Courtesy UVA Media Relations
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team fell by a count of 4-2 to No. 4 Wake Forest on Sunday at the Wake Forest Tennis Center in Winston-Salem.
After the Demon Deacons (22-2, 8-0 ACC) clinched the doubles point following dominant wins on courts two and three, the Cavaliers put up a fight in singles. Virginia (15-3, 7-1) took six sets to 7-5 scores or tiebreakers, four of those on courts that fell to Wake Forest.
No. 2 Dylan Dietrich and No. 42 Andres Santamarta Roig earned the points for the Cavaliers. Dietrich won 6-3, 6-4 against No. 21 DK Suresh Ekambaram on the top court while Santamarta Roig topped Charlie Robertson 7-6 (5), 6-1 on court four.
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WAKE FOREST 4, VIRGINIA 2
Singles
1. #2 Dylan Dietrich (VA) def. #21 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WF) 6-3, 6-4
2. #47 Mees Rottgering (WF) vs. #12 Keegan Rice (VA) 7-5, 3-5 UF
3. #20 Luca Pow (WF) def. #110 Jangjun Kim (VA) 7-5, 6-3
4. #42 Andres Santamarta Roig (VA) def. Charlie Robertson (WF) 7-6 (5), 6-1
5. #65 Joaquin Guilleme (WF) def. Måns Dahlberg (VA) 6-1, 7-6 (2)
6. Dominick Mosejczuk (WF) def. Stiles Brockett (VA) 7-5, 7-5
Doubles
1. #5 Andrew Delgado/DK Suresh Ekambaram (WF) vs. #11 Dylan Dietrich/Stiles Brockett (VA) 4-2 UF
2. Luca Pow/Charlie Robertson (WF) def. #31 Jangjun Kim/Måns Dahlberg (VA) 6-1
3. Mees Rottgering / Kacper Szymkowiak (WF) def. Andres Santamarta Roig/Keegan Rice (VA) 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (1,3,5,4,6)
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