CARY, N.C. – The No. 7 Virginia women’s tennis team defeated No. 4 Duke (21-3) 4-2 in the semifinals of the 2025 ACC Women’s Tennis Championship on Saturday (April 19) at the Cary Tennis Park.
Freshman Martina Genis Salas clinched the win the Cavaliers (20-4) on court four, propelling Virginia back to the final for the second straight year.
The 4-seed Cavaliers will take on the 2-seed North Carolina (22-4) in the final on Sunday, April 20 at 10 a.m. The match will air on ACCNX.
Seniors Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard opened the match with a 6-0 victory over No. 17 Irina Balus and Elizabeth Coleman on the top doubles court. Genis Salas and junior Annabelle Xu followed with a 6-4 win on doubles court two, clinching the doubles point and giving the Hoos an early 1-0 lead over the Blue Devils.
Chervinsky added to the UVA lead with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win over No. 18 Balus on court two.
The Blue Devils got on the board shortly after, picking up a straight set win on court five.
Graduate student Sara Ziodato extended the UVA lead to 3-1 with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 60 Liv Hovde on the top singles court.
Duke cut back into the deficit with a straight set win on court three.
On court four, Genis Salas took a narrow first set in a tiebreak 7-6 (3) against No….
