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Wake Forest Cruises in Wins over East Tennessee and Wofford
2/13/2021 7:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Demon Deacons improve to 64-1 in home matches since the start of the 2016-17 season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 14 Wake Forest men's tennis team captured a pair of non-conference home victories over East Tennessee State and Wofford on Saturday.
The Demon Deacons (5-2) made quick work of East Tennessee State (0-4) in the opening match. After claiming the doubles point, the Deacs captured all six singles matches in straight-set fashion en route to a 7-0 victory.
The Deacs continued their dominant form in the night match against Wofford (0-2), finishing Saturday with their second 7-0 victory.
Quotable:
"It was a good day. Big thanks to East Tennessee State and Wofford for coming to Winston-Salem. Wofford especially for doing it last night when we had a cancelation. Obviously, it is a tricky year. We were excited to play and excited to get home and we were able to get a full week of practice with a healthy squad. That is progress for us. We saw some improvements and the doubles are getting better. We will use this to build some momentum going into ACC play next week." - Coach Bresky
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Against East Tennessee State
The Demon Deacons started off the morning winning the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches to secure the first point of the day. No. 18-ranked Henri Squire and Eduardo Nava went unfinished on court one.
Wake Forest carried the strong play over into singles play. Melios Efstathiou picked up a quick 6-0, 6-1 victory over the Buccaneer's Zabala to give the Deacs a 2-0 lead early.
Just minutes after Efstathiou's victory, #107 Taha Baadi secured another point for the Demon Deacons with another straight-set win, 6-1, 6-1.
Soon after the conclusion of that match, Fillipo Morini sealed the match with the clinching win, 6-0, 6-1. At this point in the match, the Demon Deacons led 4-0, giving up just three games total in singles play.
Eduardo Nava kept the momentum moving for Wake Forest to take the lead to 5-0 after another convincing win, 6-4, 6-1.
After taking a commanding 5-0 lead, both Henri Squire and Adam Ambrozy found themselves in first set tie-breakers early. Despite the close play, both players secured first-set victories.
Although the matches were close, both players jumped out to strong leads in the second sets where they both won, giving Wake Forest the 7-0 win over ETSU.
Singles Results vs. East Tennessee State
Henri Squire def. Rengifo 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
#107 Taha Baadi def. Badra 6-1, 6-1
Eduardo Nava def. Bargeron 6-4, 6-1
Filippo Morini def. Lugo 6-0, 6-1
Adam Ambrozy def. Bednarczyk 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
Melios Efstathiou def. Zabala 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 2, 4*, 3, 1, 5
Doubles Results vs. East Tennessee State
#18 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava vs. Rengifo / Lugo, 5-5, unfinished
Taha Baadi / Adam Ambrozy def. Bednarcyzk / Badra, 6-4
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. Zabala / Pernas, 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2
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Against Wofford
Wake Forest got off to another fast start, going up 1-0 after winning all three doubles matches quickly and convincingly.
The Demon Deacons continued to excel moving into singles play with yet another the second straight-set victory from Taha Baadi on the day.
A few minutes later, the duo of Robert Maciag and Filippo Moroni picked up two easy wins in the No. 4 and No. 2 matches, respectively. Moroni's victory being the match-clincher for the Deacs.
Melios Efstathiou built on his strong play from the morning with another win, 6-2, 6-2. Efstathiou lost just six games total between the two matches.
In the No. 5 match, Luciano Tacchi picked up his first collegiate singles win, becoming the fifth Demon Deacon to win in straight-set fashion.
Matthew Thomson captured the sixth straight-set win for Deacs in the No. 6 match, winning 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 over Wofford's Horn. It closed out the second 7-0 team win of the day for Wake Forest.
Singles Results vs. Wofford
#107 Taha Baadi def. Williams, 6-0, 6-2
Filippo Moroni def. Ray, 6-1, 6-4
Melios Efstathiou def. Losada, 6-2, 6-2
Robert Maciag def. Keim, 6-2, 6-1
Luciano Tacchi def. Fullett, 6-4, 7-5
Matthew Thomson def. Horn, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 2*, 3, 5, 6
Doubles Results vs. Wofford
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. Williams / Keim, 6-1
Taha Baadi / Melios Efstathiou def. Casasolas / Losada, 6-3
Henri Squire / Filippo Moroni def. Ray / Fullett, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Up Next
The Deacs are scheduled to open up Atlantic Coast Conference action against Notre Dame on Friday, Feb. 19.
The first serve against the Fighting Irish is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Wake Forest Tennis Center.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
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