THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team dropped its final match of the regular season to Clemson, 4-0, at home.
Clemson secured two doubles victories on Courts 1 and 2 as the Tech Court 3 pairing led 6-5 before the match was left unfinished.
Sophomore Gianluca Carlini got out to a hot start in singles play, winning three of the first four opening games and held on to win the opening set at 6-4 on Court 3. Richard Biagiotti controlled his set to same set score at 6-4 down on Court 6 as Jonathan Irwanto dropped the final two games at 5-5 as the Tigers edged GT across the opening sets.
Clemson quickly extended its lead with a straight-sets win on Court 5 before the Tigers’ main two singles players closed out the match. Carlini led 3-2 in the second set before his match was left unfinished.
Georgia Tech concludes the regular season and will travel to Cary, North Carolina, for the 2026 ACC Men’s Tennis Championships. The Jackets will begin in the first round on Wednesday, April 15, at either 10 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Tech will await tomorrow’s slate of conference matches to determine its opponent.
#30 Clemson 4, #52 Georgia Tech 0
Singles:
- #39 Viktor Markov (CU) def. Christophe Clement (GT) 6-3, 6-2
- Noa Vukadin (CU) def. Hidde Schoenmakers (GT) 6-2, 6-1
- Gianluca Carlini (GT) vs. Matisse Farzam (CU) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
- Jonathan Irwanto (GT) vs. Marko Mesarovic (CU) 5-7, 0-3, unfinished
- Henrik Bladelius (CU) def. Elias Shokry (GT) 6-2, 6-3
- Richard Biagiotti (GT) vs. Noah Cherubino (CU) 6-4, 2-3, unfinished
Doubles:
- #23 Noa Vukadin/Viktor Markov (CU) def. Christophe Clement/Hidde Schoenmakers (GT) 6-4
- Henrik Bladelius/Marko Mesarovic (CU) def. Jonathan Irwanto/Richard Biagiotti (GT) 6-3
- Gianluca Carlini/Elias Shokry (GT) vs. Matisse Farzam/Yannic Nittmann (CU) 5-6, unfinished
Georgia Tech (12-12, 3-10 ACC) | Clemson (16-11, 8-5 ACC)
Order of Finish: Doubles (2, 1); Singles (5, 1, 2)
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