SPORTS | TENNIS
Duke tennis begins season in Cary
By Vaishnavi Krishnan | September 14, 2012The men’s and women’s tennis teams will kick off their preseason with the third annual Fab Four Invitational.
The men’s and women’s tennis teams will kick off their preseason with the third annual Fab Four Invitational.
Before beginning his Duke career Michael Redlicki played in the doubles bracket of the U.S. Open.
The men’s tennis team also has players competing in the NCAA tournament.
Although the Blue Devils have been eliminated from team play, they are still in singles and doubles play in this year’s NCAA tournament.
After rallying back from a 3-0 deficit, the Blue Devils were eliminated in the NCAA semifinals by Florida.
Duke became the first program to finish with a perfect record in both regular and postseason ACC play Sunday as it won its 17th conference title.
For the third straight year, Duke suffered a heartbreaking loss in the ACC championship match against Virginia.
Duke senior Torsten Wietoska is finally healthy—only suffering a blister this season—and is in the prime of his college career.
In a match where singles play determines six out of seven points, the doubles point can often be overlooked.
Duke dropped its last home match of the season Wednesday, so it will hope that a pair of road wins will restore some confidence heading into the postseason.
This weekend, Duke’s goal of finishing the regular season perfect in ACC play came to fruition.
In a battle of the only two remaining ACC teams with perfect conference records, Duke dominated North Carolina from start to finish.