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Sunday, February 3
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No. 1 Wake Forest
Cowboys Fall to No. 1 Wake Forest
February 03, 2019 | Cowboy Tennis
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Oklahoma State men's tennis team fell to the defending national champion, No. 1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 6-1, Sunday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons got off to a fast start in doubles, as the tandem of Bar Botzer and Petros Chrysochos defeated OSU's Artur Dubinski and Matej Vocel, 6-2.
The Pokes responded when sophomore Luke Hammond and freshman Emile Hudd bested Wake Forest's Siddhant Banthia and Melios Efstathiou, 6-3.
The Deacons took the doubles point shortly after though, as Alan Gadjiev and Julian Zlobinsky beat Matej Vocel and Mathieu Scaglia, 6-3, giving the nation's top-ranked team a 1-0 lead.
In singles, Vocel faced the No. 1-ranked singles player in the nation, Petros Chrysochos, and fell 6-3, 6-0. Shortly after, No. 39 Melios Efstathiou defeated Maxim Tybar, 6-2, 6-3, giving Wake Forest a commanding 3-0 lead.
The match was officially clinched when No. 80 Rrezart Cungu bested Scaglia on court four, 6-3, 6-4.
Wake Forest went on to claim two more singles matches, but OSU's Luke Hammond recorded the Cowboys' lone victory of the day, defeating Yuval Solomon (WF) 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-7), on court five.
Wake Forest's top four singles players all hold top-80 rankings in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings.
Sunday's match was the first time the Cowboys faced a defending national champion since they faced Virginia in the 2016 Sweet Sixteen.
The Pokes are back in action Thursday when they travel to Evanston, Ill., to take on Northwestern at 6 p.m.
Keep up with all things Cowboy Tennis by following @CowboyTennis on Twitter and Instagram.
No. 1 Wake Forest 6, No. 20 Oklahoma State 1
Feb. 3, 2019 | Wake Forest Tennis Center | Winston-Salem, N.C.
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2):
1. Bar Botzer/Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Artur Dubinski/Maxim Tybar (OSU) 6-2
2. Alan Gadjiev/Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Matej Vocel/Mathieu Scaglia (OSU) 6-3
3. Luke Hammond/Emile Hudd (OSU) def. Siddhant Banthia/Melios Efstathiou (WF) 6-3
Singles (Order of Finish: 1,3,4,2,6,5):
1. #1 Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Matej Vocel (OSU) 6-3, 6-0
2. #25 Bar Botzer (WF) def. Artur Dubinski (OSU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
3. #39 Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Maxim Tybar (OSU) 6-2, 6-3
4. #80 Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Mathieu Scaglia (OSU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Luke Hammond (OSU) def. Yuval Solomon (WF) 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-7)
6. Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Brady Draheim (OSU) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)
The Demon Deacons got off to a fast start in doubles, as the tandem of Bar Botzer and Petros Chrysochos defeated OSU's Artur Dubinski and Matej Vocel, 6-2.
The Pokes responded when sophomore Luke Hammond and freshman Emile Hudd bested Wake Forest's Siddhant Banthia and Melios Efstathiou, 6-3.
The Deacons took the doubles point shortly after though, as Alan Gadjiev and Julian Zlobinsky beat Matej Vocel and Mathieu Scaglia, 6-3, giving the nation's top-ranked team a 1-0 lead.
In singles, Vocel faced the No. 1-ranked singles player in the nation, Petros Chrysochos, and fell 6-3, 6-0. Shortly after, No. 39 Melios Efstathiou defeated Maxim Tybar, 6-2, 6-3, giving Wake Forest a commanding 3-0 lead.
The match was officially clinched when No. 80 Rrezart Cungu bested Scaglia on court four, 6-3, 6-4.
Wake Forest went on to claim two more singles matches, but OSU's Luke Hammond recorded the Cowboys' lone victory of the day, defeating Yuval Solomon (WF) 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-7), on court five.
Wake Forest's top four singles players all hold top-80 rankings in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings.
Sunday's match was the first time the Cowboys faced a defending national champion since they faced Virginia in the 2016 Sweet Sixteen.
The Pokes are back in action Thursday when they travel to Evanston, Ill., to take on Northwestern at 6 p.m.
Keep up with all things Cowboy Tennis by following @CowboyTennis on Twitter and Instagram.
No. 1 Wake Forest 6, No. 20 Oklahoma State 1
Feb. 3, 2019 | Wake Forest Tennis Center | Winston-Salem, N.C.
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2):
1. Bar Botzer/Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Artur Dubinski/Maxim Tybar (OSU) 6-2
2. Alan Gadjiev/Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Matej Vocel/Mathieu Scaglia (OSU) 6-3
3. Luke Hammond/Emile Hudd (OSU) def. Siddhant Banthia/Melios Efstathiou (WF) 6-3
Singles (Order of Finish: 1,3,4,2,6,5):
1. #1 Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Matej Vocel (OSU) 6-3, 6-0
2. #25 Bar Botzer (WF) def. Artur Dubinski (OSU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
3. #39 Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Maxim Tybar (OSU) 6-2, 6-3
4. #80 Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Mathieu Scaglia (OSU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Luke Hammond (OSU) def. Yuval Solomon (WF) 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-7)
6. Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Brady Draheim (OSU) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
30
Petros Chrysochos / 0 (1/-) [WF]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
16
Bar Botzer / 0 (25/-) [WF]
67
#3 Singles Match
12
23
Melios Efstathiou / 0 (39/-) [WF]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
34
Rrezart Cungu / 0 (80/-) [WF]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
661
Yuval Solomon / 0 [WF]
370
#6 Singles Match
123
640
Julian Zlobinsky / 0 [WF]
361
Order of Finish:
1,3,4,2,6,5
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