FSU Men’s Tennis Rolls Past Duke in ACC Quarterfinals

The upset bug that bit Florida State’s women’s tennis team on Thursday avoided the men on Friday. In the ACC Tournament quarterfinals, the third-seeded Seminoles cruised past Duke, 4-1.

No. 6 seed Duke won the doubles point over FSU on Friday evening, but nothing else. Aziz Dougaz, Lucas Poullain and Alex Knaff all won in straight sets to give the Seminoles a 3-1 lead.

Jose Gracia clinched the match for Florida State with a 7-6, 7-5 win over Duke’s Robert Levine. Nick Stachowiak was the only Duke player to win a singles set. He and FSU’s Guy Iradukunda had completed just one game in the third set when the match ended.

With the victory, FSU improves to 27-3. The Seminoles will take on No. 2 seed North Carolina in the ACC semifinals on Saturday. The Tar Heels defeated seventh-seeded NC State on Friday, 4-0.

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