No. 7 Virginia defeats No. 14 Wake Forest, 5-2

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 7 Virginia men’s tennis team (5-0) defeated No. 14 Wake Forest (3-2) by a 5-2 score on Saturday (Feb. 6) at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va.

Wake Forest won the doubles point, but the Cavaliers won five of the six singles courts.

In doubles, Wake Forest won 6-2 on the top court, but both courts two and three went to tiebreakers. The Deacons won both tiebreakers 7-4 to take the point.

In singles, freshman Chris Rodesch (Angelsberg, Luxembourg) tied the match with a quick 6-2, 6-3 win over Robert Maciag on court five. Freshman Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (Zurich, Switzerland) followed with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Siddhant Banthia to give UVA a 2-1 lead. Senior Carl Söderlund (Stockholm, Sweden) won his first set 6-3, but was blanked 6-0 in the second set to force a third set. Söderlund won the decider 6-2 to put UVA up 3-1. Both courts two and three’s second sets went to tiebreakers at the same time. Junior Ryan Goetz (Greenlawn, N.Y.) won his 7-4 to clinch the victory right before freshman Iñaki Montes (Pamplona, Spain) outlasted Tada Baadi 10-8 to give UVA a 5-1 lead. The Demon Deacons Rrezart Cungu got a late break to take his match on court six to make it a 5-2 final.

#7 Virginia 5, #14 Wake Forest 2

Singles competition

1. #29 Carl Soderlund (VA) def. Henri Squire (WF) 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
2. Inaki Montes (VA) def. #107 Taha Baadi (WF) 6-1, 7-6 (10-8)
3. Ryan Goetz (VA) def. Eduardo Nava (WF) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
4. #106 J vd Schulenburg (VA) def. Siddhant Banthia (WF) 6-4, 6-2
5. Chris Rodesch (VA) def. Robert Maciag (WF) 6-2, 6-3
6. #92 Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Gianni Ross (VA) 6-4, 7-5

Doubles competition

1. #18 Eduardo Nava/Henri Squire (WF) def. Carl Soderlund/William Woodall (VA) 6-2
2. Adam Ambrozy/Taha Baadi (WF) def. Ryan Goetz/Chris Rodesch (VA) 7-6 (7-4)
3. Siddhant Banthia/Matthew Thomson (WF) def. Inaki Montes/J vd Schulenburg (VA) 7-6 (7-4)

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,4,1,3,2,6)
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