April 21, 2001

ORLANDO, Fla. -

The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils defeated the No. 4 seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons 4-1 to advance to the finals of the 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Championship at the Lake Cane Tennis Center in Orlando, Fla.

The Blue Devils swept No. 1 through No. 4 singles after dropping the doubles point to Wake. Duke was led in singles by No. 1 Phillip King, No. 2 Ramsey Smith, No. 3 Marko Cerenko and No. 4 Andres Pedroso.

Wake Forest captured the doubles point with wins from No. 2 Trent Brendon and David Loewenthal and No. 3 Justin Kaufmann and David Bere.

The Blue Devils improve to 20-3 and will advance to the finals where they will face Clemson. With the loss, the Deacs falls to 14-10 on the year. The championship game is set to start at 11:00 a.m., on Sunday, April 22.

Duke 4, Wake Forest 1
No. 1 - Phillip King (DU) d. Raul Munoz 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 - Ramsey Smith (DU) vs. Mike Murray 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 - Marko Cerenko (DU) d. David Loewenthal 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 - Andres Pedroso (DU) d. Trent Brendon 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 - Joel Spicher (DU) vs. David Bere (WF) DNF
No. 6 - Alex Bose (DU) vs. Justin Kaufmann (WF) DNF

Doubles
No. 1 - Smith/King (DU) d. Munoz/Murray 8-3
No. 2 - Brendon/Loewenthal (WF) d. Cerenko/Yani 9-7
No. 3 - Justin Kaufmann/Bere (WF) d. Pedroso/Bose 8-3