After a decade without a men’s tennis program, Arizona State played its first match in 10 years on Saturday, falling to No. 25 Duke. The Blue Devils won the doubles point and four of the six singles points, getting them past the four needed points for victory.
Duke won two of the three doubles matches to get them the doubles point. Benjamin Hannestad and Tim Ruehl lost their match to Ryan Dickerson and Jason Lapidus, 6-1, and Thomas Wright and Andrea Bolla also lost for the Sun Devils at the hands of Nicolas Alvarez and Spencer Furman by a score of 6-3.