SMU Downs Duke, 4-1

Friday, March 6

Dallas, Texas

6 p.m.

Duke University

SMU

Duke men's tennis' doubles team of Cooper Williams and Pedro Rodenas, wearing black shorts and blue shirts, exchange a high five in a match.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

3/6/2026 8:43:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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DALLAS – The No. 47 SMU men's tennis team earned a 4-1 victory against No. 43 Duke Friday evening at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.

Cooper Williams picked up a singles victory and Williams and Pedro Rodenas won in doubles to give Rodenas 25 league doubles triumphs, tied for the eighth most in Duke history.

HOW IT HAPPENED

SMU (10-6, 2-1 ACC) captured the doubles point with wins on courts two and three after Duke claimed a win in the top position.
The Blue Devils' 11th-ranked duo of Pedro Rodenas and Cooper Williams blew past SMU's Alex Finkelstein and Krish Arora 6-1 on court one. Rodenas and Williams are now 9-2 overall and 3-0 in ACC competition.
The Mustangs started their rally on court two, where Trevor Svajda and Jerry Barton topped Gerard Planelles Ripoll and Dylan Long, 6-4. SMU's pair led 3-1 before Duke cut the deficit to 4-3 and 5-4, but could not force the tie.
On court three, Teddy Truwit and Alexander Visser fell, 6-2, to Georgi Georgiev and Vikas Deo. Duke's tandem was behind 2-0, but broke to trail only 2-1. SMU then took the next two games to take control of the match at 4-1.
Duke (6-7, 1-2 ACC) quickly evened the score at 1-1 overall with No. 62 Williams defeating No. 107 Finkelstein, 6-2, 6-2, on court two. Williams led 2-0 in the opening set and Finkelstein evened it at 2-2 before Williams captured the final four. Williams again took a 2-0 lead in the second set, but Finkelstein only got one game back this time as Williams led 5-2 before ending the match.
SMU regained the lead at 2-1 after a 6-1, 6-0 victory by Georgiev against No. 123 Planelles Ripoll on three.
The Mustangs pushed their advantage to 3-1 on court one, where No. 2 Svajda downed No. 103 Rodenas, 6-4, 6-1. Rodenas was even at 1-1 and 2-2 before jumping ahead 4-2 in the first set. From there, however, Svajda claimed 10 of the final 11 games to take the match.
SMU clinched on court six, where Noah McDonald topped Saahith Jayaraman, 6-1, 6-2. McDonald cruised through the opening set, but trailed 1-0 and 2-1 in the second before capturing the final five games to end the match.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils travel Boston College for a Sunday tilt at 10 a.m.

RESULTS
Doubles (1,2,3)
1. #11 Pedro Rodenas/Cooper Williams (DU) def. Alex Finkelstein/Krish Arora (SMU) 6-1
2. Trevor Svajda/Jerry Barton (SMU) def. Dylan Long/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) 6-4
3. Georgi Georgiev/Vikas Deo (SMU) def. Teddy Truwit/Alexander Visser (DU) 6-2

Singles (2,3,1,6)
1. #2 Trevor Svajda (SMU) def. #103 Pedro Rodenas (DU) 6-4, 6-1
2. #62 Cooper Williams (DU) def. #107 Alex Finkelstein (SMU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Georgi Georgiev (SMU) def. #123 Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Alexander Visser (DU) vs. Jerry Barton (SMU) 6-2, 5-5
5. Krish Arora (SMU) vs. Dylan Long (DU) 7-6 (7-1), 1-2
6. Noah McDonald (SMU) def. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) 6-1, 6-2

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