Season Ends for Tigers with 4-1 Loss in NCAA Tournament

Saturday, May 6

Knoxville, Tenn.

9:00 AM

University of Memphis

#22 Wake Forest

Season Ends for Tigers with 4-1 Loss in NCAA Tournament

May 06, 2023 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Memphis Tiger men's tennis team saw its season end with a 4-1 loss to No. 22 Wake Forest in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Saturday in Knoxville, Tennessee.

No. 36 Memphis concludes its campaign with a 13-8 record. The Tigers were competing in their ninth NCAA Tournament in the last 11 seasons.

Wake Forest (26-11) didn't waste any time grabbing the doubles point, winning 6-2 on the first and third courts to go in front.

The Demon Deacons doubled their lead from the top spot when No. 4 Melios Efstathiou swept No. 68 Pablo Alemany, 6-2, 6-3.

Conor Gannon then put the Tigers on the board at the third position behind a 6-3, 6-3 decision to give him his ninth singles victory of the year.

Wake Forest came from behind on court five to win 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and put it on the brink of victory before Filippo Moroni knocked off Oscar Cutting 6-4, 7-5 from the second position to get the win.

#22 Wake Forest 4, #36 Memphis 1
Singles
1. #4 Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. #68 Pablo Alemany (MEM) 6-2, 6-3
2. Filippo Moroni (WF) def. Oscar Cutting (MEM) 6-4, 7-5
3. Conor Gannon (MEM) def. Matthew Thomson (WF) 6-3, 6-3
4. #98 Jurabek Karimov (WF) vs. Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 6-2, 6-6, unfinished
5. Luciano Tacchi (WF) def. Harry Rock (MEM) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
6. Juan Lopez (WF) vs. Pau Fanlo (MEM) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished

Doubles
1. Matthew Thomson/Filippo Moroni (WF) def. David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 6-2
2. Harry Rock/Conor Gannon (MEM) vs. Luciano Tacchi/Jurabek Karimov (WF) 4-4, unfinished
3. Melios Efstathiou/Juan Lopez (WF) def. Oscar Cutting/Pablo Alemany (MEM) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,3,5,2)

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