SPORTS | TENNIS
Capra wins showdown of nation’s best frosh
By Paul Pisani | November 7, 2011It was a busy weekend for Duke, as the team split to play in two separate tournaments.
It was a busy weekend for Duke, as the team split to play in two separate tournaments.
Junior Henrique Cunha traveled to the ITA National Indoor Championship this weekend looking for redemption.
The ITA National Indoor Championship is described as the hardest collegiate tournament to qualify for, but four Blue Devils defied the odds and earned the right to travel to Flushing, N.Y. Thursday...
After placing two singles players in the semifinals and a doubles team in the finals at the ITA Carolina Regional Championships, Duke is feeling especially strong finishing up with its fall training.
In one of the premier tournaments of the fall season, Duke proved it is one of the most dangerous squads in the country.
There are few athletes that possess the potential to play their sport professionally, and not many of them turn down the big leagues to come to college.
Competing for the first national title of the collegiate tennis season, the Blue Devils fell short of their lofty expectations.
The Blue Devils left for the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif. in search of a learning experience.
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.
Just two days after beating Georgia Tech in a rollercoaster tilt in the third round of the NCAA Tournament, Duke fell victim to UCLA in yet another thriller.
Last year, Duke secured its first Round of 16 berth in four years.
It’s always nice to be the favorites, but anything can happen after three weeks without competition.
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.
Retribution was not in the cards for Duke at the ACC championship this weekend.
The Blue Devils will make the short 20-minute commute to Cary, N.C., this weekend to participate in the ACC tournament.
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...
It was a bittersweet ending of the regular season for No. 3 Duke, as the Blue Devils clinched the ACC title but were defeated in a road contest Sunday by Florida State 4-2.
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...