TALLAHASSEE – The No. 17 Florida State men’s tennis team defeated No. 71 Georgia Tech 4-3 on Friday afternoon at Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.
“Almost every match you play in the ACC is going to be tough, but we got a 4-3 win. I am really pleased with how we played the doubles; I thought it was as sharp as we have been all season,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said.
Florida State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after it won the doubles point.
Maks Silagy and Barnaby Smith gave FSU its first doubles win after their 6-1 win on court No. 3, and then Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif’s 6-2 victory on court No. 2 clinched the doubles point for the Seminoles.
Dous-Karpenschif earned the first singles point for Florida State after he won eight straight games to clinch his first set 6-0, and went on to win the second set on court No. 4 6-3 to put the Noles up 2-0.
On court No. 6 Jaime Connel won three straight games to win 6-3 in the first set. Connel’s 6-3, 6-2 straight-set victory gave Florida State its third point of the afternoon.
With all remaining courts in third sets, the match was clinched in on court No. 5 by Andreja Petrovic with his 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory giving the Seminoles a 4-0 lead.
Victories by Georgia Tech on courts No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 gave the Yellow Jackets the final three points of the match.
“In the singles, there were a lot of things that I thought were really good, Josh winning really fast was good alongside Jamie getting off to a good start,” Hultquist said. “Andreja coming back and winning the last two sets 6-1, 6-1 was great and he was really strong. We will take the win and get ready for Clemson on Sunday.”
Florida State is now 13-5 on the season. The Seminoles play their second ACC matchup of the weekend when they host No. 55 Clemson on Sunday at 12.p.m. Admission to home matches is free. Live stats and live video will be available on Seminoles.com.
#17 Florida State 4, #71 Georgia Tech 3
Singles Competition
- #34 Andres Martin (GT) def. #6 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- #60 Marcus McDaniel (GT) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- #86 Keshav Chopra def. #107 Youcef Rihane (FSU) 6-7 (2), 7-6 (9), 1-0 (10)
- Joshua Dous-Karpenschif def. Rohan Sachdev 6-0, 6-3
- Andreja Petrovic (FSU) def. Elias Shokry 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Robert Bauer 6-3, 6-2
Doubles Competition
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