CARY, N.C. – Duke men's tennis junior
Pedro Rodenas earned two singles wins Sunday and advanced to the championship match at the ITA Regional Championship. By advancing to the finals, he automatically qualifies for the NCAA Singles Tournament next month.
Seeded second in the Carolina Regional, Rodenas defeated Lucas Andrade da Silva (South Carolina) 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals this morning. He faced third-seeded Dhakshineswar Suresh of Wake Forest in the semis and grinded out a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) victory.
Rodenas will face 12th-seeded Martin Borisiouk (NC State) Monday at 10 a.m.
In doubles quarterfinal action, third-seeded Rodenas and teammate
Gerard Planelles Ripoll captured an 8-2 victory over Clemson's Max Damm/Viktor Markov to advance to tomorrow's semifinal.
Joining them in the semifinals are Blue Devil teammates and 11th-seeded
Sam Landau/Theo Winegar. The tandem defeated 13th-seeded Alex Degabriele/Joseph Wayand (8-6) to advance to the semis.
Rodenas/Planelles Ripoll will take on top-seeded Maxwell Smith/Noa Vukadin (Clemson), while Landau/Winegar will face Luca Pow/Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest). Both matches will be at 12:30 p.m., on Monday.
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SINGLES
Qualifying Singles
Round of 64
[14] Jake Krug def. Mattia Bernadi (College of Charleston) 7-6 (4), 6-3
Lukas Steffen (UNC Wilmington) def.
Theo Winegar [3] (Duke) 6-2, 6-3
Kuang Qing Zu (UNC) def. [10]
Remy Dugardin (Duke) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Curzio Manucci (Coastal Carolina) def. [12]
Teddy Truwit (Duke) 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Round of 32
[14] Jake Krug (Duke) def. Allen Walker (Furman) 6-2, 7-6 (5)
Consolation Qualifying Singles
Round of 32
[3] Theo Winegar (Duke) def. Lucas Coupu-Moison (NC A&T) 6-2, 6-2
[10] Remy Dugardin (Duke) def. Nathan Pitts (Clemson) 6-2, 6-3
[12] Teddy Truwit (Duke) def. Daksh Prasad (Presbyterian) 6-3, 6-1
Main Draw Singles
Round of 64
[1] Cooper Williams (Duke) def. David Mamalat (Presbyterian) 6-1, 6-1
Alexander Visser (Duke) def. [6] Casey Hoole (South Carolina) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
[7] Gerard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) def. Numa Lemieux-Monette (Gardner-Webb) 6-1, 6-2
Saahith Jayaraman (Duke) def. Mikalai Bankou (South Carolina State) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
Connor Krug (Duke) def. [5] Fons Van Sambeek (NC State) 6-4, 6-1
[2] Pedro Rodenas (Duke) def. Lukas Steffen (UNC Wilmington) 6-3, 6-3
Vladislav Melnic (UNC) def.
Oscar Brown (Duke) 6-3, 6-4
[14] Xilas Ioannis (Wake Forest) def.
Jake Krug (Duke) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Round of 32
[1] Cooper Williams (Duke) def. Matias Iturbe (UNC Charlotte) 6-3, 6-2
[2] Pedro Rodenas (Duke) def. Constantinos Djakouris (UNC) 6-4, 6-1
Saahith Jayaraman (Duke) def. [15] Jelani Sarr (South Carolina) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Connor Krug (Duke) def. Tymofy Khrystyuk (UNC Greensboro) 7-5, 6-4
Vasco Prata (UNC Charlotte) def.
Alexander Visser (Duke) 6-4, 7-5
Jakub Katuch (NC State) def. [7]
Gerard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Round of 16
[2] Pedro Rodenas (Duke) def. Novak Novakovic (South Carolina State) Ret. [inj.]
[12] Martin Borisiouk (NC State) def.
[1] Cooper Williams (Duke) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
[3] Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest) def.
Saahith Jayaraman (Duke) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Lucas Andrade de Silva (South Carolina) def.
Connor Krug (Duke) 6-2, 6-2
Quarterfinals
[2] Pedro Rodenas (Duke) def. Lucas Andrade da Silva (South Carolina) 6-1, 6-0
Semifinals
[2] Pedro Rodenas (Duke) def. [3] Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
Consolation Main Draw
Round of 32
Freddy Murray (UNC Asheville) def.
Oscar Brown (Duke) 6-3, 0-6 [12-10]
Frederic Schlossmann (UNC Charlotte) def.
Jake Krug (Duke) 7-5, 6-7 (4), [10-7]
DOUBLES
Main Draw Doubles
Round of 64
Oscar Brown/Saahith Jayaraman (Duke) def. Richard Trey Mallory/Lukas Steffen (UNC Wilmington) Wo [inj.]
[3]
Pedro Rodenas/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) def. Daksh Prasad/Evgenios Vasilakis (Presbyterian) 8-4
Connor Krug/Jake Krug (Duke) def. Cole Burnam/Connor Laymon (Furman) 8-5
[11]
Sam Landau/Theo Winegar (Duke) def. Tymofy Khrystyuk/Luke Thomson (UNC Greensboro) 8-6
Remy Dugardin/Teddy Truwit (Duke) def. Sai Gandepalli/Olle Sonesson Lidholt (UNC Asheville) 8-2
Round of 32
[3] Pedro Rodenas/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) def. Oscar Baumgartner/Juan Jose Vargas (UNC Wilmington) 8-1
[11] Sam Landau/Theo Winegar (Duke) def. Stewart Aronson/Marko Mesarovic (Clemson) 8-4
Maxwell Smith/Noa Vukadin (Clemson) def.
Oscar Brown/Saahith Jayaraman (Duke) 8-5
Matt Pitts/Nathan Pitts (Clemson) def.
Connor Krug/Jake Krug (Duke) 8-5
[13] Alex Degabriele/Joseph Wayand (UNC Wilmington) def.
Remy Dugardin/Teddy Truwit (Duke) 8-7 (4)
Round of 16
[3] Pedro Rodenas/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) def. Jamieson Nathan/Harry Thursfield (Wake Forest) 8-3
[11] Sam Landau/Theo Winegar (Duke) def. Adi Dagan/Alexander Ferdinando Robin (Campbell) 8-1
Quarterfinals
[3] Pedro Rodenas/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) def. Max Damm/Viktor Markov (Clemson) 8-2
[11] Sam Landau/Theo Winegar (Duke) def. [13] Alex Degabriele/Joseph Wayand 8-6