Saturday, May 3
Winston-Salem, N.C.
5 p.m.
Wake Forest University
4
vs
1
Kentucky
Wake Forest Advances to NCAA Super Regionals with 4-1 Victory Over Kentucky
5/3/2025 8:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Demon Deacons will host either Texas A&M or Baylor next Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C – For the second-consecutive season, the top-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team has advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals following its 4-1 victory over Kentucky Saturday evening at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
With the win, the Demon Deacons (36-1) have now reached the Sweet 16 eight times since 2015, including three of the past four seasons. Wake Forest also extended the program record for wins in a season after surpassing the 2019 team (34) with Friday night's victory over Gardner-Webb.
The Deacs will now await the winner of No. 16 seed Texas A&M and Baylor. They will welcome the Aggies or Bears to Winston-Salem for the Super Regional next Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m., with the winner advancing to the NCAA Championships in Waco.
Additionally, the win over the No. 32-ranked Wildcats marked the 20th ranked victory of the season for Wake Forest.
Playing together for the fifth time, graduate student Stefan Dostanic and freshman Charlie Robertson downed Ghibaudo/Weekes, 6-3, on court two. The two newcomers are perfect (5-0) as a pair and a combined 30-3 in doubles this season overall.
After dropping the doubles point for just the third time this season, Wake Forest bounced back in singles with wins on courts two, three, four and six.
Sophomore Luca Pow picked up a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win over Matt Rankin on court six. He leads the team with 28 singles wins this season and holds an incredible 54-5 mark over his two-year career with the Demon Deacons.
With his 7-6 (9-7), 6-1 win over No. 59 Jack Loutit in second singles, junior DK Suresh Ekambaram notched his 17th win of the season and put the Deacs in front. It marked Suresh's ninth ranked win of the spring, which leads the team.
After falling for the first time in over two months yesterday, freshman Charlie Robertson bounced back with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over Charlelie Cosnet on court four. This brought his record to 11-7 on the year and 8-1 since the start of ACC play.
Xilas clinched the match for Wake Forest as he took down No. 78 Jaden Weekes (6-2, 2-6, 6-4) on court three. The Greek ranks second on the team with 18 singles wins this season behind only Pow (28). It marked his sixth win of the year over a ranked opponent.
The Demon Deacons are now 125-37 in singles this campaign and 71-19 in doubles. Additionally, Wake Forest improved to 6-3 all-time against Kentucky dating back to 2006.
Winston-Salem Regional Results
1. No. 13 Stefan Dostanic (WFU) vs. No. 53 Antoine Ghibaudo (UK) 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 4-2, unfinished
2. No. 9 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WFU) def. No. 59 Jack Loutit (UK) 7-6 (9-7), 6-1
3. No. 123 Ioannis Xilas (WFU) def. No. 78 Jaden Weekes (UK) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
4. Charlie Robertson (WFU) def. Charlelie Cosnet (UK) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
5. Luciano Tacchi (WFU) vs. Eli Stephenson (UK) 7-6 (7-4), 6-6 (1-1), unfinished
6. Luca Pow (WFU) def. Matt Rankin (UK) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 2, 4, 3
Doubles Results
1. No. 12 Loutit/Stephenson (UK) def. No. 22 Suresh/Pow (WFU) 6-4
2. No. 26 Dostanic/Robertson (WFU) def. Ghibaudo/Weekes (UK) 6-3
3. Breysach/Cosnet (UK) def. Xilas/Tacchi (WFU) 7-6 (7-5)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
From Coach Bresky
"Kentucky's an excellent team, they were top-10 in the country to start the year for a reason so we knew it was kind of a tough draw. It felt a little unlucky having to move indoors, but I think that's just part of the NCAA tournament. You just have to deal with what's in front of you. We lost a very tough doubles point and whenever you do that, it makes it interesting. I felt like we learned a lot from our loss at the ACC tournament. The boys are tough and they left it all out there on every court. I was really impressed with their fight and I'm excited to move on. We will have another great team coming our way next weekend and we'll be up for the battle. I also want to thank the fans. We couldn't do it without them. They're unbelievable and they help us through things."
Next Up
Wake Forest will welcome either Texas A&M or Baylor for the Winston-Salem Super Regional next Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m., with the winner advancing to the NCAA Championships in Waco.
Follow the Deacs:
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With the win, the Demon Deacons (36-1) have now reached the Sweet 16 eight times since 2015, including three of the past four seasons. Wake Forest also extended the program record for wins in a season after surpassing the 2019 team (34) with Friday night's victory over Gardner-Webb.
The Deacs will now await the winner of No. 16 seed Texas A&M and Baylor. They will welcome the Aggies or Bears to Winston-Salem for the Super Regional next Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m., with the winner advancing to the NCAA Championships in Waco.
Additionally, the win over the No. 32-ranked Wildcats marked the 20th ranked victory of the season for Wake Forest.
Playing together for the fifth time, graduate student Stefan Dostanic and freshman Charlie Robertson downed Ghibaudo/Weekes, 6-3, on court two. The two newcomers are perfect (5-0) as a pair and a combined 30-3 in doubles this season overall.
After dropping the doubles point for just the third time this season, Wake Forest bounced back in singles with wins on courts two, three, four and six.
