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Men's Tennis
vs ITA All-American Championship
Saturday, October 1
Tulsa, Okla.
All Day
Duke University
vs
Prequalifying - Day One
Duke Battles on Day One of ITA All-American Championships
10/1/2022 8:23:00 PM | Men's Tennis
TULSA, Okla. – Four Blue Devils competed on the opening day of the 2022 ITA All-American Championships at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Tulsa.
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Duke juniors Andrew Dale, Faris Khan and Niroop Vallabhaneni as well as sophomore Jake Krug all saw action on Saturday.
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Dale earned a 6-1 victory in his opening set against Auburn's Spencer Gray but fell in his next two 7-5, 6-3. Fellow classmate Vallabhaneni dropped his opening match to Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo of Southern Methodist 6-2, 6-3.
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In Duke's other two matches on the day, Khan was bested in three sets to Oliver Okonkwo of Illinois 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and Krug fell to Northwestern's Presley Thieneman 7-5, 6-0.
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All four Blue Devils will have one final match on Sunday in the consolation round. Duke opponents for those matches have not been announced yet.
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SINGLES
Prequalifying Opening RoundÂ
Spencer Gray (AUB) def. Andrew Dale (Duke) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo (SMU) def. Niroop Vallabhaneni (Duke) 6-2, 6-3
Oliver Okonkwo (ILL) def. Faris Khan (Duke) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Presley Thieneman (NW) def. Jake Krug (Duke) 7-5, 6-0
#GoDuke
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Duke juniors Andrew Dale, Faris Khan and Niroop Vallabhaneni as well as sophomore Jake Krug all saw action on Saturday.
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Dale earned a 6-1 victory in his opening set against Auburn's Spencer Gray but fell in his next two 7-5, 6-3. Fellow classmate Vallabhaneni dropped his opening match to Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo of Southern Methodist 6-2, 6-3.
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In Duke's other two matches on the day, Khan was bested in three sets to Oliver Okonkwo of Illinois 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and Krug fell to Northwestern's Presley Thieneman 7-5, 6-0.
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All four Blue Devils will have one final match on Sunday in the consolation round. Duke opponents for those matches have not been announced yet.
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SINGLES
Prequalifying Opening RoundÂ
Spencer Gray (AUB) def. Andrew Dale (Duke) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo (SMU) def. Niroop Vallabhaneni (Duke) 6-2, 6-3
Oliver Okonkwo (ILL) def. Faris Khan (Duke) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Presley Thieneman (NW) def. Jake Krug (Duke) 7-5, 6-0
#GoDuke
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