WACO, TEXAS – Virginia women’s tennis seniors Elaine Chervinsky and Melodie Collard have advanced to the final of the NCAA Doubles Championship being held at the Hurd Tennis Center Nov. 17-24 in Waco, Texas.
Chervinsky and Collard defeated Rachel Gailis and Alicia Dudeney of Florida on Saturday (Nov. 23) 1-6, 6-3, [10-8] to advance to Sunday’s Championship match where they will face 5-8 seed Olivia Center and Kate Fakih of UCLA. The match follows the NCAA Women’s Singles final with first serve not happening before 1 p.m. ET.
After dropping the first set, Chervinsky and Collard battled back in the second set, winning the second 6-3 to extend the match to a match tiebreaker. In the match tiebreak, the pair fell behind 5-0 before roaring back to take an 8-7 lead in the tiebreaker. Gailis and Dudeney then tied the tiebreaker at 8-all before Chervinsky and Collard took the final two points to win the match and clinch a spot in the final. Chervinsky and Collard have won all four matches in the tournament in a match tiebreak.
The duo opened the 32-team draw with a 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (7) against No. 17 Reece Carter and Alexia Jacobs of Washington. After logging a 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (7) against Georgia’s Guillermina Grant and Aysegul Mert, they defeated 5-8 seed Carson…
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