Wake Forest Athletics
Saturday, January 24
Winston-Salem, N.C.
3 p.m.
Wake Forest University
4
vs
0
Vanderbilt
No. 1 Wake Forest Punches Ticket to ITA National Team Indoor Championships with Win Over Vanderbilt
1/24/2026 5:50:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Demon Deacons will be making their fifth-consecutive appearance at the event.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Continuing one of the most dominant stretches in collegiate tennis history, the No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team booked its ticket back to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a 4-0 victory over Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon inside the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons (6-0, 0-0 ACC) will be making their fifth-consecutive appearance at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, which is once again being hosted by Baylor (Waco) and SMU (Dallas) and will run from Feb. 13-17.
Wake Forest will look to become just the sixth team in history to win the indoor team title on three occasions following triumphs in 2018 and 2025. The Deacs could also become the eighth team to claim the crown in back-to-back seasons and the second team to do so as a member of the ACC.
The Deacs dominated the doubles point from the jump as they quickly took courts one and three for the fifth opening point in six matches this season.
On court three, junior Luca Pow and freshman Mees Rottgering defeated Cox/Coquelin, 6-1. The two lead the team with three wins as a duo this season as Pow picked up his 75th-career doubles win as a Demon Deacon.
Not long after, senior DK Suresh Ekambaram and sophomore Charlie Robertson gave Wake Forest the lead with a 6-1 victory over Martinez Gomez/Roh and improved to 12-2 overall as a pair in match play. With the result, Suresh is now tied with Todd Paul (2003-07) for the 10th most doubles wins in program history at 84.
With the doubles point secured, Wake Forest carried its momentum into singles play, quickly putting pressure on the Commodores across the lineup and claimed courts three, four and six.
Coming into Saturday having clinched the last two matches against Texas and Virginia Tech, freshman Mees Rottgering wrapped up a stellar week with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Jack Satterfield on court four. He finished this week with four wins without losing a single set.
Continuing one of the most dominant collegiate careers in the country, junior Luca Pow improved to 4-0 this campaign with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Danil Panarin on court three. He is now 82-16 as a Demon Deacon over the last three years with nine-consecutive wins and has taken 30 of his last 31.
After a quick and dominant 6-0, 6-1 win yesterday, sophomore Joaquin Guilleme returned to the court and clinched the match as he took down No. 94 Hugo Coquelin in sixth singles, 7-6(2), 6-1. He is now a team-best 5-0 this spring and an incredible 14-0 overall in collegiate dual matches. This also marked the first ranked victory of his career.
Overall this season, the Demon Deacons are a combined 22-2 in singles and 11-2 in doubles.
This marked just the second meeting between the Demon Deacons and Commodores since the turn of the century and first since Wake Forest earned a 4-3 home victory in 2018. Additionally, this was the third SEC opponent the Deacs defeated this week alone with wins over Tennessee and Texas on Sunday and Wednesday, respectively.
The Demon Deacons extended their home match winning streak to 32 following a flawless 2025 campaign at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. Since 2013, Wake Forest has the most home wins (228) in the county and the second-most overall wins (362).
Wake Forest has also begun the season 6-0 for the second-consecutive season and for the fourth time in five years.
How It Happened
Singles Results
1. #12 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WFU) vs. #62 Pablo Martinez Gomez (VAN) 7-6(5), 5-3, unfinished
2. Aryan Shah (WFU) vs. Hoyoung Roh (VAN) 6(6)-7, 3-2, unfinished
3. #15 Luca Pow (WFU) def. Danil Panarin (VAN) 7-5, 6-3
4. Mees Rottgering (WFU) def. Jack Satterfield (VAN) 6-2, 6-2
5. Charlie Robertson (WFU) vs. Nathan Cox (VAN) 6-2, 2-6, 0-4, unfinished
6. Joaquin Guilleme (WFU) def. #94 Hugo Coquelin (VAN) 7-6(2), 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 3, 6
Doubles Results
1. Robertson/Suresh (WFU) def. Martinez Gomez/Roh (VAN) 6-1
2. Szymkowiak/Shah (WFU) vs. #42 Satterfield/Panarin (VAN) 5-2, unfinished
3. Pow/Rottgering (WFU) def. Cox/Coquelin (VAN) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1
From Coach Bresky
"We're excited to advance to national indoors. Vanderbilt has a really good team and I thought we played a good match. For a once in a lifetime snowstorm coming in, I was shocked at how many people were out. It just goes to show you how passionate our fanbase is, so lots of credit to them. We really appreciate their support, which was awesome. Again, we're just excited to move on and take a day off tomorrow." - Head coach Tony Bresky
Next Up
Wake Forest will now have an eight day break before returning to action on the road for a tough test against No. 6 Ohio State in Columbus on Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.
Follow the Deacs:
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The Demon Deacons (6-0, 0-0 ACC) will be making their fifth-consecutive appearance at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, which is once again being hosted by Baylor (Waco) and SMU (Dallas) and will run from Feb. 13-17.
Wake Forest will look to become just the sixth team in history to win the indoor team title on three occasions following triumphs in 2018 and 2025. The Deacs could also become the eighth team to claim the crown in back-to-back seasons and the second team to do so as a member of the ACC.
The Deacs dominated the doubles point from the jump as they quickly took courts one and three for the fifth opening point in six matches this season.
