Tennis Sweeps Sunday Doubleheader

Sunday, February 2

Durham, N.C.

12:00 PM

Duke University

Northwestern

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Tennis Sweeps Sunday Doubleheader

2/2/2025 8:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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DURHAM, N.C. – The No. 7 Duke men's tennis team made it a weekend sweep Sunday with 4-0 and 7-0 triumphs over Northwestern and Coastal Carolina, respectively, at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. The Blue Devils extended their winning streak to seven in the process.

Duke has surrendered just two points in its last six matches as it remained unbeaten at home and improved to 7-0 overall. Northwestern fell to 2-3 while Coastal was playing its first match of the dual season.

Overall, the Blue Devils pushed their home winning streak to 12 dating back to the 2024 campaign. Clinching Sunday's matches were junior Pedro Rodenas versus Northwestern and graduate Oscar Brown against Coastal Carolina.

How It Happened

Against Northwestern, Duke quickly captured the doubles point with 6-2 victories on courts one and two.
Court one finished first versus the Wildcats with graduate Theo Winegar and Rodenas defeating Greyson Casey and Felix Nordby. With the set even at 1-1, Duke broke and earned another break with a 4-2 advantage to put the match out of reach.
Duke secured the point on court two as sophomore Cooper Williams and graduate Andreja Petrovictopped Saiprakash Goli and Chad Miller. The Blue Devils opened with a hold-break-hold run to take a 3-0 lead and never looked back with another break ending the match.
The Blue Devils captured all six first sets in singles and dropped just three games across the top three courts in the opening sets.
Duke made it a 2-0 lead on court four, where senior Connor Krug dispatched Carter Pate 6-3, 6-1. Krug was broken at 2-2 in the first set to trail 2-3 but responded by winning 10 of the final 11 games to take the match and extend his winning streak to nine.
The Blue Devils pushed their advantage to 3-0 thanks to No. 47 Williams' 6-1, 6-4 win on court one against Casey. Williams cruised through the first set and led 3-0 in the second before Casey rallied and knotted the set at 3-3. With the action even at 4-4, Williams held and broke to end the match.
Duke clinched on two with No. 38 Rodenas topping Goli 6-1, 6-4. After Rodenas breezed through the first set, the two were even at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3 in the second before Rodenas held and broke to go up 5-3. Goli responded with a break of his own to make it 5-4, but Rodenas broke again to end it.
The Coastal Carolina match featured another Duke doubles point, its sixth consecutive, with Williams and Petrovic starting with a 6-1 victory on court two versus Juan Cruz Collardin and Emiliano Gonzalez Balmaceda.
Krug and junior Teddy Truwit teamed on three and topped Jack Dixon and Rivers Cahill 6-1 to secure the 1-0 Blue Devil advantage.
A brand-new Duke singles lineup took all six matches in straight sets.
Senior Jake Krug captured the first triumph by downing Eric Tripathi 6-2, 6-0 on court five. With the first set tied 2-2, Krug ripped off 10 straight games for the match.
Connor Krug made it a 3-0 Duke lead with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Cruz Collardin on court one. Krug trailed 3-1 in the opening set before rallying with five of the last six games. In the second set, Krug fell behind 2-1 but captured five of the final six to win his 10th straight.
Brown earned his first dual match win as a Blue Devil with a 6-2, 6-1 cruise past Dixon on three. After the first set was tied 2-2, Dixon took just one game the rest of the way.
Graduate Remy Dugardin pushed the advantage to 5-0 on court two with a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Curzio Manucci. After breezing through the first set, Dugardin was even with Manucci at 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 and 4-4 before a break and hold ended the match.
Winegar earned his first dual match singles win at Duke by topping Gonzalez Balmaceda 7-5, 6-2 on six. The two were even throughout the first set until a break and hold at 5-5 ended the set. In the second, Winegar took control with a 4-1 lead and never looked back.
Freshman Saahith Jayaraman picked up the final Blue Devil point after a 6-3, 6-2 victory against Christopher Norlin on court four. The opening set was even at 3-3 before Jayaraman ran off the last three. Similarly, the second set was knotted at 2-2 but Jayaraman took the final four to seal the match.

Quotes
"I am very pleased with the match today. It was a complete team effort. This is a team [Northwestern] that has given us a lot of problems over the years. It is a team that fights really hard. They make a lot of balls. We came out really, really well at one and two in doubles. That was the best one doubles we had played this spring. We started to figure out the rhythm. The key was singles getting off the great starts in the middle four courts – on one, two, three and four. Saahith felt like he had the whole Cameron Crazy section behind him in that 15-13 tiebreaker, which was the longest I'd seen in a while. I'm happy for him. Our depth has been the biggest thing because we've had some cases of the flu, some injuries and the next guy has been able to step in. Having 13 players, there are some challenges with that. But there are also some benefits we've been able to take advantage of. Doubles overall has really progressed since the Harvard match. I feel like we're playing much better doubles. We're competing extremely well across the board. Everyone knows all of these guys are going to compete like crazy. We have seven guys not on the court during singles, but those guys are doing a great job being active." – Head coach Ramsey Smith following the Northwestern match

Up Next
Duke's February 9 match against NC State will not be played with both teams advancing to the ITA Team Indoor Nationals, February 14-17. The Blue Devils await their opponent at the premiere indoor event.

Northwestern Results
Doubles (1,2)
1. Pedro Rodenas/Theo Winegar (DU) def. Greyson Casey/Felix Nordby (NUM) 6-2
2. Cooper Williams/Andreja Petrovic (DU) def. Saiprakash Goli/Chad Miller (NUM) 6-2
3. Connor Krug/Remy Dugardin (DU) vs. Carter Pate/Vincent Yang (NUM) 5-5, unfinished

Singles (4,1,2)
1. #47 Cooper Williams (DU) def. Greyson Casey (NUM) 6-1, 6-4
2. #38 Pedro Rodenas (DU) def. Saiprakash Goli (NUM) 6-1, 6-4
3. Andreja Petrovic (DU) vs. Felix Nordby (NUM) 6-1, 3-4, unfinished
4. Connor Krug (DU) def. Carter Pate (NUM) 6-3, 6-1
5. Remy Dugardin (DU) vs. Max Bengtsson (NUM) 6-4, 2-2, unfinished
6. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) vs. Chad Miller (NUM) 7-6 (15-13), unfinished

Coastal Carolina Results
Doubles (2,3)
1. Theo Winegar/Pedro Rodenas (DU) vs. Iannis Fernandes/Christopher Norlin (CCU) 4-3, unfinished
2. Cooper Williams/Andreja Petrovic (DU) def. Juan Cruz Collardin/ Gonzalez Balmaceda (CCU) 6-1
3. Connor Krug/Teddy Truwit (DU) def. Jack Dixon/Rivers Cahill (CCU) 6-1

Singles (5,1,3,2,6,4)
1. Connor Krug (DU) def. Juan Cruz Collardin (CCU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Remy Dugardin (DU) def. Curzio Manucci (CCU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Oscar Brown (DU) def. Jack Dixon (CCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) def. Christopher Norlin (CCU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Jake Krug (DU) def. Eric Tripathi (CCU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Theo Winegar (DU) def. Gonzalez Balmaceda (CCU) 7-5, 6-2

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