Blue Devils start season at Fab 4
By Vaishnavi Krishnan | September 16, 2011The Blue Devils may have had only one week of official practice, but they are more than ready to take the court on Friday.
The Blue Devils may have had only one week of official practice, but they are more than ready to take the court on Friday.
The Blue Devils faced two opponents on the tennis court last Thursday: sixth-seeded Georgia and food poisoning.
Last year, Duke secured its first Round of 16 berth in four years.
CARY, N.C. — In a way, the doubles point seems like a lot of effort for not much payoff. Six players play three doubles matches, and from that, a team can earn a grand total of one point.
On the way to the No. 3 seed in the ACC Tournament, Duke lost only two conference matchups. Those losses were to No. 1 Virginia and then-No. 19 North Carolina, and it is these two squads that lie...
At the close of their regular season Sunday, seniors Reid Carelton, Alain Michel and Jared Pinsky achieved the only outcome acceptable for their senior match: victory.
No. 10 Duke (16-8, 7-2 in the ACC) came into this season with the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation. And if you ask people around the courts, they’ll tell you the Blue Devil freshmen haven’t...
After their first conference loss against top-ranked Virginia last weekend, the No. 11 Blue Devils (16-7, 7-1 in the ACC) knew that they needed two wins against ACC rivals Georgia Tech and Clemson...
The Blue Devils hit the road this weekend for a pair of key ACC matches.
Friday, the Blue Devils saw their undefeated ACC record blemished. Sunday, they bounced back in style.
The ball hit the let cord, bounced up, hit the cord again...and rolled onto the court for match point.
Henrique Cunha was nowhere to be found on court one when the Blue Devils began singles play against Michigan Saturday afternoon. The No. 10 singles player in the nation was instead sitting in the...
It was a disappointing end to a successful weekend. After defeating two ranked teams en route to the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships, including an upset of the two-time...
Last March, Duke upset then-No. 3 Southern California in Durham, an unlikely win that was surely the team’s most significant victory of the season, especially after the Trojans went on to win the...
Reid Carleton and Henrique Cunha gave both the current and former No. 1 players in the country all they could handle this weekend. Unfortunately, the contest’s result was already decided in...
Duke has little time to recover from that loss as it faces VCU and No. 3 Tennessee (4-0) on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
It’s always a blessing to have one of the best doubles teams in the country, but unfortunately for the Blue Devils, Henrique Cunha and Reid Carleton can’t win a match by themselves.
For head coach Ramsey Smith, resiliency is everything. Despite a tough loss in doubles and initial problems in singles, Duke (6-0) refused to give up Sunday, defeating Notre Dame (2-2) 5-2 in South...
It wouldn’t seem that winter weather would be grounds to cancel indoor tennis, but while snow doesn’t fall on the courts, it does fall on airports.
With warm-up wins against Hawai’i, Elon and N.C. Central behind them, the No. 14 Blue Devils finally get to take on the top guns.