Wake Forest University
#23 Florida State
No. 14 Wake Forest Falls to No. 23 Florida State in Top-25 Battle
3/10/2023 8:17:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Hosting their first home conference action of the season, the No. 14 Demon Deacons dropped a 4-2 decision to No. 23 Florida State.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The No. 14 ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team (15-6, 2-1 ACC) battled with No. 23 Florida State (9-4, 2-1 ACC) throughout Friday's home ACC opener before falling by a final of 4-2 at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
Wake Forest secured the doubles point in a 6-2 decision for Jurabek Karimov and Luciano Tacchi over Florida State's Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Barnaby Smith. The Deacs' initial advantage in doubles came from the No. 30 pairing of Filippo Moroni and Juan Lopez de Azcona who won their seventh match together this spring.
In singles, the two ranked sides battled throughout first sets up and down the courts at the Wake Forest Tennis Center before Florida State eventually secured the victory with four wins.
The Deacs action in singles was highlighted by a top-five victory for No. 21 ranked Melios Efstathiou, as he took down No. 4 ranked Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc 6-3, 6-3.
Wake Forest will remain at home for the conclusion of this weekend's action, hosting No. 60 Miami and Coastal Carolina on Sunday.
How It Happened
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Moroni/Lopez de Azcona took a 3-0 lead on Court 1 to open doubles play.
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First and second doubles remained deadlocked at 2-2 and 3-3, respectively.
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The duo in first doubles took the first win of the day for Wake Forest, 6-1, just a few minutes before Karimov/Tacchi clinched the doubles point for the Deacs with a 6-2 win in second doubles.
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All six courts were tightly-contested over the first 30 minutes of singles action, as every match was either tied or within a game.
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Thomson (Court 5), Moroni (Court 2) and Efstathiou (Court 1) each took the first set, 6-3, all within minutes of each other as the Deacons edged closer to victory.
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Efstathiou claimed the first Wake Forest point in singles play with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. 4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc.
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Entering the match, Cornut-Chauvinc was 9-1 in singles competition this season. The junior has also earned three ACC Player of the Week awards.
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Florida State, however, would take a 3-2 lead securing victories on Courts 4, 5 and 6.
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Moroni and Thomson battled to a third set on courts two and five, respectively, but ultimately fell as the Seminoles took a 3-2 lead with two courts up for grabs.
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The Seminoles would secure their victory just before 8 p.m., as Youcef Rihane won a battle of two top-110 competitors over Wake Forest's Jurabek Karimov.
Singles Results
1. No. 21 Melios Efstathiou (WFU) def. No. 4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
2. No. 122 Filippo Moroni (WFU) vs. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 6-3, 6-7, 4-2 unfinished
3. No. 107 Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. No. 117 Jurabek Karimov (WFU) 7-5, 7-5
4.Andreja Petrovic (FSU) def. Luciano Tacchi (WFU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. Matthew Thomson (WFU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Juan Lopez de Azcona (WFU) 7-6, 6-0
Doubles Results
1. No. 30 Filippo Moroni/Juan Lopez de Azcona (WFU) def. Maks Silagy/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 6-1
2. Jurabek Karimov/Luciano Tacchi (WFU) def. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Barnaby Smith (FSU) 6-2
3. Alex Bulte/Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Melios Efstathiou/Matthew Thomson (WFU) 6-3
From Coach Bresky
"Tough match, tough conditions. Congratulations to Florida State–they have a really good team and they just outplayed us in the big moments. We have to get better and we have to be tougher." - Head coach Tony Bresky
Up Next
The Demon Deacons will close out the weekend with a pair of home matches on Sunday, first hosting No. 60 Miami at 11 a.m. before facing Coastal Carolina at 3 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,6,4,5,3
Players Mentioned
