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Wednesday, October 1
Tulsa, Okla.
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Duke University
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Day Five at ITA All-American Qualifying Rounds
Two Blue Devils Move On To ITA Main Draw
10/1/2014 2:53:00 PM | Men's Tennis
TULSA, Okla. – Duke played its final matches in the qualifying stage of the ITA Men's All-American Championships on Wednesday with two third-round singles matches. Freshman Nicolas Alvarez and junior Bruno Semenzato represented the Blue Devils on the final day with Alvarez winning and Semenzato advancing as a lucky loser. Both now move on to the main draw.
Alvarez cruised in the first set against Wichita State's Tin Ostojic and claimed a 6-2 victory. Alvarez fell behind 3-0 and 4-1 in the second set before storming back to tie the set at 4-4. He fell behind again at 5-4 but evened the set a second time at 5-5. From there, he took the next two games, the final without allowing a point, to win the match 6-2, 7-5.
Semenzato faced Miami's Piotr Lomacki and turned a 4-3 lead in the first set to a 6-4 victory. Semenzato held a 3-1 lead in the second set before it shrank to 4-3. He again held a two-game lead at 5-3 only to have Lomacki win the next two to tie the set at 5-5. Semenzato eventually dropped the second set 7-5, setting the stage for a winner-take-all third set. Semenzato lost the final set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (5) and suffered a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) setback in the match.
Despite the loss to Lomacki, Semenzato moves on to the main draw as a lucky loser. He was the second-highest seed to lose in the final round of qualifiers.
The two will be joined in the main draw by senior teammate Jason Tahir. Matchups for the main draw will be announced late Wednesday.
Duke has not had a player advance to the quarterfinals of the singles main draw since current Blue Devil head coach Ramsey Smith and teammate Marko Cerenoko made it in 2000.
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