Wake Forest University
Georgia Tech
Wake Forest Falls to Georgia Tech in ACC Quarterfinals
4/22/2022 4:19:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Men’s tennis slid into a high-energy match on Friday.
ROME, GA – Hitting the courts for postseason action, No. 2-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis took on its first test of the 2022 ACC Championships during Friday afternoon (April 22), facing the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (10-13) in the quarterfinal round. The Demon Deacons (31-6) showcased collective effort through the lengthy contest but ultimately fell in a 4-2 decision.
Matthew Thomson and Ben Draper provided clutch play in doubles for the Deacs – grabbing their fifth win of the spring in a clinching fashion. No. 38 Siddhant Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter also finished on the winning side, as the duo notched a tenth season victory.
Individually, Schnaitter moved up to a 22-2 record in singles.
Quotable
"I give much credit to Georgia Tech - they played a very good match," said head coach Tony Bresky. "It was not our best showing altogether, but I felt we did things well in stretches. Matt and Ben made a key comeback to clinch doubles for us. In singles, Jakob played a balanced match from start to finish. We'll now have to regroup and focus, moving forward."
How it Happened
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Siddhant Banthia and Jakob Schnaitter took the first two games in doubles before piling a 4-1 lead.
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Matthew Thomson/Ben Draper found themselves in a tightly-played match, at 4-4.
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Trading games down the stretch, Eduardo Nava and Robert Maciag hung on to even their match at 5-5.
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Banthia and Schnaitter were the first to land a win, 6-2 in second doubles.
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Thomson and Draper soon went into a 5-5 tie of their own.
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The two remaining matches in first and third doubles broke off into a tiebreaker.
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Thomson and Draper put together an exceptional finish, giving their Deacs the dubs point.
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Melios Efstathiou handled a 4-1 start quickly into singles.
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Schnaitter was also a Deac to lead early on (4-2).
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Efstathiou and Schnaitter both secured first-set wins.
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Georgia Tech took its first lead of the day on victories in first and fourth singles.
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Schnaitter surged through two sets for his 17th-straight solo win.
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Each of the remaining three matches headed into a third set of competition.
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The Yellow Jackets seized momentum in second singles, winning all but one game in the final third frame and going ahead again on the scoreboard, 3-2.
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Banthia erupted in his third set, taking four games in a row.
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Sparked by a strong start, Georgia Tech went on to finish victorious in third singles, putting an end to the contest.
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Wake Forest fell, 4-2.
Singles Results
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No. 54 Andres Martin (GT) def. No. 89 Jurabek Karimov (WF) 6-2, 6-3
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Marcus McDaniel (GT) def. No. 62 Eduardo Nava (WF) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
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Keshav Chopra (GT) def. Melios Efstathiou (WF) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
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Chen Dong (GT) def. Rrezart Cungu (WF) 6-1, 6-3
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Siddhant Banthia (WF) vs. Pablo Schlecher (GT) 6-3, 3-6, 5-2, unfinished.
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Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. Brandon McKinney (GT) 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 6, 2, 3
Doubles Results
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Eduardo Nava/Robert Maciag (WF) vs. No. 13 Andres Martin/Marcus McDaniel (GT) 6-6 (4-4), unfinished.
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No. 38 Siddhant Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. Brandon McKinney/Pablo Schlecher (GT) 6-2
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Matthew Thomson/Ben Draper (WF) def. Keshav Chopra/Chen Dong (GT) 7-6 (5)
Order of Finish: 2, 3
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,4,6,2,3
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