Two Duke Doubles Teams Win Titles

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Saturday, September 18

Cary, N.C.

All Day

Duke University

Day Two at Duke Fab 4 Invite

Carleton and Cunha Ranked No. 1 in Doubles

Two Duke Doubles Teams Win Titles

9/18/2010 10:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Duke Sports Information

CARY, N.C. - Duke's doubles tandems of Reid Carleton/Henrique Cunha and Jared Pinsky/Fred Saba earned doubles titles on the second day of the Duke Fab Four Invite at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.

Carleton and Cunha are the No. 1 team in the nation and started the season 3-0, capping off the tournament run with a 9-8 (3) win over Iain Atkinson and Tripp Carleton of Wake Forest. Reid and Tripp, two brothers from Florida, faced each other for the first time in doubles. The two met in the ACC Tournament in singles last season.

Pinsky and Saba claimed an 8-5 win over the No. 1 seed in section C, East Tennessee State's Grega Teraz and Roger Ordeig. The Blue Devils also had a doubles team in the B finals but Chris Mengel and David Holland lost to North Carolina's Zach Hunter and William Parker, 9-7.

Saturday was also a good day in singles as Duke picked up nine victories. Three players advanced to the finals and will compete for championships on Sunday. No. 2 Henrique Cunha earned back-to-back straight set wins and will take on No. 57 Ivan Salec of Radford tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Freshman Chris Mengel pulled out a three set victory and then pulled out a big win in straight sets over No. 36 Tripp Carleton in the semifinals.

No. 45 Reid Carleton cruised to the finals, including a 6-1, 6-1 win over his teammate, freshman Fred Saba. The freshman had won his first match of the day in three sets against North Carolina's Cameron Ahari 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Carleton will now face No. 63 Simon Childs in the finals on Sunday. Pinsky claimed a 6-3, 6-2 win before losing to Childs in the semifinals.

Freshman Cale Hammond lost his first match of the day but bounced back for his first collegiate win, a 7-6 (1), 6-1 victory over Rafael Perez of N.C. State.

The final round of singles will take place on Sunday beginning at 10:30 a.m. The women's final round will be prior at 9 a.m.