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BLACKSBURG – The 45th-ranked Virginia Tech men’s tennis team battled 6th-ranked Wake Forest as four singles matches went to three sets, but the Demon Deacons were able to hold on for a 4-3 win on Friday afternoon at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.

Wake (23-4, 7-1 ACC) got out to the early lead over the Hokies (12-6, 4-4 ACC) with wins on courts two and three in doubles. Tech’s 7th-ranked pair of Andreas Bjerrehus and Joao Monteiro were up on 12th-ranked Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim 5-3 before the match was called.

The Demon Deacons went up 2-0 with a win on court two, but Amerigo Contini secured the win on three over Jon Ho 6-4, 6-1 as Tech cut it to 2-1. Wake Forest pushed its lead to 3-1 with Christian Seraphim using three sets to defeat Jai Corbett 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the No. 6.

Tech claimed the next match with Mitch Harper knocking off Dennis Uspensky at five. Harper picked up the first set 6-3 after trailing 2-0 early in the set. Uspensky came back to take the second with the same score. The Hokies player rallied in the third to win it 6-3.

At one, Tech’s 21st-ranked Monteiro battled with 16th-ranked Mansouri to three sets. Monteiro won the opening 6-3. In the second set, Monteiro trailed 5-3, but came back to tie it up at 5-5 before Mansouri held on to win the next two games 7-5 forcing the third. In the final set, Mansouri secured the win for the Demon Deacons 6-3.

The Hokies secured a final point for the team with 72nd-ranked Edoardo Tessaro winning over Romain Bogaerts on four. Tessaro won the opening set 7-5, but Bogaerts responded for a 6-3 win in the second. In the final Tessaro picked up a couple breaks to win the set 6-3 and the match.

Virginia Tech will be back on the court Sunday, April 3 at 51st-ranked Notre Dame. Match time is set for noon.

Singles
1. #16 Skander Mansouri (WF) def. #21 Joao Monteiro (VT) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
2. #36 Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. #74 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) 6-4, 6-1
3. Amerigo Contini (VT) def. Jon Ho (WF) 6-4, 6-1
4. #72 Edoardo Tessaro (VT) def. Romain Bogaerts (WF) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
5. Mitch Harper (VT) def. Dennis Uspensky (WF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
6. Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Jai Corbett (VT) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
Order of finish: 2,3,6,5,1,4

Doubles
1. #7 Bjerrehus/Monteiro (VT) vs. #12 Mansouri/Seraphim (WF) 5-3 dnf
2. #48 Chrysochos/Ho (WF) def. Contini/Tessaro (VT) 6-2
3. Bogaerts/Uspensky (WF) def. Corbett/Harper (VT) 6-2
Order of finish: 2,3

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