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Duke junior Garrett Johns defeated Princeton's Ryan Seggerman in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championship before falling to Sam Riffice of Florida in the second round Tuesday. The defeat brings the junior’s successful season to an end.
Duke began its NCAA tournament run with a dominant 4-1 defeat of Memphis before falling to No. 6-seed Tennessee in the second round.
No. 5-seed Duke was upset 4-3 Thursday by No. 12-seed Clemson in the second round of the ACC tournament. The surprising early exit comes on the heels of a strong regular season for the Blue Devils, who entered the conference tournament as the 22nd-ranked team in the country.
After a disappointing 4-2 loss to 10th-ranked Kentucky six days prior, Duke men's tennis bounced back with a 4-2 win against Illinois Saturday.
Duke enters its spring season primed and ready to improve on what was a rather disappointing 2021 effort.
The doubles duo of Sean Sculley and Garrett Johns had an early round exit in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
The match was a nail-biter from the get-go, but it didn't come out in Duke's favor.
For the second time in the past three weeks, No. 10 seed Duke put up a valiant fight against No. 2 seed Wake Forest, but lost 4-0.
The Blue Devils started strong, and were one point away from clinching the overall doubles point before the reshuffled No. 1 double team of Michael Heller and Andrew Zhang dropped five straight games.
Duke men’s tennis is riding high on momentum.
There’s an argument to be made that no team was hurt more by the cancellation of the 2020 spring sports season than men’s tennis.
Duke has found its footing as a team and is starting to produce clear results on the court.
It wasn’t just a couple of get-right matches for Duke, as two elite freshman prospects donned the blue and white for the first time in a dual meet.
There were positive signs in Duke’s first dual matches of the season, but some predictable mistakes ultimately downed the Blue Devils.
Duke men's tennis will head into next year without its top two seniors from last season.
Even without a true legacy, the 2020 season stands out as a major point of inflection for the Blue Devils.
Duke moves to 12-1 overall in dual match play.
On Friday, Duke played the part of David for once in a triumphant upset against tennis Goliath Illinois.
Head coach Ramsey Smith has seemed to experiment with different lineups for nearly every match this season, taking advantage of the vast depth his team has.
Duke men's tennis fired on all cylinders all day long Saturday.