Cards Fall to No. 7 Wake Forest

Sunday, April 3

LOUISVILLE, KY

1:00 P.M.

University of Louisville

WAKE FOREST

Photo by: Rachel Klotz | Louisville Athletics

April 03, 2022 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Grady Dillon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville men's tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 7 Wake Forest at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Cardinals fall to 15-7 (7-3 ACC) with the loss and suffered their first loss at home of the season.

In doubles, Wake Forest took the first doubles match 6-3 at the No. 3 spot and clinched the doubles point with a 6-1 win on court 2. Etienne Donnet and Tin Chen were leading 4-3 against Eduardo Nava and Robert Maciag before the doubles point was clinched.

The Demon Deacons went on to win on courts 1,2, and 3 in singles play to clinch the 4-0 victory over the Cardinals.

Louisville will look to get back on track on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to face No. 26 Notre Dame at 3:30 p.m.

Tennis Match Results
Wake Forest vs Louisville Men's Tennis
4/3/2022 at Louisville, KY
(Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)

No. 7 Wake Forest 4, No. 27 Louisville 0

Singles competition
1. #34 Eduardo Nava (WF) def. #117 Etienne Donnet (LOU-MT) 6-3, 6-4
2. Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Josh Howard-Tripp (LOU-MT) 6-4, 6-1
3. Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Tin Chen (LOU-MT) 6-2, 6-2
4. Sergio Hernandez (LOU-MT) vs. Siddhant Banthia (WF) 3-6, 4-3, unfinished
5. Natan Rodrigues (LOU-MT) vs. Jakob Schnaitter (WF) 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
6. David Mizrahi (LOU-MT) vs. Taha Baadi (WF) 1-6, 6-6, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Etienne Donnet/Tin Chen (LOU-MT) vs. Eduardo Nava/Robert Maciag (WF) 4-3, unfinished
2. #14 Siddhant Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter (WF) def. Natan Rodrigues/Sergio Hernandez (LOU-MT) 6-1
3. Ben Draper/Matthew Thomson (WF) def. Matthew Fung/Alex Wesbrooks (LOU-MT) 6-3

Match Notes:
Wake Forest 24-5; National ranking #7
Louisville Men's Tennis 15-7; National ranking #27
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,1,3)