
Duke Set To Host Fab Four Invite
9/16/2010 2:34:00 PM | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University will host its first ever Fab Four Invite this weekend at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C. with 11 schools being represented for the men and 10 in the women's draws.
There will be three sections of singles with draws of 16 players in each section. Doubles will also consist of three sections with eight doubles teams placed in each one.
Duke will be joined on the men's side by East Tennessee State, Indiana, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, North Carolina State, Radford, South Carolina, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
The men's draws are highlighted by 11 ranked singles players, including the No. 2 player in the nation, Duke's Henrique Cunha. Also among the top 75 are No. 36 Tripper Carleton (Wake Forest), No. 45 Reid Carleton (Duke), No. 57 Ivan Salec (Radford), No. 63 Simon Childs (Louisville), No. 66 Brennan Boyajian (North Carolina) and No. 68 Iain Atkinson (Wake Forest). There are also two ranked doubles teams with the No. 1 team in the nation, Duke's Carleton and Cunha, being joined by No. 14 Alejandro Calligari and Simon Childs of Louisville.
On the women's side will be Duke, Alabama, Illinois, Mississippi, North Carolina, Northwestern, Princeton, Purdue, Texas and Wisconsin.
In all there will be 13 ranked women's players in singles. Five of the 13 are ranked in the top 25, including No. 8 Maria Mosolova (Northwestern), No. 15 Aeriel Ellis (Texas), No. 20 Kristi Boxx (Mississippi), No. 24 Nadine Fahoum (Duke) and No. 25 Reka Zsilinszka (Duke). Eight of the 13 are ranked in the top 75. Four doubles teams are ranked, including No. 8 Bartlett/Marable (Princeton), No. 15 Boxx/Guthrie (Mississippi), No. 27 Vogel/Rangel (Mississippi) and No. 44 Featherston/Mchale (North Carolina).
Play with start with the first two rounds of doubles beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday. The first round of singles will also take place on Friday with the women scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and the men at 2:30 p.m. Doubles will finish up with the finals at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Two rounds of singles will take place with men's matches set for 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and the women at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The final round of singles will be played on Sunday with the women at 9 a.m. and the men to follow at 10:30 a.m.
All matches are free to the public.