Men’s Tennis Opens Wake Forest Invitational

Winston-Salem, N.C. – The Clemson Men’s Tennis team kicked off the Wake Forest Invitational on Friday, opening the tournament 4-1 in doubles.

Mike Agee and Tim Pitts were the only team compete twice in doubles play, picking up wins in both contests. Teodor Giusca/Carlos Kelaidis and Diaz Freire/Liu also snagged victories in their lone doubles matches of the day.

Kelaidis kept his hot streak going into singles action as he earned a pair of victories to improve 4-0 overall. Additionally, Jacob Jahn and Guisca remain unbeaten in singles headed into day two of competition, with Jahn notching a pair of victories and Guisca tallying one.

Tournament play continues tomorrow from Wake Forest at 9 a.m. EST.

Today's Results:

Doubles

Giusca/Kelaidis def. Fernandez/Keitelman (Richmond) – 6-4

Diaz Freire/Liu def. Tosetto/Vicente (Tennessee Tech) – 6-4

Agee/Pitts def. Khurana/Krashin (Mercer) – 7-6(4)

Silva/Taramonlis (Radford) def. Dodens/Jahn – 6-3

Agee/Pitts def. Huynh/Lazo (Georgia State) – 7-5

 

Singles

Stuart Oliver (Mercer) def. Yizhou Liu – 6-0, 6-4

Jacob Jahn def. Linus Bergevi (Stetson) – 6-1, 6-4

Teodor Giusca def. Beau Pelletier (South Carolina) – 6-4, 6-3

Raphael Calzi (Campbell) def. Gabriel Diaz Freire – 7-6(5), 6-3

Lucca Silva (Tennessee Tech) def. Jaxon Wiley – 6-3, 6-3

Tim Pitts def. Sachin Khurana (Mercer) – 3-6,7-5, 6-3

Elias Grubert (Tennessee Tech) def. Pierre-Louis Dodens – 7-6, 7-5, 6-0

Carlos Kelaidis def. Joel Popov (Coastal Carolina) – 6-2, 6-1

Daki Tanabe (Coastal Carolina) def. Mike Agee – 6-2, 6-2

Jacob Jahn def. Yash Parikh (Davidon) – 6-3, 6-2

Carlos Kelaidis def. Dimosthenis Taramonlis (Radford) – 7-5, 6-2

Lucas Cerbelli (Wofford) def. Jaxon Wiley – 6-4, 6-4

Pierre-Louis Dodens def. Julian Chosa (Wofford) – 6-2, 6-1

Douglas Macintosh (Davidson) def. Tim Pitts – 6-1, 6-2

Saturday's Schedule:

Doubles

9:00 am Giusca/Kelaidis vs. Efstathiou/Nava (Wake Forest)

9:00 am Diaz Freire vs. Lobo/Stuart (Mercer)

9:30 am Doden/Jahn vs. Parikh/Rose (Davidson)

10:00 am Agee/Pitts vs. Cerbelli/Losada (Wofford)

 

Singles

10:30 am Yizhou Liu vs. Thomas Brown (South Carolina)

10:30 am Gabriel Diaz Freire vs. Connor Thompson (South Carolina

11:30 am Teodor Giusca vs. Thomas Bosancic (Princeton)

11:30 am Pierre-Louis Dodens vs. Linus Bergevi (Stetson)

11:30 Mike Agee vs. Christian Mills (Stetson)

11:30 Jaxon Wiley vs. Francesco Gamero Cori (Coastal Carolina)

12:45 pm Carlos Kelaidis vs. Carlos Vicente (Tennessee Tech)

12:45 pm Jacob Jahn vs. Elias Grubert (Tennessee Tech)

12:45 pm Tim Pitts vs. Charles Parry (Wofford)