Blue Devils Close Wake Forest Invite

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Duke ended the Wake Forest Invite on Sunday with a final round of singles, capturing four victories. 

The Blue Devils tallied straight-set wins from Remy Dugardin, over South Carolina’s Gabe Avram, 6-1, 7-6 (2), in the A2 Bracket, Connor Krug, against Thomas Kennedy of Auburn, 6-4, 6-4, in the A3 Bracket and third-seeded Gerard Planelles Ripoll against Clemson’s Marko Mesarovic, 6-4, 6-4, in the A2 Bracket. With his victory, Dugardin claimed third place in the bracket. 

The A1 Bracket had Jake Krug rallying for a dramatic 4-6, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (5) comeback win against Brett Gloria of UNC Charlotte. 

 

Duke returns to action Thursday through Sunday at the ITA Sectional Championship in Chapel Hill, N.C.

 

RESULTS

Doubles

A1 Bracket

Jake Krug/Connor Krug (Duke) def. Corneilus Alexander Shalmi/Martin Mazev (Wake Forest) 6-3

Jake Krug/Connor Krug (Duke) def. [2] Max Samm/Viktor Markov (Clemson) 7-6 (4)

[1] Connor Thomson/Casey Holle (South Carolina) def. Jake Krug/Connor Krug (Duke) 6-1

 

A3 Bracket

Wissam Abderraham/Matt Pitts (Clemson) def. [1] Gerard Planelles Ripoll/Theo Winegar (Duke) 6-4

[1] Gerard Planelles Ripoll/Theo Winegar (Duke) def. Esteve Agusti/Aurelien Schmitt (James Madison) 6-1

Teddy Truwit/Remy Dugardin (Duke) def. Nicholas Snyder/San Fancutt (Furman) 6-2

[2] Jelani Sarr/Lucas Andrade da Silva (South Carolina) def. Teddy Truwit/Remy Dugardin (Duke) 6-1

[1] Gerard Planelles Ripoll/Theo Winegar (Duke) def. Jack Curtis/Veljko Krstic (Elon) 6-4

Thomas Kennedy/Joseph Phillips (Auburn) def. Teddy Truwit/Remy Dugardin (Duke) 6-4

 

B2 Bracket

Aaron Williams/Pierre Mouesca (Georgia Southern) def. Saahith Jayaraman/Alexander Visser (Duke) 6-2

Saahith Jayaraman/Alexander Visser (Duke) def. Nicolas Dispas/Cole Burnam (Furman) 6-2

Saahith Jayaraman/Alexander Visser (Duke) def. Dung Em Oliver Dao/Lucas Bitzer (Tennessee Tech) 6-3

Singles

A1 Bracket

Teddy Truwit (Duke) def. Matt Pitts (Clemson) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

[3] Jelani Sarr (South Carolina) def. Jake Krug (Duke) 6-4, 7-6 (8)

Veljko Krstic (Elon) def. Alexander Visser (Duke) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

[1] Ioannis Xilas (UNC Charlotte) def. Teddy Truwit (Duke) 6-0, 6-3

Pierre Mouesca (Georgia Southern) def. Alexander Visser (Duke) 5-0, ret.

Frederic Schlossmann (UNC Charlotte) def. Jake…