Duke Men’s Tennis Serves Georgia Tech First ACC Loss

Friday, March 14

Atlanta, Ga.

5:00 PM

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Duke kicked off the outdoor season, and ACC play, with a win versus No. 5 Virginia.

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Duke Men’s Tennis Serves Georgia Tech First ACC Loss

3/14/2025 8:03:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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ATLANTA, Ga. - Duke men's tennis freshman Saahith Jayaraman clinched the final point in a 4-1 victory for the Blue Devils, handing No. 42 Georgia Tech its first ACC loss Friday evening. With the win, Duke improves to 5-0 in ACC play and 12-3 overall.

Duke secured the doubles point with victories on courts two and three. At the second spot, the No. 71-ranked duo of sophomore Cooper Williams and graduate student Andreja Petrovic upset No. 33 Krish Arora and Christophe Clement 6-4. Graduate student Remy Dugardin and junior Gerard Planelles Ripoll clinched the point for Duke with a 7-6(3) win at the third spot.

In singles play, all three Blue Devils who secured points did so in straight sets. On court three, senior Connor Krug posted a 6-4, 6-0 victory, while No. 35 junior Pedro Rodenas earned a 6-3, 6-1 win at the top position. Jayaraman's 6-4, 6-1 triumph clinched the match for Duke.

How It Happened

The Yellow Jackets earned the first doubles match. On court one, the No. 24 pairing of Nate Bonetto and Gianluca Carlini posted a 6-4 win over the No. 30 Duke pairing of Rodenas and graduate student Theo Winegar.
On court two, No. 71 Williams and Petrovic upset No. 33 Arora and Clement 6-4. The Blue Devils pairing rallied past a 3-3 tie by winning three of the final four games to clinch the match.
Duke got the 1-0 lead with Dugardin and Planelles Ripoll posting a 7-6(3) win against Gabriele Brancatelli and Robert Bauer at the third spot. The match was tied at 3-3, 4-4, 5-5 and 6-6 before it was sent to tiebreak. In the tiebreak, Duke only allowed three points and claimed the doubles point
Georgia Tech tied the match at 1-1 as Carlini posted a two-set win on court five over sophomore Alexander Visser. Visser took three games in the first set, but Clement won 6-4. In set two, Visser fell 6-0.
Krug made it 2-1 for the Blue Devils with a straight set win on court three. He had his match tied 3-3 in the first set but went on to win 6-4. In Krug's second set, he didn't drop a game.
No. 35 Rodenas clinched a point at the first position to stretch the Blue Devil lead to 3-1. In set one, Rodenas took the early 2-0, but Brancatelli went on a two-game run to tie the set at 2-2. Rodenas pulled away, winning two straight games, and only allowed Brancatelli to earn one more before he finished with a 6-3 win. In his second set, Rodenas only dropped a game and clinched his match with a 6-1 win.
Jayaraman clinched the match for the Blue Devils with a straight set win against Richard Biagiotti on court No. 6. Jayaraman fought back from a 2-4 deficit and captured four straight games in set one to win 6-4. In the second set, he dropped just one game and served out a 6-1 victory to secure the team win.
Petrovic and Dugardin's matches remained unfinished on courts two and four.

Up Next

Duke wraps up the weekend with a noon matchup at No. 24 Clemson on March 16.

Results

Doubles (1,2,3)

1. #24 Nate Bonetto/Gianluca Carlini (GT) def. #30 Pedro Rodenas/Theo Winegar (DU) 6-4
2. #71 Cooper Williams/Andreja Petrovic (DU) def. #33 Krish Arora/Christophe Clement (GT) 6-4
3. Remy Dugardin/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) def. Gabriele Brancatelli/Robert Bauer (GT) 7-6 (7-3)

Singles (5,3,1,6)

1. #35 Pedro Rodenas (DU) def. #120 Nate Bonetto (GT) 6-3, 6-1
2. Andreja Petrovic (DU) vs. Gabriele Brancatelli (GT) 6-1, 5-5, unfinished
3. Connor Krug (DU) def. Krish Arora (GT) 6-4, 6-0
4. Remy Dugardin (DU) vs. Christophe Clement (GT) 4-5, 2-4, unfinished
5. Gianluca Carlini (GT) def. Alexander Visser (DU) 6-3, 6-0
6. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) def. Richard Biagiotti (GT) 6-4, 6-1

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