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Duke Duo Advances into Main Draw at ITA All-American Championships

TULSA, Okla. – Duke's doubles team of Michael Heller and Andrew Zhang earned a spot in the main draw with a thrilling win Tuesday at the 2021 ITA All-American Championships.

After going 2-0 in doubles action Monday, Heller and Zhang topped 55th-ranked Ivailo Keremedchiev and Jesper Klov-Nilsson of Oregon on Tuesday afternoon 6-3, 6-4. The victory marked the first of the season over ranked doubles opponents for the Blue Devil tandem.

Heller and Zhang move on to the doubles main draw, where they will face Tulsa's 14th-ranked Connor Di Marco and Kody Pearson on Wednesday at 3:30 p.