Wednesday, March 31
Orlando, FL
3 P.M.
Wake Forest University
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at
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UCF
Deacs Fall at No. 13 UCF
3/31/2021 7:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Despite a 3-1 lead, No. 14 Wake Forest lost 4-3 on the road to No. 13 ranked UCF.
ORLANDO, Fla. – The No. 14 Wake Forest men's tennis team dropped a tough road match at No. 13 ranked UCF Wednesday afternoon at USTA Nationals Campus.
UCF (13-3, 2-0 AAC) started off the match by taking the doubles point on courts one and two. Siddhant Banthia and Matthew Thomson were left unfinished leading 5-4.
After UCF took the 1-0 lead, the Demon Deacons (21-5, 8-1 ACC) rebounded in singles play by picking up a straight set win from Eduardo Nava, knotting the score up at 1-1 with five singles matches remaining. That win is his seventh-straight in singles.
The Old Gold and Black claimed the lead with Banthia and Rrezart Cungu picking up straight-set wins, giving the Demon Deacons the 3-1 lead.
Despite extremely hard-fought efforts, Melios Efstathiou, Taha Baadi and Henri Squire dropped three-set-matches which ultimately completed the comeback win for UCF.
Quotable:
"Today was a battle of two teams that were hot. It was the worst doubles we have played so credit to UCF. They came out and played really well. I thought we started singles strong winning five of the six first sets. We had a few opportunities to finish it out, but we didn't take advantage of them. It was hot but I didn't think that played a factor in the loss. I think it was more of the fact how well UCF played. I think it was good we got to play out here with the National Championships being held here." - Coach Bresky
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Singles Results vs. No. 13 UCF
No. 4 Decamps def. No. 13 Henri Squire, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
No. 53 Eduardo Nava def. Rubio, 6-0, 6-1
No. 124 Grassi def. Taha Baadi, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-0
Rrezart Cungu def. Yamada 6-4, 6-1
Hilderbrand def. Melios Efstathiou, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Siddhant Banthia def. Sokolovsky, 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 6, 4, 5, 3, 1*
Doubles Results vs. No. 13 UCF
No. 29 Hilderbrand / Pavel def. No. 13 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava, 6-2
Decamps / Mazzuchi def. Taha Baadi / Melios Efstathiou, 6-3
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson vs Rubio / Yamada 5-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 1, 2
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Up Next
The Deacs will host No. 32 VCU and Coastal Carolina Sunday, April 4th for double header action.
First serve against the Rams is scheduled for 1 p.m.
UCF (13-3, 2-0 AAC) started off the match by taking the doubles point on courts one and two. Siddhant Banthia and Matthew Thomson were left unfinished leading 5-4.
After UCF took the 1-0 lead, the Demon Deacons (21-5, 8-1 ACC) rebounded in singles play by picking up a straight set win from Eduardo Nava, knotting the score up at 1-1 with five singles matches remaining. That win is his seventh-straight in singles.
The Old Gold and Black claimed the lead with Banthia and Rrezart Cungu picking up straight-set wins, giving the Demon Deacons the 3-1 lead.
Despite extremely hard-fought efforts, Melios Efstathiou, Taha Baadi and Henri Squire dropped three-set-matches which ultimately completed the comeback win for UCF.
Quotable:
"Today was a battle of two teams that were hot. It was the worst doubles we have played so credit to UCF. They came out and played really well. I thought we started singles strong winning five of the six first sets. We had a few opportunities to finish it out, but we didn't take advantage of them. It was hot but I didn't think that played a factor in the loss. I think it was more of the fact how well UCF played. I think it was good we got to play out here with the National Championships being held here." - Coach Bresky
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Singles Results vs. No. 13 UCF
No. 4 Decamps def. No. 13 Henri Squire, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
No. 53 Eduardo Nava def. Rubio, 6-0, 6-1
No. 124 Grassi def. Taha Baadi, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-0
Rrezart Cungu def. Yamada 6-4, 6-1
Hilderbrand def. Melios Efstathiou, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Siddhant Banthia def. Sokolovsky, 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 6, 4, 5, 3, 1*
Doubles Results vs. No. 13 UCF
No. 29 Hilderbrand / Pavel def. No. 13 Henri Squire / Eduardo Nava, 6-2
Decamps / Mazzuchi def. Taha Baadi / Melios Efstathiou, 6-3
Siddhant Banthia / Matthew Thomson vs Rubio / Yamada 5-4, unfinished
Order of Finish: 1, 2
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Up Next
The Deacs will host No. 32 VCU and Coastal Carolina Sunday, April 4th for double header action.
First serve against the Rams is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
123
662
Gabriel Decamps / 0 (4/-) [UCF]
476
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Alan Rubio / 0 [UCF]
01
#3 Singles Match
123
660
Juan Pablo Mazzuchi / 0 (124/-) [UCF]
746
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Kento Yamada / 0 [UCF]
41
#5 Singles Match
123
614
Trey Hilderbrand / 0 [UCF]
466
#6 Singles Match
12
66
Mikhail Sokolovskiy / 0 [UCF]
34
Order of Finish:
2,4,6,5,3,1
Players Mentioned
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