Ohio State
#13 Wake Forest
No. 1 Buckeyes Top No. 13 Wake Forest 6-1
2/4/2024 1:56:00 PM | Men's Tennis
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 1 Ohio State completed a big weekend with a 6-1 victory over No. 13 Wake Forest on Sunday afternoon.
The Buckeyes are now 8-0 on the year with a pair of Top 15 victories following their 7-0 win over No. 3 Virginia on Friday night.
The win is the 55th consecutive home victory for the Buckeyes and it’s also the seventh consecutive win over Wake Forest since falling in the 2018 NCAA Championship match.
Ohio State claimed the doubles point with solid wins on courts two and three. Robert Cash and Bryce Nakashima won 6-3 on court three and Cannon Kingsley and JJ Tracy clinched the point with a 6-4 win on court two.
In singles, the Buckeyes won five of the six first sets and the one they lost, they would turn around for a three-set win. Alexander Bernard continued his torrid start by winning a loud match on court six by a score of 6-1, 6-3. Justin Boulais, the reigning Big Ten Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week followed with a 6-3, 6-0 win on court two and then the clinching point came from Jack Anthrop on court four as he won 6-1, 1-6, 6-1.
Tracy won 6-3, 6-2 on court three to push the score to 5-0 and then Kingsley, who lost his opening set to No. 54 DK Suresh Ekambaram, bounced back to win 6-1, 6-4 and the team score was 6-0. Wake Forest got its lone win in a third-set super-breaker after the team match was decided.
The Buckeyes will have the week off before hosting No. 2 South Carolina next Sunday at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center. The match is scheduled to start at noon.
#1 Ohio State 6, #13 Wake Forest 1
Singles
1. Cannon Kingsley (OSU) def. #54 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WFU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
2. Justin Boulais (OSU) def. #7 Filippo Moroni (WFU) 6-3, 6-0
3. #4 JJ Tracy (OSU) def. Luciano Tacchi (WFU) 6-3, 6-2
4. #11 Jack Anthrop (OSU) def. Matthew Thomson (WFU) 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
5. Holden Koons (WFU) def. Robert Cash (OSU) 4-6, 6-3, 10-4
6. #103 Alexander Bernard (OSU) def. Luca Pow (WFU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. #18 DK Suresh Ekambaram/Holden Koons (WFU) def. Andrew Lutschaunig/Justin Boulais (OSU) 6-2
2. Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (OSU) def. Filippo Moroni/Matthew Thomson (WFU) 6-4
3. #27 Bryce Nakashima/Robert Cash (OSU) def. Luciano Tacchi/Luca Pow (WFU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Wake Forest 6-2; National ranking #13
Ohio State 8-0; National ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,2,4,3,1,5)
Official: Julio Colon T-2:17 A-410
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,2,4,3,1,5
