Vanderbilt University's Hugo Coquelin and Henry Ruger earned their 3rd consecutive first-round doubles qualifying win on Monday at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa after hours of rain.
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They will return to action today, Tuesday, September 24, for their fourth consecutive day together. The pair will face Duke's Sam Landau and Andreja Petrovic in the second round of doubles qualifying tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. CT. The Blue Devils will bring a familiar face: TJ Pura, now an assistant coach with the Duke program, was the Commodores' assistant coach last season.
Nathan Cox and sophomore Danil Panarin teamed up against South Carolinas Lucas Andrade Da Silva and Jelani Sarr and struggled to gain traction against the Gamecocks, losing 6-3, 6-4.
Coquelin and Ruger took the court next, facing off against NC States Luca Staeheli and Martin Borisiouk. The Dores quickly outplayed their Wolfpack opponents, winning the first set 6-2. Borisiouk and Staeheli returned the favor in the second, resuming the match with a 6-3 victory. For the second day in a row, Coquelin and Ruger went to a third-set tiebreaker, eventually taking the back-and-forth match with a 10-6 third-set victory.
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