Kimchi Clinches Again as Duke Registers 7-0 Win Over Princeton

Wednesday, March 13

Orlando, FL

3:30 p.m.

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Kimchi Clinches Again as Duke Registers 7-0 Win Over Princeton

3/13/2024 9:33:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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ORLANDO, Fla. – For the sixth time this season, Duke women's tennis freshman Shavit Kimchi clinched a victory for the 24th-ranked Blue Devils on Wednesday in a 7-0 win over 37th-ranked Princeton at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Campus in Orlando, Fla.

The Blue Devils (10-5) concluded non-conference action in the victory against the Tigers (8-4).

How It Happened

Duke jumped out to an impressive start by taking all three doubles courts and holding a 1-0 lead early.
The Blue Devil duo of Emma Jackson and Karolina Berankova posted a 6-4 victory over Eva Elbaz and Bella Chhiv of the Tigers on court two.
Court three officially clinched the doubles point as Duke's Brianna Shvets and Iuliia Bryzgalova collected a 6-4 win over Alice Ferlito and Neha Velaga.
Duke also registered a win on court one as Shavit Kimchi and Katie Codd were solid with a 6-2 win over Madeleine Jessup and Maia Sung.
The Blue Devils continued their hot play in singles as 93rd-ranked Jackson registered a quick, 6-1, 6-0, victory on court two against Leena Bennetto.
Shvets, who is ranked No. 110 nationally, then put the Blue Devils ahead, 3-0, with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Jessup on court five.
Duke was able to clinch the win on court one as 97th-ranked Kimchi collected a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Velaga to give Duke a 4-0 advantage.
After totaling a 7-5 win in the first set, Berankova dropped the second, 6-1, against Chhiv, but was able to notch a 10-7 tiebreaking win to put the Blue Devils ahead, 5-0.
Codd, a sophomore ranked No. 94 nationally, put the sixth point on the board with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Ferlito on court four.
Bryzgalova closed the match with a 10-7 tiebreaking win over Sung on court three, after splitting the first two sets, 5-7, 6-3.

Notes

Of Duke's 10 victories on the season, freshman Shavit Kimchi has clinched the win for the Blue Devils in six of those.She has equaled the Duke freshman record for match-clinching wins in a season (since 2005-06).Kimchi is tied with her teammate Emma Jackson (2021-22) along with Monica Turewicz (2011-12) and Mallory Cecil (2008-09).
Kimchi moved to 4-3 in ACC play and has won four out of her last five matches.
Brianna Shvets earned her 97th career singles win and is now 14-3 all-time in ACC singles action. Shvets has won eight out of her last 10 matches.
Shvets played against her former team as she is a 2022 graduate of Princeton.
Iuliia Bryzgalova collected her 98th career singles victory and is now 4-1 in ACC play this season.
Emma Jackson won her fourth match out of the last five contests and improved to 5-2 in ACC play.
Duke played its sixth 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 fifth straight match and improved to 11-5 overall and 5-1 in ACC action.
Karolina Berankova posted her third win over the last four matches and registered her third ACC singles win of the year.
Sophomore Katie Codd moved to 7-0 at the No. 4 singles slot and is now 14-6 on the season in singles.

Quotes

"The biggest thing is the matchups are all different.We had to make sure that we weren't overconfident with that and understand that yes, we won 4-0 last time. But for everybody except one person, it's a different matchup. So, we just had to go out and treat it like another match. We're definitely not in a position where we can overthink our opponent. We just need to go out and play and not worry if we played that person/team before."- Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth on playing Princeton against after winning 4-0 earlier in the season

Next Match

Duke will be off this weekend, before returning to action at Wake Forest on Friday, March 22 at 3:30 p.m., in Winston-Salem, N.C.

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#24 Duke 7, #37 Princeton 0
March 13, 2024
United States Tennis Association National Campus * Orlando, Fla.

Doubles
1. Shavit Kimchi/Katie Codd (DU) def. Madeleine Jessup/Maia Sung (PRIN) 6-2
2. Emma Jackson/Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Eva Elbaz/Bella Chhiv (PRIN) 6-4
3. Brianna Shvets/Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Alice Ferlito/Neha Velaga (PRIN) 6-4

Singles
1. #97 Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Neha Velaga (PRIN) 6-3, 6-4
2. #93 Emma Jackson (DU) def. Leena Bennetto (PRIN) 6-1, 6-0
3. Iuliia Bryzgalova (DU) def. Maia Sung (PRIN) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
4. #94 Katie Codd (DU) def. Alice Ferlito (PRIN) 6-3, 6-4
5. #110 Brianna Shvets (DU) def. Madeleine Jessup (PRIN) 6-1, 6-2
6. Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Bella Chhiv (PRIN) 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2*,1), Singles (2,5,1*,6,4,3)