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Men's Tennis
vs ITA All-American Championship
Sunday, January 24
Chapel Hill, N.C. / Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center
10 a.m.
Duke University
1
vs
4
South Carolina
No. 23 Duke Drops 4-1 Decision to No. 20 South Carolina
1/24/2021 12:53:00 PM | Men's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 23 Duke men's tennis dropped a hard-fought battle against No. 20 South Carolina, falling 4-1 in its first dual match of the season at the ITA Kickoff Weekend in the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Sunday morning.
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South Carolina handed Edu Güell and Andrew Zhang's first doubles loss of the season on court three (6-2). The doubles point would be a battle between courts one and two, but the Gamecocks' No. 59 Raphael Lambling and Phillip Jordan claimed the point with a 7-5 win over No. 46 Luca Keist and Michael Heller. Doubles action with Duke's No. 55 Sean Sculley and Garrett Johns went unfinished at 5-5 versus No. 44 Daniel Rodrigues and Connor Thomson.
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Trailing 1-0 heading into singles play, Duke took the first set on two courts with Sculley winning 7-5 on court three and Zhang (6-4) on court four. South Carolina picked up the first singles match on court two as No. 81 Lambling defeated Güell (6-4, 6-0).
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The Gamecocks upped its lead to 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court six, but Zhang gave Duke its lone point with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Toby Samuel on court four to make it 3-1 overall.
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South Carolina secured the match on court five as Phillip Jordan edged sophomore Samuel Rubell (6-4, 7-5). Playing to clinch, the singles matches on one and three went unfinished.
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Duke returns to action tomorrow at 10 a.m. to play in the consolation match against Northwestern.
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RESULTS
Doubles
1. #55 Sean Sculley/Garrett Johns (DU) vs. #44 Daniel Rodrigues/Connor Thomson (SC) 5-5, unf.
2. #59 Raphael Lambling/Phillip Jordan (SC) def. #46 Luca Keist/Michael Heller (DU) 7-5
3. Toby Samuel/Jake Beasley (SC) def. Edu Guell/Andrew Zhang (DU) 6-2
Singles
1. #32 Daniel Rodrigues (SC) vs. Garrett Johns (DU) 6-1, 6-5, unfinished
2. #81 Raphael Lambling (SC) def. Edu Guell (DU) 6-4, 6-0
3. #118 Connor Thomson (SC) vs. Sean Sculley (DU) 5-7, 2-1, unfinished
4. Andrew Zhang (DU) def. Toby Samuel (SC) 6-4, 6-1
5. Phillip Jordan (SC) def. Samuel Rubell (DU) 6-4, 7-5
6. Jake Beasley (SC) def. Michael Heller (DU) 6-3, 6-4
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South Carolina handed Edu Güell and Andrew Zhang's first doubles loss of the season on court three (6-2). The doubles point would be a battle between courts one and two, but the Gamecocks' No. 59 Raphael Lambling and Phillip Jordan claimed the point with a 7-5 win over No. 46 Luca Keist and Michael Heller. Doubles action with Duke's No. 55 Sean Sculley and Garrett Johns went unfinished at 5-5 versus No. 44 Daniel Rodrigues and Connor Thomson.
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Trailing 1-0 heading into singles play, Duke took the first set on two courts with Sculley winning 7-5 on court three and Zhang (6-4) on court four. South Carolina picked up the first singles match on court two as No. 81 Lambling defeated Güell (6-4, 6-0).
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The Gamecocks upped its lead to 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court six, but Zhang gave Duke its lone point with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Toby Samuel on court four to make it 3-1 overall.
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South Carolina secured the match on court five as Phillip Jordan edged sophomore Samuel Rubell (6-4, 7-5). Playing to clinch, the singles matches on one and three went unfinished.
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Duke returns to action tomorrow at 10 a.m. to play in the consolation match against Northwestern.
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RESULTS
Doubles
1. #55 Sean Sculley/Garrett Johns (DU) vs. #44 Daniel Rodrigues/Connor Thomson (SC) 5-5, unf.
2. #59 Raphael Lambling/Phillip Jordan (SC) def. #46 Luca Keist/Michael Heller (DU) 7-5
3. Toby Samuel/Jake Beasley (SC) def. Edu Guell/Andrew Zhang (DU) 6-2
Singles
1. #32 Daniel Rodrigues (SC) vs. Garrett Johns (DU) 6-1, 6-5, unfinished
2. #81 Raphael Lambling (SC) def. Edu Guell (DU) 6-4, 6-0
3. #118 Connor Thomson (SC) vs. Sean Sculley (DU) 5-7, 2-1, unfinished
4. Andrew Zhang (DU) def. Toby Samuel (SC) 6-4, 6-1
5. Phillip Jordan (SC) def. Samuel Rubell (DU) 6-4, 7-5
6. Jake Beasley (SC) def. Michael Heller (DU) 6-3, 6-4
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
123
150
Daniel Rodrigues / 0 (32/-) [SC]
66UF
#2 Singles Match
12
40
Raphael Lambling / 0 (81/-) [SC]
66
#3 Singles Match
123
710
Connor Thomson / 0 (118/-) [SC]
52UF
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Toby Samuel / 0 [SC]
41
#5 Singles Match
12
45
Phillip Jordan / 0 [SC]
67
#6 Singles Match
12
34
Jake Beasley / 0 [SC]
66
Order of Finish:
2,6,4,5
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