Wake Forest Extends Streak With Two Victories

Sunday, March 20

Winston-Salem, N.C.

5:00 PM

Wake Forest University

South Carolina State

3/20/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Clemson Results | South Carolina State Results

March 20, 2016

By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The No. 10 Wake Forest men's tennis team extended its school-record shutout streak to seven matches on Sunday with 7-0 wins over Clemson and South Carolina State indoors at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex. The matches concluded a season-long, 13-match homestand.

With the victories, the Deacons secured their fifth 20-win season in program history and their third in the last four years. They are now 20-4 with a 4-1 mark in the ACC. Since suffering a 4-3 loss to NC State on March 6, the Deacs have earned 49 team points in a row.

No. 10 Wake Forest 7, Clemson 0
To begin the afternoon, No. 19-ranked Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim cruised past No. 77 Alex Favrot and Luke Johnson of Clemson, 6-1, for their sixth victory over a ranked pairing. Petros Chrysochos and Jon Ho then finished off the doubles point with a 7-5 win at No. 2.

Wake Forest's momentum carried over into singles, where Dennis Uspensky padded his team's cushion with a quick, 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 5. Romain Bogaerts then put the Deacons on the brink of victory by finishing off a straight-set win of his own at No. 3.

To clinch the team win, 19th-ranked Mansouri held off Favrot at No. 1, 6-3, 7-5. Mansouri is now 7-2 at the top spot in the lineup this year.

To make it 5-0, Jon Ho became the sixth men's tennis player in Wake Forest history to record 100-career singles wins with a 7-6 (3), 6-0 defeat of Austin Ansari at No. 4. Rounding out the shutout were Seraphim at No. 6 and No. 45 Chrysochos at No. 2.

Seraphim leads the Demon Deacons with 27 singles wins in 2015-16.

No. 10 Wake Forest 7, South Carolina State 0
In its last of 13 matches in a row at home, Wake Forest swept South Carolina State in the doubles competition. Keivon Tabrizi and Sam Bloom won, 6-1, at No. 2 and Skander Mansouri and Romain Bogaerts earned a 6-3 win at No. 1 to seal the first point of the match. Maksim Kan and Anthony Delcore then completed a 6-1 victory at No. 3.

In singles, Petros Chrysochos continued the hosts' roll with a 6-3, 6-3 win in the top flight before Maksim Kan upended Cyprian Owczarz, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 4. Dennis Uspensky secured the Deacs' victory at No. 2 with his team-leading 17th dual-match singles triumph of 2016.

After surviving a first-set tiebreaker at No. 3, Keivon Tabrizi made it 5-0 with a 7-6 (2), 6-3 win. Bloom won at No. 5 and Delcore won at No. 6 to finish the shutout.

Up Next
The Demon Deacons hit the road for the first time since playing at the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va. from Feb. 12-14 next week. They will play at Miami on Friday before heading to 23rd-ranked Florida State on Sunday.

No. 10 Wake Forest 7, Clemson 0
Singles competition
1. No. 19 Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Alex Favrot (CU) 6-3, 7-5
2. No. 45 Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Luke Johnson (CU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
3. Romain Bogaerts (WF) def. Daffra Sanon (CU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Jon Ho (WF) def. Austin Ansari (CU) 7-6 (3), 6-0
5. Dennis Uspensky (WF) def. Robert Dudley (CU) 6-0, 6-4
6. Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Christian Harris (CU) 6-2, 7-6 (2)
Order of Finish: 5,3,1,4,6,2

Doubles competition
1. No. 19 Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) def. No. 77 Alex Favrot/Luke Johnson (CU) 6-1
2. Petros Chrysochos/Jon Ho (WF) def. Austin Ansari/Arturo Pinazo (CU) 7-5
3. Romain Bogaerts/Dennis Uspensky (WF) vs. Daffra Sanon/Robert Dudley (CU) 6-6 (1-0), unfinished
Order of Finish: 1,2

No. 10 Wake Forest 7, South Carolina State 0
Singles competition
1. No. 45 Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Martin Figura (SCSU) 6-3, 6-3
2. Dennis Uspensky (WF) def. Jakub Vitek (SCSU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Keivon Tabrizi (WF) def. Vladyslav Yanchenko (SCSU) 7-6 (2), 6-3
4. Maksim Kan (WF) def. Cyprian Owczarz (SCSU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Sam Bloom (WF) def. Aleksander Stupar (SCSU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Anthony Delcore (WF) def. Stanislav Baco (SCSU) 6-1, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1,4,2,3,5,6

Doubles competition
1. Skander Mansouri/Romain Bogaerts (WF) def. Martin Figura/Jakub Vitek (SCSU) 6-3
2. Keivon Tabrizi/Sam Bloom (WF) def. Vladyslav Yanchenko/Salikh Gilmutdinov (SCSU) 6-1
3. Maksim Kan/Anthony Delcore (WF) def. Aleksander Stupar/Stanislav Baco (SCSU) 6-1
Order of Finish: 2,1,3