Hokies fall to top-ranked Wake Forest 7-0

Tech wins in No. 3 doubles

March 21, 2017

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Virginia Tech men’s tennis team fell to the nation’s top-ranked Wake Forest 7-0 on Tuesday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.

Tech (6-8, 1-3 ACC) gave up the match on court one in doubles where Jai Corbett and Henrik Korsgaard fell to the ITA’s No. 1 pair of Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim 6-4.

The Hokies did take the match on three as Jason Kros and Freddy Mesmer paired up for a 7-5 decision over Petros Chrysochos and Dennis Uspensky. The deciding match came down to two where Mitch Harper and Alexandre Ribeiro were tied at 5-5 with Alan Gadjiev and Borna Gojo before the Deacs’ pair notched the next two to win it 7-5, giving Wake a 1-0 lead.

Wake Forest (15-1, 3-0 ACC) won the first two singles matches in straight sets on courts four and five. On six, Kros gave up the first set 6-3, but pushed Gadjiev to a tiebreak in the second who held on to win it 7-6(5), securing the team win for Wake.

Harper took No. 57 Gojo to a tiebreak in the opening set on three, 7-6(3), but the Wake player came back to win the second 6-3.

Ribeiro gave 14th-ranked Mansouri all he could handle on two as the pair went to tiebreaks in two sets. The Wake player outlasted Ribeiro in the first set 7-6(5) and secured the win 7-6(3) in the second.

The final point came down to court one where Tech’s 82nd-ranked Corbett battled No. 2 Chrysochos to three. Corbett won the opening set 7-5, but Chrysochos rallied for the second 6-4. The final was a super tiebreak in which Chrysochos held on to take it 10-7.

Virginia Tech will be back on the court Friday, March 24 hosting 38th-ranked Notre Dame at 3 p.m.

Singles
1. #2 Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. #82 Jai Corbett (VT) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0(7)
2. #14 Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Alexandre Ribeiro (VT) 7-6(5), 7-6(3)
3. #57 Borna Gojo (WF) def. Mitch Harper (VT) 7-6(3), 6-3
4. #50 Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Henrik Korsgaard (VT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Dennis Uspensky (WF) def. Freddy Mesmer (VT) 6-3, 6-4
6. Alan Gadjiev (WF) def. Jason Kros (VT) 6-3, 7-6(5)
Order of finish: 4,5,6,3,2,1

Doubles
1. #1 Mansouri/Seraphim (WF) def. Corbett/Korsgaard (VT) 6-4
2. Gadjiev/Gojo (WF) def. Harper/Ribeiro (VT) 7-5
3. Kros/Mesmer (VT) def. Chrysochos/Uspensky (WF) 7-5
Order of finish: 1,3,2

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