No. 7 Wake Forest Ends Florida Road Trip with Sweep of No. 29 Florida State, 7-0

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Wake Forest men's tennis program traveled to Tallahassee, Fla. to play in their third ACC match, facing off against No. 29 Florida State, sweeping the Seminoles 7-0 Sunday afternoon.

Senior Eduardo Nava clinched the match for Wake Forest today, moving the Deacs to 19-4 and 3-0 in the ACC play. No. 62-ranked Nava ousted Andreja Petrovic, 7-5, 7-6(1) on court two. Nava improves to 13-4 in the dual season, 3-1 against nationally ranked opponents and is on a six-match win streak.

The win over the Seminoles completes the weekend sweep in Florida after the Deacs topped No. 21 Miami, 4-3 on Friday.

Quotable
"Getting the weekend sweep on the road is huge. I'm proud of the guys for battling and continuously getting better. It is always a great feeling to get a sweep in ACC play, especially on the road. Props for Florida State for grinding it and making it interesting in the first sets. Now we get home and get ready for a tough NC State team." - Coach Bresky

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How It Happened
Wake Forest secured the doubles point from wins on courts one and two. The doubles pair of Ben Draper and Eduardo Nava got the Deacs started, winning their match 6-4. The duo of Jurabek Karimov and Siddhant Banthia clinched the important 1-0 lead with a 6-4 mark.

The Demon Deacons went into singles play up 1-0 over the Seminoles.

Cungu surged to a 6-3, 7-5 win on court three. Cungu is now 9-3 in dual play and is 5-0 at the No. 3 singles spot. With the Deacs now up 2-0 in the match, No. 35 Filippo Moroni handed Richard Thongoana a loss with a 7-5, 7-5 score. No. 62 Nava defeated Andreja Petrovic in straight-sets for the Deacs clinch, 7-5, 7-6 (1).

The Deacs and Noles played it out with No. 65 Karimov, Banthia and Jakob Schnaitter finishing out their matches with wins.

Singles Results
1. #65 Jurabek Karimov (WF) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU_M) 7-5, 6-3
2. #62 Eduardo Nava (WF) def. Andreja Petrovic (FSU_M) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1)
3. Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Sebastian Arcila (FSU_M) 6-3, 7-5
4. Filippo Moroni (WF) def. Richard Thongoana (FSU_M) 7-5, 7-5
5. Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. Youcef Rihane (FSU_M) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Siddhant Banthia (WF) def. Josh Karpenschif (FSU_M) 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 6-2

Doubles Results
1. Ben Draper/Eduardo Nava (WF) def. Sebastian Arcila/Loris Pourroy (FSU_M) 6-4
2. Jurabek Karimov/Siddhant Banthia (WF) def. Youcef Rihane/Andreja Petrovic (FSU_M) 6-4
3. Maks Silagy/Josh Karpenschif (FSU_M) vs. Filippo Moroni/Jakob Schnaitter (WF) 6-5, unfinished

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (3,4,2,1,6,5)

Up Next
The Deacs continue ACC action next week, with a home doubleheader with No. 20 NC State on Thursday, March 10 at 2 p.m. ET, before Bluefield State set for 5 p.m. ET.

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No. 7 Wake Forest Ends Florida Road Trip with Sweep of No. 29 Florida State, 7-0

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Players Mentioned

Siddhant Banthia

Rrezart Cungu

Ben Draper

Jurabek Karimov

Filippo Moroni

Eduardo Nava

Jakob Schnaitter