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Demon Deacons Move to 3-0 in Conference Play
2/26/2021 8:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis
No. 13 Wake Forest improved to 10-0 at home and 3-0 in ACC play with wins over Virginia Tech and North Carolina Wesleyan.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 13 Wake Forest men's tennis team continued its strong play at home with wins over Virginia Tech and North Carolina Wesleyan Friday evening at Wake Forest Tennis Center.
After securing the doubles point, the Demon Deacons (10-2, 3-0 ACC) won four of the six singles matches versus Virginia Tech (5-3, 1-1 ACC) to claim a 5-2 victory. The win moved the Deacs ACC winning streak to 24 matches.
The Demon Deacons kept the momentum going in the evening contest versus North Carolina Wesleyan (0-2), securing a win in sweeping fashion, 7-0.
Wake Forest is now 70-1 in home matches since the start of the 2016-17 season.
Quotable:
"It was another good day. Virginia Tech, like all ACC Teams, is a good team and they pushed us really hard, but we have some guys playing some really good tennis. It was good to squeak out that doubles point against them. I feel like we are getting better and better. I am looking forward to Sunday to see if we can get outdoors for the first time this season.
The second match of the day was very nice. A lot of guys had the opportunity to play that do not usually get to play. Jaun got his first official college win and Tacchi got his second college win. Those guys are getting better and better and are working really hard. It was good to give them that opportunity. Hopefully, it pays off down the road." - Coach Bresky
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Against Virginia Tech
Wake Forest opened the match by taking the doubles point in tough fought matches on each court.
Moving into singles play, The Deacs kept the momentum going with a quick straight-set win from Melios Efstathiou to extend the Demon Deacon lead to 2-0.
Soon after Efstathiou's win, No. 107 Taha Baadi extended Wake Forest's lead to 3-0 before Virginia Tech clawed back with a win over Henri Squire in the No. 1 singles match.
They continued their momentum, picking up another win over Filippo Moroni to settle the score at 3-2 Deacs with two matches to go.
After the Hokies stymied the Old Gold and Black's lead, No. 92 Rrezart Cungu scored a huge win and clinched the match for Wake Forest. The Deacs went on to win 5-2 despite the tough fight from Virginia Tech.
Singles Results vs. Virginia Tech
Ribeiro def. Henri Squire, 6-3, 6-4
Eduardo Nava def. Ross, 7-5, 4-6, (10-2)
#107 Taha Baadi def. Donato, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
Maia def. Filippo Moroni, 6-4, 7-5
Melios Efstathiou def. Fishback, 6-2, 6-2
#92 Rrezart Cungu def. Ariza, 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5, 3, 1, 4, 6*, 2
Doubles Results vs. Virginia Tech
#18 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava def. Kros / Ribeiro, 7-6 (7-0)
Chrysostom / Fishback def. Taha Baadi / Adam Ambrozy, 7-5
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. Maia / Ross, 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
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Against NC-Wesleyan
Wake Forest started off the evening match by winning all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
The Demon Deacons carried that strong play into singles and came out on fire, winning three matches within minutes of each other to clinch a win for the Deacs.
Siddhant Banthia secured the first singles win in straight-sets (6-0, 6-2) with Juan Lopez De Azcona and Matthew Thomson bringing in the next two wins, moving the Old Gold and Black advantage to 4-0 with three matches remaining.
After clinching the victory, Robert Maciag, Adam Ambrozy and Luciano Tacchi brought home three more straight-set wins to complete the 7-0 sweep for Wake Forest.
Singles Results vs. NC-Wesleyan
Siddhant Banthia def. Vallego, 6-0, 6-2
Robert Maciag def. Acosta, 6-0, 6-1
Adam Ambrozy def. Falke, 6-2, 6-4
#121 Luciano Tacchi def. Rocai, 6-3, 6-1
Matthew Thomson def. Robinson, 6-1, 6-3
Juan Lopez de Azcona def. Ancieto, 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 5*, 2, 4, 3
Doubles Results vs. NC-Wesleyan
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. Valego / Acosta, 6-1
Robert Maciag / Adam Ambrozy def. Falke / Robinson, 6-2
Filippo Moroni / Yuval Solomon def. Roca / Ancieto, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Up Next
The Deacs are set to close the weekend at home, battling No. 4 Virginia on Sunday afternoon before facing Davidson in the night session.
The first serve against the Cavaliers is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Wake Forest Tennis Center while the match against the Wildcats is set for 4:30 p.m.
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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