Demon Deacons Set for ITA Carolina Regionals

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Coming off of a very successful outing at the ITA All-American Championships last month, seven members of the Wake Forest men's tennis team are set to travel to Cary, N.C, for the 2025 ITA Carolina Regional at the Cary Tennis Center, hosted by Duke.

The event will run through Thursday, Oct. 16 to Monday, Oct. 20 with action beginning at 9 a.m. each day.

Of note, Luca Pow and Luciano Tacchi won the doubles draw of this competition a year ago, with DK Suresh reaching the semifinals of the singles draw.

Tournament Information
Each of the 2025 ITA Men's and Women's Division I Regional Championships will have a draw size of the following, (Singles: Minimum of 64 Main Draw, Minimum of 64 Qualifying) (Doubles: Minimum of 32 Main Draw, Minimum of 32 Qualifying). From this, the two singles finalists from each region (26) will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship.

Meanwhile, the doubles champion from each region (13) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship. Selection criteria and acceptable draw size variations for each of the 2025 Men's and Women's Regional Championships will be released later this season.

Participating Deacs

Main Draw Singles
- (7) Luca Pow
  - First match: vs. Ivan Dreycopp (Charlotte) on Friday, 10 a.m.
- (8) Kacper Szymkowiak
  - First match: vs. Kai Villagomez (Davidson) on Friday, 9 a.m.
- (9) Andrew Delgado
  - First match: vs. Nicholas Snyder (Furman) on Friday, 9 a.m.
- Joaquin Guilleme
  - First match: vs. Chris Norlin (Coastal Carolina) on Friday, 11 a.m.
Qualifying Singles
- Cornelius Shalmi
  - First match: vs. Sai Gandepalli (UNC Asheville) on Thursday, 10:30 a.m.
- Dominick Mosejczuk
  - First match: vs. Adi Dagan (Campbell) on Thursday, 11 a.m.
Main Draw Doubles
- (1) Pow/Szymkowiak
  - First match: vs. Hayduke/Dean (UNC Wilmington) on Friday
- Shalmi/Mosejczuk
  - First match: vs. (9) Prata/Dreycopp (Charlotte) on Friday
- Guilleme/Zauber
  - First match: vs. Bharathy/Pankowski (NC Central) on Friday

Wake Forest Results at the 2024 ITA Carolina Regionals

Singles
- DK Suresh Ekambaram
  - R64: Win vs. Robbie Young (Wofford) 6-4, 6-1
  - R32: Win vs. Viktor Markov (Clemson) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
  - R16: Win vs. Saahith Jayaraman (Duke) 6-1, 7-6
  - QF: Win vs. Noa Vukadin (Clemson) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
  - SF: Loss vs. #16 Pedro Rodenas (Duke) 6-2, 4-6, 6-7
- Luciano Tacchi
  - R64: Win vs. Eduardo Dias (Gardner-Webb) 6-4, 6-1
  - R32: Loss vs. Kuang Qing Zu (North Carolina) 6-4, 4-6, 4-6
- Luca Pow
  - R64: Win vs. Stewart Aronson (Clemson) 6-0, 6-1
  - R32: Loss vs. Lucas Andrade da Silva (South Carolina) 3-6, 7-6, 6-2
- Ioannis Xilas
  - R64: Win vs. Jake Krug (Duke) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
  - R32: Loss vs. Sean Daryabeigi (South Carolina) 3-6, 4-6
- Alexander Shalmi
  - Q: Win vs. Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) 7-6, 6-4
  - Q: Win vs. Kareem Hakim (NC Central) 6-2, 6-4
  - R64: Win vs. No. 57 Luca Staeheli (NC State) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
  - R32: Loss vs. Novak Novakovic (SC State) 7-5, 4-6, 2-6
- Joaquin Guilleme
  - Q: Win vs. Adi Dagan (Campbell) 6-3, 6-2
  - Q: Win vs. Gabe Avram (South Carolina) 6-2, 6-3
  - R64: Loss vs. Alex Degabriele (UNC Wilmington) 3-6, 5-7
  - Cons: Win vs. #122 Logan Zapp (North Carolina) 6-3, 6-2
- Harry Thursfield
  - R64: Loss vs. Marko Mesarovic (Clemson) 2-6, 4-6
  - Cons: Win vs. Iannis Fernandes (Coastal Carolina) 6-1, 6-3
- Martin Mazev
  - Q: Loss vs. Arsene Pougault (UNC Charlotte) 4-6, 1-6
  - Q Cons: Win vs. Jan Montero Diaz (Queens) 6-0, 6-2
  - Extra: Loss vs. Atakan Karahan (South Carolina) 7-6, 1-6 [10-2]
- Jamieson Nathan
  - Q: Win vs. Sai Gandepalli (UNC Asheville) 6-1, 6-2
  - Q: Loss vs. Stewart Aronson (Clemson) 3-6, 4-7
Doubles
- Luciano Tacchi/Luca Pow
  - R64: Advance vs. Pedersen/Coupu-Moison (NC A&T) Walkover
  - R32: Win vs. Tripathi/Dixon (Coastal Carolina) 8-2
  - R16: Win vs. M. Pitts/N. Pitts (Clemson) 8-2
  - QF: Win vs. #59 Melnic/Jarry (North Carolina) 8-5
  - SF: Win vs. Winegar/Landau (Duke) 5-7, 6-3 [10-8]
  - F: Win vs. #5 Vukadin/Smith (Clemson) 3-6, 6-1 [11-9]
- Ioannis Xilas/DK Suresh Ekambaram
  - R64: Win vs. Hoole/Karahan (South Carolina) 8-4
  - R32: Win vs. Pauliuchenka/Bankou (SC State) 8-5
  - R16: Win vs. Katuch/Borisiouk (NC State) 8-4
  - QF: Loss vs. #5 Vukadin/Smith (Clemson) 4-8
- Harry Thursfield/Jamieson Nathan
  - R64: Win vs. Smith/Sweeney (Charleston) 8-2
  - R32: Win vs. Pougault/Dreycopp (UNC Charlotte) 8-4
  - R16: Loss vs. #28 Rodenas/Planelles Ripoll (Duke) 3-8
- Martin Mazev/Alexander Shalmi
  - R64: Win vs. Procacci/Carpio (Davidson) 8-3
  - R32: Win vs. Abderrahman/Gales (Clemson) 8-5
  - R16: Loss vs. #59 Melnic/Jarry (North Carolina) 7(5)-8
- Joaquin Guilleme/Nikola Parichkov
  - R64: Win vs. Perumov/Rafiee (North Carolina) 8-2
  - R32: Loss vs. #82 Andrade da Silva/Sarr (South Carolina) 7(4)-8

ITA Preseason Rankings
In the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Preseason Rankings, Wake Forest had five singles players and two doubles pairs ranked.

Singles

3	DK Suresh Ekambaram
91	Kacper Szymkowiak
92	Luca Pow
100	Andrew Delgado
114	Charlie Robertson

Doubles

11	Pow/Szymkowiak
22	Suresh/Delgado

Up Next
The Demon Deacons will continue fall play Nov. 6-9 at the ITA East Sectional in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Andrew Delgado

Joaquin Guilleme

Martin Mazev

Dominick Mosejczuk

Jamieson Nathan

Nikola Parichkov

Luca Pow

Charlie Robertson

Cornelius Shalmi

DK Suresh Ekambaram

Kacper Szymkowiak

Luciano Tacchi

Harry Thursfield

Ioannis Xilas

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