TULSA, Okla. – Duke's doubles team of senior
Nick Stachowiak and junior
Sean Sculley earned a spot in the main draw with a thrilling win Tuesday evening at the 2019 Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships.
After going 2-0 in doubles action Monday, Stachowiak and Sculley topped 53rd-ranked Justin Boulais and James Trotter of Ohio State Tuesday night in a third set super tiebreaker, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-2). The victory marked the first of the season over ranked doubles opponents for the Blue Devil tandem.
Stachowiak and Sculley move on to the doubles main draw, where they will face Arizona State's 26th-ranked duo of Andrea Bolla and Tim Ruehl Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET.
Stachowiak was also in action in singles play Tuesday, competing in the qualifying draw. He defeated Ilgiz Valiev of Texas Tech, 6-4, 6-1, before falling to No. 79 Zeke Clark of Illinois in the third round, 6-4, 6-2.
Through the first two tournaments of the fall season, Stachowiak – the 59th-ranked player in the ITA's preseason poll – owns an overall singles record of 4-2.
Results and draws for the ITA All-American Championships are available
here.
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
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 (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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