URBANA — Trailing 3-1 to Duke, the 17th-ranked Illini men’s tennis team won the final three singles matches to pull out a 4-3 win over the Blue Devils at Atkins Tennis Center on Friday.
The Illini fell behind after dropping the doubles point, but pulled even as Aleks Vukic won in straight sets. Duke won matches on courts four and six to pull within a single point of victory. Aron Hiltzik and Julian Childers each recorded victories to tie up the match.
Gui Gomes won the final three games of the third set — including two breaks — to defeat the Blue Devils’ Robert Levine and secure the win.