Wake Forest Athletics
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Men's Tennis Drops In Second Round To #9 Duke
5/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
May 11, 2003
DURHAM, N.C. - The 28th-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team gave Duke everything it had, but came up short, losing 4-0 to the ninth-ranked and eighth-seeded Blue Devils in the second round of the NCAA Championship Sunday afternoon at Duke University's Ambler Stadium. The Demon Deacons finish their season 14-9.
Duke picked up the doubles point with wins at No.1 and No. 3 and then captured straight set victories at the fourth, fifth and second positions in singles play for the win.
Brett Ross had entered the third set with Duke's Peter Shults at No. 6 singles when the match ended.
#9 Duke 4, #28 Wake Forest 0
DOUBLES
1. #3 Phillip King & Michael Yani (Duke) def. Derrick Spice & Brett Ross, 8-4
2. #39 Ludovic Walter & Jason Zimmermann (Duke) vs. Mike Murray & Trent Brendon, DNF
3. Stephen Amritraj & Jonathan Stokke (Duke) def. David Loewenthal & Andrew Simpson, 8-6
SINGLES
1. #25 Phillip King (Duke) vs. #56 David Loewenthal, DNF
2. #35 Michael Yani (Duke) def. Derrick Spice, 6-3, 6-4
3. #55 Ludovic Walter (Duke) vs. David Bere, DNF
4. Jason Zimmermann (Duke) def. Trent Brendon, 6-2, 6-3
5. Jonathan Stokke (Duke) def. Mike Murray, 6-3, 7-6
6. Peter Shults (Duke) vs. Brett Ross, DNF
Order of finish: 4, 5, 2
