Winston-Salem, N.C. – The Virginia Tech men's tennis team fell to No. 13 Wake Forest on Friday afternoon, 5-2, inside the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The doubles point was tightly contested between the Hokies (5-3, 1-1) and the Demon Deacons (10-2, 3-0). Freshmen Jordan Chrysostom and Ryan Fishback defeated Taha Baadi and Adam Ambrozy on Court 2, 7-5. The point was settled when senior Ryan Kros and graduate student Alex Ribeiro fell 7-6 on Court 1 to the No. 18 duo of Henri Squire and Eduardo Nava.
Freshman Hugo Maia continued his ferocious start to his collegiate career with a 6-4, 7-5 win on Court 4 against Filippo Moroni. Ribeiro wrapped up the day for Tech with a decisive 6-3, 6-4 win on Court 1 against Henri Squire.
The Hokies will face No. 16 NC State (4-4, 2-1) on Sunday at noon in Raleigh, N.C.
SINGLES
1. Alex Ribeiro (VT) def. Henri Squire (WF) 6-3, 6-4
2. Eduardo Nava (WF) def. Matthis Ross (VT) 7-5, 4-6, 10-2
3. #107 Taha Baadi (WF) def. Carlo Donato (VT) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
4. Hugo Maia (VT) def. Filippo Moroni (WF) 6-4, 7-5
5. Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Ryan Fishback (VT) 6-2, 6-2
6. #92 Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. A. S-Royuela Ariza (VT) 6-4, 6-4
DOUBLES
1. #18 Henri Squire/Eduardo Nava (WF) def. Ryan Kros/Alex Ribeiro (VT) 7-6 (7-0)
2. Jordan Chrysostom/Ryan Fishback (VT) def. Taha Baadi/Adam Ambrozy (WF) 7-5
3. Siddhant Banthia/Matthew Thomson (WF) def. Hugo Maia/Matthis Ross (VT) 6-2
