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Deacs Shut Out Bulldogs in ITA Opener, 4-0
2/17/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The No. 2-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team advanced to the quarterfinal of the 2017 ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a 4-0 shut out over 16th-ranked Mississippi State on Friday, Feb. 17, in Charlottesville.
The Demon Deacons (7-0) used victories on courts two and three to secure the doubles point over the Bulldogs (4-2). Petros Chrysochos and Dennis Uspensky cruised on court three to a 6-2 victory and Borna Gojo and Alan Gadjiev earned a break in the final game to claim 7-5 decision. Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim were headed to a tiebreaker in their match at No. 1 doubles when the point was clinched.
Wake Forest, the No. 2 seed in the 16-team tournament, stormed out of the gates in singles play, claiming the first set on all six courts. Gadjiev made quick work of Simon Baudry at No. 6 singles, pushing the Demon Deacon lead to 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-4 victory. Moments later, Uspensky pulled the Deacs within a point of victory with a 6-1, 6-3 victory in the No. 5 slot.
Mansouri, ranked 10th nationally, closed out the match with a 6-4, 7-5 victory on court two. All other singles matches were suspended.
The Demon Deacons, making their second consecutive quarterfinal appearance at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, will face No. 10 seed Texas on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 12 p.m. The Longhorns, ranked 11th the country, upset No. 7 seed, and sixth-ranked, Florida, 4-2, in its opening round match.
No. 2 Wake Forest 4 -- No. 16 Mississippi State 0
Singles Results
1. #1 Petros Chrysochos (WF) vs. #3 Nuno Borges (MSU), 6-4, 5-5, unfinished
2. #10 Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Mate Cutura (MSU), 6-4, 7-5
3. Borna Gojo (WF) vs. Strahinja Rakic (MSU), 6-3, 5-5, unfinished
4. #26 Christian Seraphim (WF) vs. Giovanni Oradini (MSU), 6-3, 3-6, 2-1, unfinished
5. Dennis Uspensky (WF) def. Niclas Braun (MSU), 6-1, 6-3
6. Alan Gadjiev (WF) def. Simon Baudry (MSU), 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 6,5,2
Doubles Results
1. #1 Mansouri/Seraphim (WF) vs. #44 Braun/Foshey (MSU), 6-6, unfinished
2. Gojo/Gadjiev (WF) def. Cutura/Oradini (MSU), 7-5
3. Chrysochos/Uspensky (WF) def. Borges/Rakic (MSU) 6-2
Order of Finish: 3,2
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