Demon Deacons Start ACC Play with Resounding Victory

Friday, February 19

Winston-Salem, N.C.

3 p.m.

Wake Forest University

Notre Dame

2/19/2021 8:49:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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No. 13 Wake Forest extends its Atlantic Coast Conference winning streak to 22 matches with a 6-1 victory over Notre Dame to start conference play.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 13 Wake Forest men's tennis team continued their winning ways at home Friday against Notre Dame and The Citadel.

The Demon Deacons (7-2, 1-0 ACC) moved past Notre Dame (5-5, 0-1 ACC) early in the day with a convincing, 6-1 win. The win moved the Deacs ACC winning streak to 22 games.

The Demon Deacons sustained their command into the second match vs The Citadel (1-4), winning all matches in straight-sets for a 7-0 win.

Wake Forest is now 66-1 in home matches since the start of the 2016-17 season.

Quotable:

"It feels good. Notre Dame is a really good team but everyone in the ACC is tough. We always think of the ACC as the best conference in the country and I think it's the deepest. You have to come out and be ready to play every match and the guys did a great job of that today. We've worked really hard the last couple weeks and it paid off in our dubs and we got some really good performances in singles. It was good to get off to a 1-0 start." - Coach Bresky

Against Notre Dame

The Demon Deacons started off the afternoon with a decisive win during doubles play. On court two, Adam Ambrozy and Taha Baadi dominated the entire match, leading to a 6-0 victory. The No. 18-ranked pairing of Henri Squire and Eduardo Nava closed out the doubles point for Wake Forest one court one with a 6-3 win.

In the form of Filippo Moroni and #92 Rrezart Cungu, the bottom of the Demon Deacon lineup provided the team with an early cushion during singles play. Moroni won in straight-set fashion with a 6-3, 7-5 victory in the No. 4 match. Cungu finished his match in straight sets soon after, winning 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).

Wake Forest at that point led 3-0 over the Fighting Irish.

The Demon Deacons went on to win the first six matches and No. 107 Baadi nearly picked up a top-10 win in the No. 2 match.

Facing No. 6 Ciamarra, Baadi took the match into a third set tie break before falling 7-6 in the final frame.

Singles Results vs. Notre Dame

Henri Squire def. Nefve 7-6 (7-2), 5-7, 6-1

#6 Ciamarra def. #107 Taha Baadi 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-2)

Eduardo Nava def. Che 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)

Filippo Moroni def. Fu 6-3, 7-5

Melios Efstathiou def. Malkowski 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

#92 Rrezart Cungu def. Ho 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)

Order of Finish: 4, 6, 5*, 1, 3, 2

Doubles Results vs. Notre Dame

#18 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava def. Nefve / Ciamarra, 6-3

Taha Baadi / Adam Ambrozy def. Howells / Gamble, 6-0

Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson vs. Malkowski / Che, 4-3, unfinished

Order of Finish: 2, 1

Against The Citadel

Wake Forest got off to yet another quick start against The Citadel, winning the doubles point with ease to take the first point of the match and to go up 1-0.

Moving into singles play, the Deacs did not slow down. Siddhant Banthia and No. 121 Luciano Tacchi picked up two quick, 6-1, 6-0 wins to spark a 3-0 Wake Forest lead early on.

Soon after the conclusion of those two matches, the Demon Deacons secured the win after Adam Ambrozy clinched the win, 6-1, 6-1, for Wake Forest's third straight-set victory of the match.

After securing the win, Wake Forest continued their dominance with two more back to back wins to move the lead up to 6-0 with straight set wins from Rrezart Cungu and Mattew Thomson.

The Deacs ultimately closed out their third 7-0 win in the last four matches after Robert Maciag capped off the final win of the match in the No. 2 singles match.

Wake Forest gave up just 11 games in singles play and won all six matches in straight sets, extending their dominant streak of wins.

Singles Results vs. The Citadel

Siddhant Banthia def. Graham, 6-1, 6-0

Robert Maciag def. Bencedic, 6-1, 6-3

Rrezart Cungu def. Shoemake, 6-0, 6-2

Adam Ambrozy def. Schainblatt, 6-1, 6-1

#121 Luciano Tacchi def. Quinn, 6-1, 6-0

Matthew Thomson def. Darby, 6-0, 6-1

Order of Finish: 1, 5, 4*, 3, 6, 2

Doubles Results vs. The Citadel

Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. Schainblatt / Bencedic, 6-1

Adam Ambrozy / Robert Maciag def. Shoemake / Graham, 6-3

Yuval Solomon / Filippo Moroni def. Darby / Quinn, 6-0

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

Up Next

The Deacs are back home on Sunday with a pair of matches against Louisville and UNC-Wilmington.

The first serve against the Cardinals is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Wake Forest Tennis Center while the second match against the Seahawks is set for 5 p.m.