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The doubles partnership of Roegner and Krstulovic was a successful ‘experiment’

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Partners Blake Roegner (left) and Tin Krstulovic (right) were moved to the No. 1 doubles spot this year. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

Experimental. Accidental. Lucky.

These are just a few words that describe how sophomore Blake Roegner and senior Tin Krstulovic became Marquette men’s tennis doubles partners last year.

“We looked at those guys and they both had pretty good skillsets to bring to the table, but college tennis doubles is very much about physicality,” Interim director of tennis Jud Shaufler said. “Between the two of them last year, they didn’t have a lot of that, and to put them together really didn’t make a total amount of sense, so we did it as an experiment and it worked.