No. 39 Cards Fall at No. 14 Wake Forest

Friday, March 24

Winston-Salem, NC

4:00 PM

University of Louisville

Wake Forest

March 24, 2023 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Cards will wrap up the weekend at No. 25 NC State Sunday

By: Lori Harmon

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The University of Louisville men's tennis team fell 4-1 to No. 14 Wake Forest in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup Friday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.

The Cardinals (10-8, 1-6 ACC) will wrap up a four-match road stretch on Sunday with a noon matchup at No. 25 NC State.

Fabien Salle and Natan Rodrigues defeated Juan Lopez and Filippo Moroni 6-3 at the No. 1 spot, but the Demon Deacons picked up wins on courts two and three to take the first point of the match.

After Wake Forest extended its lead with a win at the No. 5 spot, the Cardinals countered on court three where Salle, ranked No. 55 in the ITA singles rankings, topped Matthew Thomson 6-1, 6-1 to make the score 2-1. The Demon Deacons added wins on courts four and six to secure the 4-1 win.

Louisville's 76^th-ranked Rodrigues posted a 6-3 win over No. 11 Melios Efstathiou and was tied 4-4 in the second set on court one while No. 31 Etienne Donnet split sets with Filippo Moroni and was down 2-1 in the third when the match ended.

#14 Wake Forest 4, #39 Louisville 1
Singles
1. #11 Melios Efstathiou (WFU) vs. #76 Natan Rodrigues (LOU) 3-6, 4-4, unfinished
2. Filippo Moroni (WFU) vs. #31 Etienne Donnet (LOU) 2-6, 6-2, 2-1, unfinished
3. #55 Fabien Salle (LOU) def. Matthew Thomson (WFU) 6-4, 6-4
4. #103 Jurabek Karimov (WFU) def. David Mizrahi (LOU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Luciano Tacchi (WFU) def. Sergio Hernandez (LOU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Juan Lopez de Azcona (WFU) def. Andre Steinbach (LOU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
Doubles
1. #15 Fabien Salle/Natan Rodrigues (LOU) def. #37 Juan Lopez de Azcona/Filippo Moroni (WFU) 6-3
2. Jurabek Karimov/Luciano Tacchi (WFU) def. Etienne Donnet/Sergio Hernandez (LOU) 6-1
3. Matthew Thomson/Melios Efstathiou (WFU) def. Will Mayew/Alex Wesbrooks (LOU) 6-2
Match Notes:
Louisville Men's Tennis 10-8; National ranking #39
Wake Forest Men's Tennis 19-6; National ranking #14
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