No. 12 Wake Forest Take Down No. 35 Georgia Tech, 4-3

ATLANTA, Ga. – Two key victories in doubles play and three impressive straight-set wins in singles pushed the No. 12 Wake Forest men's tennis team past No. 35 Georgia Tech, 4-3, on Sunday at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.

Wake Forest (21-4, 8-1 ACC) has now beaten Georgia Tech (10-7, 4-5 ACC) 11 consecutive times, marking the longest win streak for Wake Forest in the series.

Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Wake Forest has a 32-5 record in away matches. This includes an impressive 20-5 record over the past three seasons.

QUOTABLE
"It was a really good doubles point for us. I think we played our best doubles all season long. The guys did a great job matching the energy Georgia Tech put out. We knew that Georgia Tech was going to respond in singles, and our guys did a good job pulling out the win. A road win the ACC is hard to get especially off a hot team like Georgia Tech. Now we shift our focus to UCF on Wednesday" - Coach Bresky

HOW IT HAPPENED

In doubles play, Wake Forest flew past Georgia Tech with the pair of Siddhant Banthia and Matthew Thomson knocked off Georgia Tech's pair of Brandon McKinney and Zummy Bauer, 6-0, on court three.
The No. 56 tandem of sophomore Taha Baadi and senior Melios Efstathiou on court two clinched their match within seconds of court three to give Wake Forest the doubles point in dominant fashion. The Demon Deacons have won nine-straight doubles points.
Leading 1-0, Nava took down Pablo Schelcher on court three to up the lead to 2-0.
As Nava was adding to the lead, Georgia Tech picked up their first point with a win on court two.
On court five, Rrezart Cungu helped the Demon Deacons with a win over Brandon McKinney in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
Anchoring the bottom of the lineup, Banthia won a hard-fought straight-set affair over Chen Dong, 6-4, 6-4, to give the match point to Wake Forest.
Squire and Efstathiou fell in the third sets on courts one and three to conclude the afternoon's proceedings.

DOUBLES CONTINUES TO BE PIVOTAL
Sunday's win was the Deacs ninth consecutive when winning the doubles point, a streak dating to March 7, 2021.

UP NEXT
Wake Forest will stay on the road as they head to Orlando, Florida to take on UCF Wednesday afternoon. First serve from Orlando is slated for 5 p.m. ET.

RESULTS
Singles Results vs. Georgia Tech
#52 McDaniel def. #8 Henri Squire, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2

#25 Martin def. #113 Taha Baadi, 6-1, 6-3

#38 Eduardo Nava def. Schedlcher, 6-4, 6-1

Chopra def. Melios Efstathiou, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5

Rrezart Cungu def. Azuma, 6-2, 6-1

Siddhant Banthia def. Dong, 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 5*, 6, 1, 4

Doubles Results vs. Georgia Tech
#15 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava vs #43 Martin / McDaniel 6-3, unfinished

#56 Taha Baadi / Melios Efstathiou def. Freestone / Schelcher, 6-0

Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson vs. Baur / McKinney, 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 2

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No. 12 Wake Forest Take Down No. 35 Georgia Tech, 4-3

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Taha Baadi

Siddhant Banthia

Rrezart Cungu

Melios Efstathiou

Eduardo Nava

Henri Squire

Matthew Thomson