Wake Forest University
South Carolina
Wake Forest Collects Pair of Wins in Home Opener
1/31/2021 7:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Demon Deacons improve to 62-1 in home matches since the start of the 2016-17 season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 16 Wake Forest men's tennis team collects a pair of wins in the home opener on Sunday afternoon.
In the first match, the Demon Deacons (3-1) captured their first ranked win of the season, topping No. 20 South Carolina (2-2), 4-3, to open the day.
Wake Forest closed out the day with an easy 7-0 victory over in-state Davidson (0-3), giving the Deacs their second win of the afternoon.
Quotable:
"It feels really good to get back home and get back to competing with more normality. We got a couple really important parts back in our lineup and we are looking forward to getting a couple more. We have a quite a good record at home over the last few years. It is nice to be on our home courts. We feel comfortable having all our boys together." - Coach Bresky
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Against No. 20 South Carolina
After dropping the doubles points, the Demon Deacons rebounded quickly during singles play.
No. 92 Rrezart Cungu tied the match at 1-1 with an easy straight-set win on court six. It marked his first win of the season after going unfinished in his two matches during ITA Kickoff Weekend.
Henri Squire was the next Deac to get on the board, coming from behind in both sets to win in the tiebreak. He picked up his first win and first ranked win of the season after not playing in the opening weekend of the season, knocking off No. 32 Rodrigues.
With Wake Forest up 3-2, Eduardo Nava also had a ranked matchup, facing No. 118 Thompson of South Carolina. After Nava won the opening set, it went to a third frame. The Northridge, Calif. Pulled out the third set 6-4 to capture the ranked win and clinch the match at 4-2 for the Demon Deacons.
Singles Results vs. No. 20 South Carolina
Henri Squire def. #32 Rodrigues 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4)
Eduardo Nava def. #118 Thompson 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Samuel def. Siddhant Banthia 6-2, 7-5
Jordan def. Filippo Moroni 6-7, 7-6, 4-2
Robert Maciag def. Beasley 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
#92 Rrezart Cungu def. Brown 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 3, 1, 5, 2*, 4
Doubles Results vs. No. 20 South Carolina
#44 Rodrigues/Thompson def. Henri Squire/Robert Maciag 6-3
Samuel/ Beasley def. Adam Ambrozy/Eduardo Nava 6-2
Matthew Thomson/Siddhant Banthia vs. Brown/Jordan 5-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
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Against Davidson
The Deacs opened up the night sweeping the Wildcats in all three doubles matches. The tandem of Adam Ambrozy and Matthew Thomson led the charge with a 6-1 victory and was the first match to finish on court two.
After going up 1-0 on the night, Wake Forest carried its strong play over into singles with quick victories from Matthew Thomson and Siddhant Banthia, both ending in straight sets.
Robert Maciag secured the third singles victory of the night and clinched the match for the Demon Deacons with another resounding straight-set win (6-1, 6-2) on court four.
After clinching, the Deacs secured two more wins to move up to a 6-0 advantage over the Wildcats on the night.
Despite securing five quick wins in singles, the final match of the night between Melios Efstathiou and Maxwell Kachkarov of the Wildcats involved more drama. Efstathiou took the first set 6-4 but Kachkarov took the second set to a tie-break.
The match finished 7-0 in favor of the Deacons after Efstathiou closed out the match with a 12-10 tie-break win in the third set.
Singles Results vs. Davidson
Siddhant Banthia def. Parikh, 6-4, 6-1
Adam Ambrozy def. Kavarana, 6-1, 6-0
Melios Efstathiou def. Kachkarov, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (12-10)
Robert Maciag def. Green, 6-1, 6-2
Rrezart Cungu def. Clark, 6-4, 6-1
Matthew Thomson def. Solares, 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 4*, 5, 2
Doubles Results vs. Davidson
Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava def. Kachkarov / Solares, 6-3
Adam Ambrozy / Matthew Thomson def. Macintosh / Parikh, 6-1
Melios Efstathiou / Rrezart Cungu def. Mazzoni / Clark, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will begin ACC play next Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., when Wake Forest faces Virginia.
The matches will begin at 3 p.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Players Mentioned