On court three, junior Luca Pow and freshman Mees Rottgering defeated Cox/Coquelin, 6-1. The two lead the team with three wins as a duo this season as Pow picked up his 75th-career doubles win as a Demon Deacon.
Not long after, senior DK Suresh Ekambaram and sophomore Charlie Robertson gave Wake Forest the lead with a 6-1 victory over Martinez Gomez/Roh and improved to 12-2 overall as a pair in match play. With the result, Suresh is now tied with Todd Paul (2003-07) for the 10th most doubles wins in program history at 84.
With the doubles point secured, Wake Forest carried its momentum into singles play, quickly putting pressure on the Commodores across the lineup and claimed courts three, four and six.
Coming into Saturday having clinched the last two matches against Texas and Virginia Tech, freshman Mees Rottgering wrapped up a stellar week with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Jack Satterfield on court four. He finished this week with four wins without losing a single set.
Continuing one of the most dominant collegiate careers in the country, junior Luca Pow improved to 4-0 this campaign with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Danil Panarin on court three. He is now 82-16 as a Demon Deacon over the last three years with nine-consecutive wins and has taken 30 of his last 31.
After a quick and dominant 6-0, 6-1 win yesterday, sophomore Joaquin Guilleme returned to the court and clinched the match as he took down No. 94 Hugo Coquelin in sixth singles, 7-6(2), 6-1. He is now a team-best 5-0 this spring and an incredible 14-0 overall in collegiate dual matches. This also marked the first ranked victory of his career.
Overall this season, the Demon Deacons are a combined 22-2 in singles and 11-2 in doubles.
This marked just the second meeting between the Demon Deacons and Commodores since the turn of the century and first since Wake Forest earned a 4-3 home victory in 2018. Additionally, this was the third SEC opponent the Deacs defeated this week alone with wins over Tennessee and Texas on Sunday and Wednesday, respectively.
The Demon Deacons extended their home match winning streak to 32 following a flawless 2025 campaign at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. Since 2013, Wake Forest has the most home wins (228) in the county and the second-most overall wins (362).
Wake Forest has also begun the season 6-0 for the second-consecutive season and for the fourth time in five years.
How It Happened
- The Demon Deacons took immediate control of the doubles point with 3-0 leads on courts one and three.
- The Wake Forest pair on court two went up a break as well (3-1).
- Less than 30 minutes in, Robertson/Suresh (court one) and Pow/Rottgering (court two) earned 6-1 victories and clinched the doubles point for Wake Forest in dominant fashion.
- Szymkowiak/Shah led 5-2 on court two when the match was abandoned.
- While four of the six singles courts remained on-serve early on, Robertson (five) and Rottgering (four) both took their respective first sets, 6-2.
- Pow was the third Demon Deacon to take a set as he did so, 7-5, on court three.
- Suresh, Shah and Guilleme all went into first-set tiebreaks on courts one, two and six.
- Suresh and Guilleme prevailed in their tiebreakers as the Deacs claimed five of six first sets.
- Rottgering was the first to finish in singles, closing out a straight-sets victory on court four to put Wake Forest two courts away from another trip to Texas.
- Moments later, Pow sealed his match with a 6-3 second set on court three.
- Guilleme clinched the win shortly after with a straight-sets win on court six as remaining matches were halted once the team result was decided.
Singles Results
1. #12 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WFU) vs. #62 Pablo Martinez Gomez (VAN) 7-6(5), 5-3, unfinished
2. Aryan Shah (WFU) vs. Hoyoung Roh (VAN) 6(6)-7, 3-2, unfinished
3. #15 Luca Pow (WFU) def. Danil Panarin (VAN) 7-5, 6-3
4. Mees Rottgering (WFU) def. Jack Satterfield (VAN) 6-2, 6-2
5. Charlie Robertson (WFU) vs. Nathan Cox (VAN) 6-2, 2-6, 0-4, unfinished
6. Joaquin Guilleme (WFU) def. #94 Hugo Coquelin (VAN) 7-6(2), 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 3, 6
Doubles Results
1. Robertson/Suresh (WFU) def. Martinez Gomez/Roh (VAN) 6-1
2. Szymkowiak/Shah (WFU) vs. #42 Satterfield/Panarin (VAN) 5-2, unfinished
3. Pow/Rottgering (WFU) def. Cox/Coquelin (VAN) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1
From Coach Bresky
"We're excited to advance to national indoors. Vanderbilt has a really good team and I thought we played a good match. For a once in a lifetime snowstorm coming in, I was shocked at how many people were out. It just goes to show you how passionate our fanbase is, so lots of credit to them. We really appreciate their support, which was awesome. Again, we're just excited to move on and take a day off tomorrow." - Head coach Tony Bresky
Next Up
Wake Forest will now have an eight day break before returning to action on the road for a tough test against No. 6 Ohio State in Columbus on Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.
Follow the Deacs:
GoDeacs.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
Pablo Martinez Gomez / 0 (62/-) [VANDY-M]
630
75UF
#2 Singles Match
123
Hoyoung Roh / 0 [VANDY-M]
720
63UF
#3 Singles Match
12
Danil Panarin / 0 [VANDY-M]
53
76
#4 Singles Match
12
Jack Satterfield / 0 [VANDY-M]
22
66
#5 Singles Match
1234
Nathan Cox / 0 [VANDY-M]
2640
620UF
#6 Singles Match
12
Hugo Coquelin / 0 (94/-) [VANDY-M]
61
76
Order of Finish:
4,3,6
Players Mentioned
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