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Demon Deacons Move Winning Streak to Six Straight
2/21/2021 7:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis
No. 13 Wake Forest finishes off 4-0 weekend and extends its Atlantic Coast Conference winning streak to 23 matches with a 4-1 victory over Louisville.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 13 Wake Forest men's tennis team extended its winning streak to six matches, defeating Louisville and UNC-Wilmington Sunday afternoon at Wake Forest Tennis Center.
After dropping the doubles point, the Demon Deacons (9-2, 2-0 ACC) had a dominant performance in singles play against Louisville (4-3, 0-2 ACC) to claim a 4-1 victory. The win moved the Deacs ACC winning streak to 23 matches.
The Deacs continued their strong play in the evening session against UNC-Wilmington (2-2), capping off another 7-0 win at home. Wake Forest scored the doubles point to start off the match on a high note and did not slow down in singles. They won all six matches in straight sets.
Wake Forest is now 68-1 in home matches since the start of the 2016-17 season.
Quotable:
"We had another great week of practice and it started to show on Friday. The boys came out Friday pretty motivated to work on a couple things. It was good. Louisville did a great job in doubles and it got away from us, we had a chance to get it and we didn't but the boys rebounded in singles. Wilmington was also a quality team, and to only lose one set on the day was great.
It's nice to be healthy. We aregetting some consistency going and we are looking forward to another big week." - Coach Bresky
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Against Louisville
Louisville started off the afternoon by taking the first point of the day in doubles. Moving into singles play, The Deacs responded and started off strong. Henri Squire picked up a ranked win over No. 71 Chen, 6-2, 6-4, on court one to square the match.
Soon after Squire's victory, No. 92 Rrezart Cungu sprung the Demon Deacons into the lead with a 6-0, 6-4 win. Melios Efstathiou finished soon after to give Wake Forest another straight-set victory in the No. 5 match to boost the lead to 3-1 in favor of the Deacs.
After taking the 3-1 lead, Taha Baadi secured the clinching point for the Deacs with a fourth, straight set victory for Wake Forest. The final two matches of the day went unfinished after Baadi clinched the win for the Demon Deacons.
Singles Results vs. Louisville
Henri Squire def. #71 Chen 6-2, 6-4
Eduardo Nava vs. Salle, 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
#107 Taha Baadi def. Howard-Tripp, 6-3, 6-4
Filippo Moroni vs. Hernandez, 6-2, 5-6, unfinished
Melios Efstathiou def. Fung, 6-0, 6-4
#92 Rrezart Cungu def. Wesbrooks, 6-0, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 5, 3*
Doubles Results vs. Louisville
#18 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava def. Salle / Fung, 6-4
Chen / Hernandez def. Taha Baadi / Adam Ambrozy, 6-4
Wesbrooks / Howard-Tripp def. Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
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Against UNC-Wilmington
Wake Forest got off to yet another quick start against UNC-Wilmington, securing the first point of the evening match.
Transitioning into singles, the Demon Deacons continued their strong play at home with yet another straight set win (6-2, 6-2) from Henri Squire on court one.
Next to add points were Rrezart Cungu and Siddhant Banthia, who each won in straight-sets. Thanks to the early doubles win, Banthia's victory clinched the match for the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest led 4-0 with three matches remaining.
After clinching the match with Banthia's win, the Deacs continued to dominate in singles. Filippo Moroni scored Wake Forest's eight straight-set win of the day and fourth of the match, winning 6-2, 6-3.
The Old Gold and Black eventually closed out the final two matches of the day, securing its fourth 7-0 victory in the last six matches, and moved to 6-0 in the same stretch of matches.
Singles Results vs. UNC-Wilmington
Henri Squire def. Caula, 6-2, 6-2
Taha Baadi def. Innocenti, 6-4, 6-2
Filippo Moroni def. Groom, 6-2, 6-3
Rrezart Cungu def. Copeland, 6-0, 6-3
Siddhant Banthia def. Hurtado, 6-3, 6-1
Robert Maciag def. Rasamatov, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 5*, 3, 2, 6
Doubles Results vs. UNC-Wilmington
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. #27 Caula / Groom, 6-2
Eduardo Nava / Melios Efstathiou def. Copeland / Hurtado, 6-2
Robert Maciag / Adam Ambrozy vs. Gooch / Rasamatov, 4-3, unfinished
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Up Next
The Deacs are back home on Friday, February 26 for another ACC Matchup versus Virginia Tech.
The first serve is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Wake Forest Tennis Center.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,6,5,3
Players Mentioned
