emma Jackson won her third straight match and moved to 4-1 on the season in ACC singles action.
Duke played its fifth straight match without junior Ellie Coleman, who is ranked No. 90 nationally in singles.
Duke's doubles duo of Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova won their fourth straight match and improved to 10-5 overall and 4-1 in ACC action.
Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova won their second straight ACC match in doubles.

Quotes

"Obviously with the doubles to win two matches, 6-0, anytime in this league against quality opponents was good. I thought we came out and won a lot of deuce points early and didn't give anything for Clemson to kind of feed off of.I think they emotionally and mentally got down a little bit.We rode the momentum of the starts that we had and were able to play a 20-minute doubles match, which was great to see heading into singles." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth
"I thought the starts were good [in singles].I thought we got a little bit complacent at the start to the second sets.Knowing we were just playing to four today and I think some people thought, 'well ok someone else is going to win for us or someone else can take care of it.'When we are in those situations, we talk about making sure you take care of what you need to and don't let the other team get any confidence.I thought we let up a little bit at the start of the second sets, but did a good job of fighting our way back, closing it out and getting off the court quickly.When we have the two matches, it is important to do that.We will come out and have a good practice tomorrow, before we have a battle with Georgia Tech on Sunday. We always have tough matches and good matches with them.We will be ready to go." - Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth

Next Match

The Blue Devils close their homestand on Sunday, March 10 by hosting 26th-ranked Georgia Tech at 11 a.m., at Ambler Tennis Stadium.

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#21 Duke 4, #46 Clemson 0
March 8, 2024
Ambler Tennis Stadium * Durham, N.C.

Doubles
1. Shavit Kimchi/Katie Codd (DU) vs. Cristina Mayorova/Leigh Van Zyl (CU) 4-1, unfinished
2. Emma Jackson/Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Daniella Medvedeva/Sophia Hatton (CU) 6-0
3. Brianna Shvets/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Alexandra Anttila/Jenna Thompson (CU) 6-0

Singles
1. #93 Emma Jackson (DU) def. Cristina Mayorova (CU) 6-2, 6-0
2. #97 Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Daniella Medvedeva (CU) 6-1, 7-5
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) vs. Jenna Thompson (CU) 7-6 (9-7), 5-2, unfinished
4. #94 Katie Codd (DU) vs. Sophia Hatton (CU) 6-1, 5-5, unfinished
5. #110 Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Leigh Van Zyl (CU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Karolina Berankova (DU) vs. Alexandra Anttila (CU) 6-2, 1-6, 5-2, unfinished
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2*), Singles (1,5,2*)