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Wake Forest Closes Strong Home Regular-Season Performance with Two Sunday Victories
4/17/2022 7:44:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Demon Deacons completed the regular-season portion of its 2022 slate with a 24-0 home record, eight of those victories coming against a ranked opponent.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Behind the festivities of honoring the program's senior class, No. 8 Wake Forest men's tennis (31-5, 11-1) scored a pair of home victories on Sunday, defeating No. 19 Duke (16-7, 8-4), 4-2, followed by a 5-0 decision against nationally-ranked Division III North Carolina Wesleyan (23-4).
With the wins, Wake Forest pushed its program-record performance at home to a perfect 24-0 this season. Wake Forest's win against Duke also marked the program's 19th consecutive regular-season victory against a 'Big Four' foe. Seventeen of those wins have happened over a ranked opponent as well.
On the backend of Sunday's doubleheader against North Carolina Wesleyan, the Demon Deacons cruised to a 5-0 victory with victories in singles action coming from Matthew Thomson, Jakob Schnaitter, Ben Draper and Taha Baadi.
Prior to the start of Sunday's matches, Wake Forest honored Tayte Dupree, Ben Draper, Jakob Schnaitter, Robert Maciag, Eduardo Nava, Rrezart Cungu and Yuval Solomon for their contributions to the program for Senior Day.
Quotable
"It was a great day for our program and our seniors," noted head coach Tony Bresky. "I felt we battled very well against a talented Duke team. Doubles was up for grabs, but we found a way, then Rrezart was big in his clinching match in singles. Finishing out the day (against North Carolina Wesleyan), I was analyzing how well our guys would remain focused, and they did well in going through doubles before putting up wins in straight-sets. It has been a good season so far - we are hoping to have a lot of tennis left in us."
No. 8 Wake Forest 4, No. 19 Duke 2
How it Happened
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The Demon Deacons took the doubles point off of the Blue Devils, as Wake Forest's top-two pairings on the court scored 6-4 and 7-6 (6) victories respectively.
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The No. 29 ranked duo of Siddhant Banthia and Jakob Schnaitter notched their fifth-straight doubles victory and their ninth doubles victory together this season.
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Wake Forest pushed its lead to 2-1 following another straight-set victory in singles from Melios Efstathiou.
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In singles action, Schnaitter earned Wake Forest's third point on the afternoon in a two-frame victory.
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After the Blue Devils cut into the Deacs' lead at 3-2, Wake Forest finished off Duke with Rrezart Cungu earning a three-set victory to give his squad their 11th conference win of the spring.
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The ranked matchup between No. 54 Eduardo Nava and No. 43 Garrett Johns ended unfinished at 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 0-0.
Singles Results
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No. 54 Eduardo Nava (WF) vs. No. 43 Garrett Johns (DU) 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 0-0 unfinished
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Andrew Zhang (DU) def. No. 115 Jurabek Karimov (WF) 6-3, 6-1
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Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Connor Krug (DU) 6-4, 6-2
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Rrezart Cungu (WF) vs. Edu Guell (DU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
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Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. Niroop Vallabhaneni (DU) 6-1, 6-4
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Andrew Dale (DU) def. Siddhant Banthia (WF) 6-4, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 3, 5, 2, 4
Doubles Results
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Eduardo Nava/Robert Maciag (WF) def. Niroop Vallabhaneni/Faris Khan (DU) 6-4
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No. 29 Siddhant Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. Garrett Johns/Michael Heller (DU) 7-6 (6)
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Andrew Zhang/Andrew Dale (DU) def. Ben Draper/Matthew Thomson (WF) (6-4)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
No. 8 Wake Forest 5, NC Wesleyan 0
How it Happened
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Wake Forest opened its second match of the afternoon by securing the doubles point, as the pairings of Eduardo Nava/Robert Maciag and Ben Draper/Taha Baadi each earned victories.
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All six Deacs in singles action picked up victories in their first sets, highlighted by 6-0 performances from both Taha Baadi and Matthew Thompson.
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Both Baadi and Thompson would ultimately score 6-0, 6-2 victories to push the Deacon lead to 3-0.
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Ben Draper secured the victory for the Demon Deacons with a straight-set victory of his own, taking down North Carolina Wesleyan's Diego Segovia 6-4, 6-3.
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With a 7-5, 6-2 victory, Jakob Schnaitter has now won 15-straight completed matches.
Singles Results
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Siddhant Banthia (WF) vs. Jhonny Acosta (NCW) 6-4, 4-0 unfinished
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Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. JP Vallejo (NCW) 7-5, 6-2
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Taha Baadi (WF) def. John Falke (NCW) 6-0, 6-2
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Juan Lopez de Azcona (WF) vs. Roberto Puig (NCW) 6-1, 4-2 unfinished
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Matthew Thomson (WF) def. Augusto Roca (NCW) 6-0, 6-2
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Ben Draper (WF) def. Diego Segovia (NCW) 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 5, 3, 6, 2
Doubles Results
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Eduardo Nava/Robert Maciag (WF) def. Jhonny Acosta/Diego Segovia (NCW) 6-2
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Ben Draper/Taha Baadi (WF) def. Max Robinson/Roberto Puig (NCW) 6-3
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JP Vallejo/John Falke (NCW) def. Matthew Thomson/Tayte Dupree (WF) 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Up Next
Wake Forest will partake in the annual ACC Tennis Championships this upcoming week, held April 20-24.
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