Sunday, May 19
Orlando, Fla.
3:00 PM
Wake Forest University
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vs
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Texas (Championship)
Photo by: Joe Murphy/USTA
Deacs' Bid to Repeat as NCAA Champions Falls Short Against Texas
5/19/2019 8:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest dropped a 4-1 decision to Texas in the finals of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship
ORLANDO, Fla. - Wake Forest's bid to repeat as NCAA men's tennis champion fell short on Sunday with a 4-1 loss to Texas. The loss ended a 19-match winning streak for the Demon Deacons who had not lost since a 5-2 defeat at Florida on March 13.
Wake Forest (34-4) won the doubles point as Alan Gadjiev and Borna Gojo upset the fifth-ranked duo of Harrison Scott and Christian Sigsgaard, 6-4, in the decisive match at No. 1 doubles. Prior to that match's conclusion, Wake Forest's Bar Botzer and Petros Chrysochos defeated Colin Markes and Leonardo Telles, 6-3 at No. 2 while Texas' (29-3) Chih Chi Huang and Yuya Ito defeated Julian Zlobinsky and Siddhant Banthia, 6-2 at No. 3.
Texas tied the match at 1 when Sigsgaard defeated Gojo 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles. The Longhorns extended their lead to 2-1 when Rodrigo Banzer defeated Banthia 7-5, 6-4 at No. 6. Texas went up 3-1 with a victory at No. 5 as Markes defeated Melios Efstathiou 6-4, 7-5.
The Longhorns clinched the title when Yuya Ito defeated Petros Chrysochos at No. 2 singles. Ito dropped the first set 6-3 but rebounded to win the next two 6-3, 6-4.
Texas won the first set in four of the six singles matches with only Chrysochos and Rrezart Cungu posting first set wins for the Deacons.
Wake Forest completed a remarkable season that included posting a school-record 34 wins while compiling a 34-4 record. The Demon Deacons won the ACC Championship for the third time in four seasons while also reaching the finals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship
#2 Texas 4, #3 Wake Forest 1
Doubles Results
1. #63 Gadjiev/Gojo (WF) def. #5 Scott/Sigsgaard (UT) 6-4
2. #55 Botzer/Chrysochos (WF) def. Markes/Telles (UT) 6-3
3. Huang/Ito (UT) def. Banthia/Zlobinsky (WF) 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,3,1
Singles Results
1. #7 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. #11 Borna Gojo (WF), 6-3, 6-4
2. #12 Yuya Ito (UT) def. #8 Petros Chrysochos (WF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. #80 Bar Botzer (WF) vs. #50 Leonardo Telles (UT), 3-6, 7-6(8), 0-1, unfinished
4. Rrezart Cungu (WF) vs. #55 Harrison Scott (UT), 6-2, 6-7(6), 0-5, unfinished
5. Colin Markes (UT) def. Melios Efstathiou (WF), 6-4, 7-5
6. Rodrigo Banzer (UT) def. Siddhant Banthia (WF), 7-5, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1,6,5,2
Wake Forest (34-4) won the doubles point as Alan Gadjiev and Borna Gojo upset the fifth-ranked duo of Harrison Scott and Christian Sigsgaard, 6-4, in the decisive match at No. 1 doubles. Prior to that match's conclusion, Wake Forest's Bar Botzer and Petros Chrysochos defeated Colin Markes and Leonardo Telles, 6-3 at No. 2 while Texas' (29-3) Chih Chi Huang and Yuya Ito defeated Julian Zlobinsky and Siddhant Banthia, 6-2 at No. 3.
Texas tied the match at 1 when Sigsgaard defeated Gojo 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles. The Longhorns extended their lead to 2-1 when Rodrigo Banzer defeated Banthia 7-5, 6-4 at No. 6. Texas went up 3-1 with a victory at No. 5 as Markes defeated Melios Efstathiou 6-4, 7-5.
The Longhorns clinched the title when Yuya Ito defeated Petros Chrysochos at No. 2 singles. Ito dropped the first set 6-3 but rebounded to win the next two 6-3, 6-4.
Texas won the first set in four of the six singles matches with only Chrysochos and Rrezart Cungu posting first set wins for the Deacons.
Wake Forest completed a remarkable season that included posting a school-record 34 wins while compiling a 34-4 record. The Demon Deacons won the ACC Championship for the third time in four seasons while also reaching the finals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship
#2 Texas 4, #3 Wake Forest 1
Doubles Results
1. #63 Gadjiev/Gojo (WF) def. #5 Scott/Sigsgaard (UT) 6-4
2. #55 Botzer/Chrysochos (WF) def. Markes/Telles (UT) 6-3
3. Huang/Ito (UT) def. Banthia/Zlobinsky (WF) 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,3,1
Singles Results
1. #7 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. #11 Borna Gojo (WF), 6-3, 6-4
2. #12 Yuya Ito (UT) def. #8 Petros Chrysochos (WF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. #80 Bar Botzer (WF) vs. #50 Leonardo Telles (UT), 3-6, 7-6(8), 0-1, unfinished
4. Rrezart Cungu (WF) vs. #55 Harrison Scott (UT), 6-2, 6-7(6), 0-5, unfinished
5. Colin Markes (UT) def. Melios Efstathiou (WF), 6-4, 7-5
6. Rodrigo Banzer (UT) def. Siddhant Banthia (WF), 7-5, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1,6,5,2
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