Durham, N.C. – The No. 19 Florida State men’s tennis team (17-7, 8-4 ACC) fell to No. 13 Duke (18-5, 11-1) 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
Duke secured the 1-0 lead after winning doubles matches on court No. 1 and court No. 3.
Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif defeated the No. 44-ranked doubles pair of Andrew Zhang and Michael Heller 6-4 on court No. 2. This was the pair’s second ranked doubles win of the season, and their eighth win in their last nine matches.
The Blue Devils opened singles scoring with a 6-2, 6-3 win on court No. 2.
Dous-Karpenschif earned Florida State its’ (no apostrophe) first point with a 6-2, 6-4 straight-set victory on court No. 4. Sunday’s victory marks the sixth victory in the last seven ACC matches for Dous-Karpenschif.
Andreja Petrovic tied the match after a 6-4, 6-2 win on court No. 5. Petrovic’s win pushes his dual wins total to 12 this spring.
A Duke victory on court No. 1 gave the Blue Devils a 3-2 lead, and then the match was clinched by the Blue Devils on court No. 6 after Faris Khan’s 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.
Youcef Rihane earned the last point of the afternoon after a 6-7 (11), 6-2, 6-3 come-from-behind win on court No. 3.
The Seminoles resume play when they travel to Cary, North Carolina for the ACC Championships next week. Florida State is the No. 5 seed in the ACC tournament, and will play the winner of Clemson and Boston College on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Live stats and live video will be available on Seminoles.com.
#13 Duke 4, #19 Florida State 3
Singles Competition
1. #14 Garrett Johns (DU) def. #4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #67 Pedro Rodenas (DU) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 6-2, 6-3
3. #114 Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Andrew Zhang (DU) 6-7, 1-1
4. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Connor Krug (DU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Andreja Petrovic (FSU) def. Andrew Dale (DU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Faris Khan (DU) def. Jamie Connel (FSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles Competition
1. #27 Garrett Johns/Pedro Rodenas (DU) def. Alex Bulte/Loris Pourroy (FSU) 6-3
2. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #44 Andrew Zhang/Michael Heller (DU) 6-4
3. Connor Krug/Teddy Truwit (DU) def. Barnaby Smith/Maks Silagy (FSU) 7-6 (3)
Order of Finish Singles (2,4,5,1,6,3). Doubles (1,2,3)
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