Demon Deacons Split Two Home Matches

Sunday, February 28

Winston-Salem, N.C.

1 p.m.

Wake Forest University

Virginia

2/28/2021 6:42:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

No. 13 Wake Forest dropped its first ACC match of the season versus Virginia but bounced back with a 7-0 win over Davidson

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 13 Wake Forest men's tennis team went 1-1 on Sunday with a loss to No. 4 Virginia and a win versus Davidson Saturday afternoon at Wake Forest Tennis Center.

Virginia (9-2, 3-0 ACC) opened the day by securing the doubles point against the Demon Deacons (11-3, 3-1 ACC) and continued their strong play with 3 singles wins to clinch the win.

Wake Forest responded after the conference loss with a dominant victory over Davidson (2-5). The Deacs swept the Wildcats with a 7-0 victory and won all but one match in straight sets.

Wake Forest is now 7-0 in non-conference matches since February 13th.
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Against Virginia
The Demon Deacons opened the day by dropping the doubles point, giving the Cavaliers a 1-0 lead early.

Moving into singles play, Virginia continued their strong play, picking up two early wins versus Eduardo Nava and Taha Baadi to move their advantage to 3-0 with four matches to go.

Soon after the conclusion of those matches, Virginia picked up two more wins over Henri Squire and Filippo Moroni to clinch the match and advance their lead to 5-0 with two matches remaining.

After The Cavaliers clinched the win, Wake Forest did gain some personal momentum from No. 92 Rrezart Cungu and Melios Efstathiou who both picked up third-set-tiebreaker wins putting the Deacs on the board in singles. The match ended at 5-2 in favor of Virginia.

Singles Results vs. Virginia
Sonderlund def. Henri Squire, 6-3, 6-4
Montes def. Eduardo Nava, 6-3, 6-3
Schulenburg def. #107 Taha Baadi, 6-3, 6-2
Melios Efstathiou def. Rodesch, 6-4, 6-7 (7-2), (10-4)
Goetz def. Filippo Moroni, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
#92 Rrezart Cungu def. Kiefer, 4-6, 6-4, (10-8)
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1*, 5, 6, 4

Doubles Results vs. Virginia
Soderlund / Woodall def. #18 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava, 6-1
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. Roadesch / Goetz, 6-5 unfinished
Schulenburg / Montes def. Taha Baadi / Melios Efstathiou, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3
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Against Davidson
The Demon Deacons opened the evening by winning all three doubles matches securing the first point of the night to take a 1-0 lead heading into singles.

After securing the point, the Old Gold and Black continued their strong play in singles. Siddhant Banthia picked up a dominant win early on (6-0, 6-1) moving the Deacon advantage up to 2-0.

Adam Ambrozy and Eduardo Nava kept the momentum going with more wins with Nava's win clinching the match for the Demon Deacons. The duo moved the lead up to 4-0 and gave up just 5 games in their straight-set victories.

Wake Forest ultimately ended the day with a 7-0 win. Henri Squire, Robert Maciag, and No. 121 Luciano Tacchi rounded out the lineup for the Deacs. Squire and Maciag won in straight-sets, while Tacchi's victory came in a hard fought three sets.

Singles Results vs. Davidson
Henri Squire def. Kachkarov, 6-2, 6-2
Eduardo Nava def. Kavarana, 6-1, 6-2
Siddhant Banthia def. Clark, 6-0, 6-1
Robert Maciag def. Solares, 6-4, 6-1
#121 Luciano Taachi def. Timpson, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Adam Ambrozy def. Wang, 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 6, 2*, 1, 4, 5

Doubles Results vs. Davidson
#18 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava def. Kachkarov / Solares, 6-3
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. Clark / Kavarana, 6-0
Taha Baadi / Melios Efstathiou def. Loope / Wang, 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Up Next
The Deacs continue their home stand on Thursday, March 4th with non-conference matchups versus Baylor and North Carolina Wesleyan.

The first serve against the Bears is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Wake Forest Tennis Center while the match against NC Wesleyan is set for 6:30 p.m.