TULSA, Okla. – The march through the 2019 Saint Francis ITA All-American Championships main draw continued for Duke's
Sean Sculley and
Nick Stachowiak Thursday.
Facing Dartmouth's Charlie Broom and David Horneffer – the ninth-ranked doubles tandem in the nation per the preseason ITA doubles poll – Sculley and Stachowiak prevailed in Thursday's Round of 16. After dropping the first set, the Duke duo rebounded to take the second set by a 6-3 score. Sculley and Stachowiak again won a third set super tiebreaker, 10-7, to earn a spot in Friday's quarterfinal round.
The Blue Devil pair has now claimed four straight doubles contests that have been decided by third set super tiebreakers. Sculley and Stachowiak have also emerged victorious in three consecutive contests against ranked doubles opponents.
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SINGLES
Qualifying Round of 128
No. 59
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Niklas Gerdes (UT-Chattanooga) 6-1, 6-2
Qualifying Round of 64
No. 59
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Ilgiz Valiev (Texas Tech) 6-4, 6-1
Qualifying Round of 32
No. 79 Zeke Clark (Illinois) def. No. 59
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) 6-4, 6-2
Pre-Qualifying Round of 256
Samuel Rubell (Duke) def. Tyler Stice (Auburn) 7-6 (6), 6-3
Garrett Johns (Duke) def. Tom Moonen (Middle Tennessee State) 6-3, 6-4
Edu Güell (Duke) def. Eric Samuelsson (UNLV) 6-3, 0-1 (ret.)
Andrew Zhang (Duke) def. Trice Pickens (Northwestern) 7-6 (1), 6-3
Robert Cash (Ohio State) def.
Omni Kumar (Duke) 6-2, 6-2
Pre-Qualifying Round of 128
Makey Rakotomalala (Arizona State) def.
Sean Sculley (Duke) 6-4, 6-0
Samuel Rubell (Duke) def. Malik Bhatnagar (LSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Simon Junk (Ole Miss) def.
Garrett Johns (Duke) 6-4, 6-4
Corrado Summaria (Pepperdine) def.
Edu Güell (Duke) 6-1, 6-3
Andrew Zhang (Duke) def. Guido Marson (Texas A&M) 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Pre-Qualifying Round of 64
Chase Wood (Florida State) def.
Samuel Rubell (Duke) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Connor Thomson (South Carolina) def.
Andrew Zhang (Duke) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2
DOUBLES
Main Draw First Round
Sean Sculley/
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. No. 26 Andrea Bolla/Tim Ruehl (Arizona State) 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Main Draw Round of 16
Sean Sculley/
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. No. 9 Charlie Broom/David Horneffer (Dartmouth) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
Qualifying Round of 64
Sean Sculley/
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Davis Lawley/Abdoul Ouattara (Omaha) 6-2, 6-1
Qualifying Round of 32
Sean Sculley/
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Austen Huang/Alex Kotzen (Columbia) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
Qualifying Round of 16
Sean Sculley/
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. No. 53 Justin Boulais/James Trotter (Ohio State) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-2)
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