No. 7 Deacs Snaps No. 27 Louisville's Home Win Streak

LOUISVILLE, KY. – No. 7 Wake Forest men's tennis team won early and often in its 4-0 win over No. 27 Louisville at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Sunday evening, snapping their 11-match home win streak.

Wake Forest (24-5, 7-1 ACC) won the doubles point for the 20th time this season and improved to 19-1 when taking a 1-0 advantage with a doubles victory. The Deacs also rolled to three singles wins over Louisville (15-7, 7-3 ACC), with all three of those victories coming in straight sets.

Quotable
"I'm proud of the team today. They came out to a red-hot Louisville squad that has not lost at home all season long and swept them. I thought doubles really started the day on a strong note as we competed well. To come out in singles and win five first sets and finish what we started was huge. Now, we play the next eight matches at home and we are excited to get to play in front of our fans." - Coach Bresky

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How It Happened
In doubles action to begin the day, Wake Forest used victories on courts two and three to take the doubles point and grab a 1-0 advantage in the match. The 16th-ranked pairing of Siddhant Banthia and Jakob Schnaitter cruised out to a 6-1 win on court two over Louisville's Natan Rodrigues / Sergio Hernandez.

The clinch came on court three, as Wake Forest's doubles tandem of Ben Draper and Matthew Thomson earned a 6-3 triumph over the Cardinal's Matthew Fung and Alex Wesbrooks, 6-3.

In singles play, Wake Forest's first win came on court two as Rrezart Cungu vanquished Josh Howard-Tripp of Louisville in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1.

The Deacs' lead was extended to 3-0 as No. 34 Eduardo Nava rolled past the nation's 117th-ranked singles player, Etienne Donnet, 6-3, 6-4. The win gives Nava the fourth ranked win of the dual season.

The match clinch came from senior Melios Efstathiou on court three, as he defeated Tin Chen in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. It marks Efstathiou's 14th win of the dual season.

Singles Results
1. #34 Eduardo Nava (WF) def. #117 Etienne Donnet (LOU-MT) 6-3, 6-4
2. Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Josh Howard-Tripp (LOU-MT) 6-4, 6-1
3. Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Tin Chen (LOU-MT) 6-2, 6-2
4. Sergio Hernandez (LOU-MT) vs. Siddhant Banthia (WF) 3-6, 4-3, unfinished
5. Natan Rodrigues (LOU-MT) vs. Jakob Schnaitter (WF) 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
6. David Mizrahi (LOU-MT) vs. Taha Baadi (WF) 1-6, 6-6, unfinished

Doubles Results
1. Etienne Donnet/Tin Chen (LOU-MT) vs. Eduardo Nava/Robert Maciag (WF) 4-3, unfinished
2. #14 Siddhant Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. Natan Rodrigues/Sergio Hernandez (LOU-MT) 6-1
3. Ben Draper/Matthew Thomson (WF) def. Matthew Fung/Alex Wesbrooks (LOU-MT) 6-3

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

Up Next
The Deacs return home for the final weeks of the regular season, as they welcome Clemson, North Carolina A&T, Georgia Tech and Campbell next weekend.

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Players Mentioned

Taha Baadi

Siddhant Banthia

Rrezart Cungu

Ben Draper

Melios Efstathiou

Robert Maciag

Eduardo Nava

Jakob Schnaitter

Matthew Thomson