No. 12 Stanford Rallies Past No. 50 Duke for 4-2 Win

Sunday, March 1

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

Stanford

Duke men's tennis' Saahith Jayaraman takes a swing inside Ambler Tennis Stadium.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

No. 12 Stanford Rallies Past No. 50 Duke for 4-2 Win

3/1/2026 3:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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DURHAM, N.C. – The No. 50 Duke men's tennis team took the doubles point, but No. 12 Stanford rallied with four singles wins for a 4-2 victory Sunday at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.

The Blue Devils dropped their first home decision and fell to 6-6 overall and 1-1 in ACC play while Stanford improved to 8-4 and 1-1 in ACC action.

Pedro Rodenas and Cooper Williams picked up a doubles victory on court one to give Rodenas 24 league doubles wins, tied for the 10th most in Duke history.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke earned a pair of late breaks to capture the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead.
On court three, Teddy Truwit and Alexander Visser earned a 6-3 triumph against the No. 36 team of Mark Krupkin and Hudson Rivera. After ties at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3, Duke earned a break on a double fault deuce point to take a 4-3 lead. The Blue Devil pair held and broke again to end the set. Visser and Truwit evened their dual match record at 4-4 and picked up their first win versus a ranked pair.
Duke's court one duo of Cooper Williams and Pedro Rodenas, ranked No. 32, earned a break and hold with the set even at 4-4 to defeat the No. 8 team of Alex Chang and Alex Razeghi, 6-4. Duke's tandem improved to 8-2 in dual action and to 2-1 versus nationally ranked teams.
Stanford quickly evened the score at 1-1 overall with Nicolas Godsick passing Dylan Long, 6-3, 6-2 on court five. Trailing 2-1 in the opening set, Godsick went on a four-game sprint to take control of the match. He gained a 4-0 lead in the second set before Long cracked the scoreboard.
Saahith Jayaraman put Duke back in front at 2-1 thanks to a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Krupkin on court six. Jayaraman turned a 2-2 tie into leads of 4-2 and 5-3 before closing the opening set. It was a similar story in the second as Jayaraman shifted the momentum after 1-1 and 2-2 ties to run away with the final four games and the match.
In a back-and-forth battle on court one, No. 48 Rivera defeated No. 95 Rodenas, 6-3, 6-4, to even the match at 2-2. Rivera got a break in game two of the opening set and controlled the action with leads of 3-0, 4-1 and 5-2 before winning. In the second, the two combined for six breaks and were even at 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 and 4-4 before Rivera registered the final break to take a 5-4 lead. He held on his serve to secure the victory.
Seconds later, Jagger Leach pushed the Cardinal ahead 3-2 with a 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory versus No. 118 Gerard Planelles Ripoll on court three. After breezing through the opening set and taking a 2-0 lead in the second, Leach dropped three consecutive games to put Planelles Ripoll ahead 3-2. With a 3-3 tie, Planelles Ripoll held and broke to go up 5-3 and serve for the set. Leach answered with a break and hold of his own and the two were even at 5-5 and 6-6 to head to the tiebreaker. Leach took a 3-0 lead, but Planelles Ripoll cut it to 3-2 and 4-3. Leach earned the final three points for the win.
Stanford clinched on court four, where Razeghi topped Visser, 7-5, 6-2. The two were even throughout in the opening set before Visser was broken to end it. With a 1-1 tie in the second, Visser broke to take a 2-1 edge, but Razeghi captured the final five games to end the match.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils travel to No. 38 SMU on Friday, March 6 for a 5 p.m. match before heading to Boston College for a Sunday, March 8 tilt at 12 p.m.

QUOTES
Head coach Ramsey Smith on Sunday's match:
"It stings. We played a great doubles point and put ourselves in a good position. It just felt like we didn't play our best in singles, especially early on. I thought we competed great, dug our teeth in and really grabbed the momentum. We were really close to really grabbing the momentum if we could have gotten one of the set points on court three. It was a great crowd and they played really well. We weren't quite as sharp."

On the doubles performance:
"It was without a doubt one of our best of the year. We won on one and three and court two was up 4-1 and then back on serve. It was nice because we played well at one against Cal, not as well on courts two and three. We really put in a lot of work yesterday. They just implemented it right away. I was very pleased with the way we looked. At some singles we just got off to some tougher starts. I'm proud of how we fought."

On Saahith Jayaraman's match:
"It was a great weekend for him. He really built over the 2.5 weeks since that South Carolina match. He just came in with a lot of confidence and credit to him for putting that work. He just didn't play well during the indoor season. He had some uncharacteristic matches and was low on confidence. He kind of earned the right to feel good going to this weekend. He played two very good players and played extremely well. It was huge to get that that point up there. He's such a good player and such an important part of the team."

RESULTS
Doubles (3,1)
1. #32 Pedro Rodenas/Cooper Williams (DU) def. #8 Alex Chang/Alexander Razeghi (STAN) 6-4
2. Nicolas Godsick/Jagger Leach (STAN) vs. Dylan Long/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) 4-4, unfinished
3. Teddy Truwit/Alexander Visser (DU) def. #36 Mark Krupkin/Hudson Rivera (STAN) 6-3

Singles (5,6,1,3,4)
1. #48 Hudson Rivera (STAN) def. #95 Pedro Rodenas (DU) 6-3, 6-4
2. #68 Cooper Williams (DU) vs. #92 Alex Chang (STAN) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0, unfinished
3. Jagger Leach (STAN) def. #118 Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
4. Alex Razeghi (STAN) def. Alexander Visser (DU) 7-5, 6-2
5. Nicolas Godsick (STAN) def. Dylan Long (DU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) def. Mark Krupkin (STAN) 6-4, 6-2

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