Sophomore Luca Pow picked up a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win over Matt Rankin on court six. He leads the team with 28 singles wins this season and holds an incredible 54-5 mark over his two-year career with the Demon Deacons.
With his 7-6 (9-7), 6-1 win over No. 59 Jack Loutit in second singles, junior DK Suresh Ekambaram notched his 17th win of the season and put the Deacs in front. It marked Suresh's ninth ranked win of the spring, which leads the team.
After falling for the first time in over two months yesterday, freshman Charlie Robertson bounced back with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over Charlelie Cosnet on court four. This brought his record to 11-7 on the year and 8-1 since the start of ACC play.
Xilas clinched the match for Wake Forest as he took down No. 78 Jaden Weekes (6-2, 2-6, 6-4) on court three. The Greek ranks second on the team with 18 singles wins this season behind only Pow (28). It marked his sixth win of the year over a ranked opponent.
The Demon Deacons are now 125-37 in singles this campaign and 71-19 in doubles. Additionally, Wake Forest improved to 6-3 all-time against Kentucky dating back to 2006.
Winston-Salem Regional Results
- Friday (May 2)
- Match 1 - Kentucky def. Old Dominion, 4-0
- Match 2 - No. 1 Wake Forest def. Gardner-Webb, 4-1
- Saturday (May 3)
- Match 3 - No. 1 Wake Forest def. Kentucky, 4-1
- Wake Forest went up a break early on the second (Robertson/Dostanic) and third (Xilas/Tacchi) doubles courts.
- The Wildcats led on court one.
- Dostanic and Robertson extended their lead on court two while Kentucky evened court three at 2-2.
- The doubles point would come down to Tacchi and Xilas as the Deacs took court two (6-3) and the Wildcats claimed court one (6-4).
- Kentucky took the doubles point with a tight tiebreak win on three.
- Early on in singles, four of the courts were on serve while Xilas was up a break on three (3-1) and Kentucky held a break on four (1-3).
- The Wildcats were the first to take a set as they did so on court one.
- The Demon Deacons responded with first sets from Xilas (6-2) and Pow (6-3) on courts three and six, respectively.
- Three first sets went to a tiebreak as Suresh (9-7) Robertson (7-3) and Tacchi (7-4) all came out on top to five Wake Forest five of the six first sets.
- On court six, Pow wrapped up his quick 6-3, 6-1 victory over Matt Rankin and leveled the match for the Deacs.
- Suresh put the Deacs in front following a quick second set as he defeated No. 59 Loutit 7-6(9-7), 6-1 on court two.
- On court four, Robertson bounced back with an impressive 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 victory over Cosnet and brought the Deacs to within one court away from moving on.
- Wake Forest booked their ticket to the Super Regional with Xilas's clinching victory (6-2, 2-6, 6-4) on court three.
- Courts one and five went unfinished.
1. No. 13 Stefan Dostanic (WFU) vs. No. 53 Antoine Ghibaudo (UK) 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 4-2, unfinished
2. No. 9 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WFU) def. No. 59 Jack Loutit (UK) 7-6 (9-7), 6-1
3. No. 123 Ioannis Xilas (WFU) def. No. 78 Jaden Weekes (UK) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
4. Charlie Robertson (WFU) def. Charlelie Cosnet (UK) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
5. Luciano Tacchi (WFU) vs. Eli Stephenson (UK) 7-6 (7-4), 6-6 (1-1), unfinished
6. Luca Pow (WFU) def. Matt Rankin (UK) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 6, 2, 4, 3
Doubles Results
1. No. 12 Loutit/Stephenson (UK) def. No. 22 Suresh/Pow (WFU) 6-4
2. No. 26 Dostanic/Robertson (WFU) def. Ghibaudo/Weekes (UK) 6-3
3. Breysach/Cosnet (UK) def. Xilas/Tacchi (WFU) 7-6 (7-5)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
From Coach Bresky
"Kentucky's an excellent team, they were top-10 in the country to start the year for a reason so we knew it was kind of a tough draw. It felt a little unlucky having to move indoors, but I think that's just part of the NCAA tournament. You just have to deal with what's in front of you. We lost a very tough doubles point and whenever you do that, it makes it interesting. I felt like we learned a lot from our loss at the ACC tournament. The boys are tough and they left it all out there on every court. I was really impressed with their fight and I'm excited to move on. We will have another great team coming our way next weekend and we'll be up for the battle. I also want to thank the fans. We couldn't do it without them. They're unbelievable and they help us through things."
Next Up
Wake Forest will welcome either Texas A&M or Baylor for the Winston-Salem Super Regional next Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m., with the winner advancing to the NCAA Championships in Waco.
Follow the Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
1234
Antoine Ghibaudo / 0 (50/-) [UK]
6620
274UF
#2 Singles Match
12
Jack Loutit / 0 (61/-) [UK]
61
76
#3 Singles Match
123
Jaden Weekes / 0 (90/-) [UK]
264
636
#4 Singles Match
12
Charlelie Cosnet / 0 [UK]
63
76
#5 Singles Match
123
Eli Stephenson / 0 [UK]
660
76UF
#6 Singles Match
12
Matt Rankin / 0 [UK]
31
66
Order of Finish:
6,2,4,3
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