Xilas shines at the Wake Forest Invitational – Wake Forest Athletics

Xilas began his weekend with four straight dominant sets, defeating UNC Charlotte’s Brett Gloria (6-3, 6-4) and Duke’s Teddy Truwit (6-0, 6-3) to advance to the A-Draw semifinals.

Against Georgia Southern’s Aaron Williams, he took the first set (7-5) before losing his first set of the weekend in a tiebreak, 6(3)-7. Xilas came back and earned their place in the final with a 6-3 victory in the deciding set.

He faced Clemson’s Viktor Markov in the final and dropped just one game, winning the A-Draw by decision 6-0, 6-1 on Sunday.

Wake Forest Scores

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  • #97 Ioannis Xilas
    

    • Defeated Brett Gloria (UNC Charlotte) 6-3, 6-4
    • Defeated Teddy Truwit (Duke) 6-0, 6-3
    • Defeated Aaron Williams (GAS) 7-5, 6(3)-7, 6-3
    • Defeated Victor Markov (Clemson) 6-0, 6-1

  • Aditya Vyas

    • Lost to Max Damm (Clemson) 4-6, 3-6
    • Defeated John Rado (Furman) 6-3, 6-2
    • Lost to Nathan Pitts (Clemson) 4-6, 2-6

  • Nikola Parichkov

    • Lost to Theo Weinger (Duke) 7-5, 6-2
    • Defeated Romain Gales (Clemson) 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
    • Lost to Keegan Rice (VA) 1-6, 3-6

  • Alexander Shalmi

    • Defeated Carl Gedlicka (Cleveland State) 6-2, 6-3
    • Lost to William Nolan (Auburn) 4-6, 6(3)-7
    • Lost to Gerrard Planelles Ripoll (Duke) 5-7, 4-6
    • Defeated Arsene Pugot (UNC Charlotte) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

  • Ariel Sauber

    • Lost to Saahit Jayaraman (Duke) 0-6, 3-6
    • Lost to Timofey Hrystiuk (UNC Greensboro) 4-6, 1-6
    • Lost to Connor Krug (Duke) 4-6, 4-6
    • Lost to Alex Alvarez (Tennessee Tech) 2-6, 2-6

  • Martin Mazev

    • Defeated Thomas Kennedy (Auburn) 6-0, 6-2
    • Lost to Atakan Karahan (SC) 3-6, 4-6
    • Defeated Oscar Brown (Duke) 6(4)-7, 7-6(2), 7-5
    • Lost to Paul Del Castillo (GAS) 2-6, 1-6

  • Jamieson Nathan

    • Lost to Aaron Williams (GAS) 1-6, 1-6
    • Lost to Max Stenzer (South Carolina) 6(3)-7, 7-5, 6-4

  • Harry Thursfield

    • Defeated Frederick Schlossman (UNC Charlotte) 6-3, 6-3
    • Lost to Jelani Sarr (SC) 6(4)-7, 5-7
    • Victory against Velko Krstic (Ilon) 6-1, 6-4
    • Defeated Teddy Truwit (Duke) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4

  • Noah Hahn

    • Lost to Alex Amacher (GAS) 3-6, 3-6
    • Lost to Alan Trbonja (UNC Greensboro) 7-5, 6(4)-7, 6-2
    • Lost to Evan Pugh (Charleston) 4-6, 4-6

• Couples

  • Aditya Vyas/Ariel Sauber

    • Lost to Szilagyi/Gaedechens (Charleston) 5-7
    • Loss vs. Dao/Bitzer (Tennessee Tech) 5-7
    • Lost to Dispas/Burham (Furman) 3-6

  • Dylan Chang/Harry Thursfield

    • Win vs. Roca/Pilet (Elon) 6-3
    • Loss vs. Iturbe/Prata (UNC Charlotte) 4-6
    • Loss vs. Gales/Mesarovich (Clemson) 3-6

  • Martin Mazev/Alexander Shalmi

    • Loss vs. Krug/Krug (Duke) 3-6
    • Loss vs. Dreycoop/Pougault (UNC Charlotte) 4-6
    • Win vs. Mitchell/Del Castillo (GAS) 6-2

  • Jamieson Nathan/Nikola Parichkov

    • Win vs. Chappell/Rothchild (Cleveland State) 6-4
    • Win vs. Schlossman/Gloria (UNC Charlotte) 6-2
    • Lost vs. Fleischmann/Sinopoli (James Madison) 5-7

Next up
The Demon Deacons will now prepare for the ITA Masters event in San Diego, California on Nov. 7-Nov. 10.

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