Deacs Knock Off No. 17 Georgia On The Road

Friday, March 19

Athens, Ga.

5 P.M.

Wake Forest University

Georgia

3/19/2021 9:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Wake Forest secured a back-and-forth 4-3 road win against the Bulldogs.

ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 13 Wake Forest men's tennis team fought back-and-forth with the 17th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs Friday at the Magill Tennis Complex, but ultimately came out on top 4-3.

After Georgia jumped out to a 3-2 lead by claiming wins on courts four, two and six. The Demon Deacons tie things up at 3-3 with a win on court five with one court left to play.

Redshirt-senior Eduardo Nava on court three was the lone Deac left in action and clinched the match for Wake Forest with his 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 tight win over Philip Henning.

Quotable
"We had an awful start in doubles, I think we got broken on all three courts to start off," head coach Tony Bresky said. " But I'm proud of the guys at No. 2 and 3 doubles for working through it and battling back. Henri (Squire) played a professional match on court one, he has set high goals for himself and looks to achieve them. Georgia fought back but our guys didn't budge."

How It Happened

For the fifth match in-a-row Wake Forest started fast by winning the doubles point and taking a 1-0 lead into singles.
Georgia took the first doubles on court one but Siddhant Banthia and Matthew Thomson paired up once again on court three and were the first doubles pair done for Deacs as they battled to a 7-6 (4) win over UGA's Henning and Erik Grevelius.
The Old Gold and Black pairing of Taha Baadi and Melios Efstathiou on court two proved effective once again as they clinched the doubles point for Wake Forest 7-6 (5) over Georgia's Blake Croyder and Billy Rowe.
Squire was the first Deac off the court in singles as he defeated No. 9 Trent Bryde 6-4, 6-2 on court one. The sophomore has won four-straight over ranked opponents.
After the Deacs went up 2-1 in the match, the Bulldogs scrapped back with singles match wins on courts two and six.
On court five, Efstathiou responded for the Deacs with a straight-set win over Rowe 7-5, 6-3 to tie the match up at 3-3.

"What are the odds it all came down to our senior captain in a third set?" Bresky asked. "I thought Nava played the best third set I have seen from him. Overall, it was a great win on the road over a strong Georgia team."

UP NEXT
The Deacs will return home to Winston-Salem to host Furman and Charlotte Sunday Mar. 21 starting at 2 p.m.

The match will be played outdoors at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.

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Singles Results vs. No. 17 Georgia

Henri Squire def No. 9 Bryde, 6-4, 6-2

No. 73 Zink def No. 107 Taha Baadi, 6-3, 6-4

Eduardo Nava def. Henning 2-6, 7-5, 6-2

Croyder def. No. 92 Rrezart Cungu, 6-0, 6-4

Melios Efstathiou def. Rowe, 7-5, 6-3

Grevelius def. Siddhant Banthia , 7-6, 6-4

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

Doubles Results vs. No. 17 Georgia

No. 9 Bryde / Zink def. No. 18 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava, 6-3

Taha Baadi / Melios Efstathiou def. Croyder / Rowe, 7-6 (5)

Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson def. 7-6 (4)

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*