Durham, N.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team fell to the No. 29 ranked Duke Blue Devils on Saturday afternoon in Durham, N.C. With the loss, the Chanticleers dropped to 4-2 on the season while the nationally-ranked Blue Devils improved to 11-1 on the year.
Duke secured the doubles point on courts No. 2 and No. 3 to take a 1-0 lead.
In singles action, the Blue Devils recorded wins on courts No. 6, No. 4, and No. 1 to secure the match win. On court No. 3,
Gonzalo Anchondo won the first set 6-4 to go up 1-0 but was trailing in the second set 3-2 when the match was secured by the Blue Devils.
Pyry Hyrkkonen also won his first set 6-4 and was leading the second 3-2 when Duke recorded the match win.
The Chants will continue its road trip through North Carolina with a match tomorrow at East Carolina. First serve is set for noon ET.
Duke 4 – Coastal 0
Double Results
- Nick Stachowiak/Sean Sculley (5) (Duke) unfinished Joel Popov/Zak Talic (CCU) 5-2
- Luca Keist/ Spencer Furman (Duke) def. Gonzalo Anchondo/ Pyry Hyrkkonen (CCU) 6-4
- Edu Guell/Garrett Johns (Duke) def. Francesco Cori/Daiki Tanabe (CCU) 6-1
Singles Results
- Nick Stachowiak (105) (Duke) def. Zak Talic (CCU) 6-3, 6-2
- Pyry Hyrkkonen (CCU) unfinished Ed Guell (Duke) 6-4, 3-2
- Gonzalo Achondo (CCU) unfinished Spencer Furman (Duke) 6-4, 3-2
- Garrett Johns (Duke) def. Daiki Tanabe (CCU) 6-2, 6-2
- Omni Kumar (Duke) unfinished Joel Popov (CCU) 6-4, 2-3
- Andrew Zhang (Duke) def. Juan Castellanos (CCU) 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish Doubles - (2,3), Singles - (6,4,1)
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