DURHAM – No. 12 Duke men’s tennis defeated No. 36 Louisville, 4-0, at Cary Tennis Park on Friday night to advance to the ACC Championship Semifinals.
The second-seeded Blue Devils, who will be making their first appearance in the semifinals since 2014, will next face sixth-seeded Wake Forest on Saturday at 2 p.m. Due to projected inclement weather on Saturday, the semifinal match has been moved indoors to the Cone-Kenfield Indoor Courts on the campus of the University of North Carolina. The match will be free admission and will be broadcast live through UNC’s streaming channel.
Junior Andrew Dale earned his fourth match-clinching victory of the year to help Duke improve to 19-5. Louisville falls to 16-11.
How It Happened
- For the fourth consecutive match, Duke secured the doubles point.
- No. 21 Garrett Johns and Pedro Rodenas got things started by besting Etienne Donnet and Alex Wesbrooks on the top court, 6-2. The Cardinals would answer back on court two to knot the score at 1-1 after Sergio Hernandez and Natan Rodrigues defeated Connor Krug and Teddy Truwit, 6-3.
- With the doubles point coming down to the outcome on court three, juniors Faris Khan and Niroop Vallabhaneni outlasted Fabien Salle and Will Mayew 7-6 (5) for the tiebreak win.
- No. 72 Rodenas earned his eighth-straight win to begin singles play when he posted a 6-3, 6-2 upset victory over No. 34 Donnet on court two.
- Krug extended Duke’s lead to 3-0 when he beat Hernandez on court four 6-3, 6-4.
- Dale then followed suit with his match-clinching victory on court five over Andre Steinbach 6-1, 6-4.
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