THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team dropped a tight battle to Florida State, 4-1, to close out the weekend.
FSU claimed the doubles point with victories on Courts 2 and 3. The Seminoles established early momentum with leads on four of the six courts in the first set of singles play. The Jackets responded with a strong 6-3 frame from Hidde Schoenmakers on Court 2 with multiple players gaining ground in their opening sets.
The heavens opened up around the hour mark with an hour-long delay before resuming play indoors. Elias Shokry won a crucial first-set tiebreaker in convincing fashion, 7-3, to claim a vital first frame.
FSU won the singles match on Court 6 to increase their lead before the No. 76 player in the nation came from a set down to win in three sets on Court 2.
Five total matches were forced into third sets, sophomore Gianluca Carlini erased his first set loss with two dominant 6-2 sets to put Tech on the board. Carlini won 12 of the final 16 games, marking his second consecutive three-set comeback after his win over Miami.
Jonathan Irwanto kept the match alive after winning his second-set tiebreaker, taking a set off the No. 118 ranked collegiate player. The Court 1 battle split 6-4 sets before Florida State’s Corey Craig pulled away to clinch the match at 6-4.
Georgia Tech will return to the state of North Carolina for their final road trip of the regular season. The Jackets will face Duke on Friday at 3 p.m. before meeting North Carolina on Sunday at noon.
#53 Florida State 4, #55 Georgia Tech 1
Singles:
- Corey Craig (FSU) def. Christophe Clement (GT) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- #76 Erik Schiessl (FSU) def. Hidde Schoenmakers (GT) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Gianluca Carlini (GT) def. Mohammad Alkotop (FSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Jonathan Irwanto (GT) vs. #118 Azariah Rusher (FSU) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 0-1, unfinished
- Elias Shokry (GT) vs. Gabor Hornung (FSU) 7-6 (3), 5-7, 2-3, unfinished
- Justin Lyons (FSU) def. Richard Biagiotti (GT) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles:
- Christophe Clement/Hidde Schoenmakers (GT) vs. Erik Schiessl/Jan Sebesta (FSU) 4-5, unfinished
- Oren Ezerzer/Gabor Hornung (FSU) def. Jonathan Irwanto/Richard Biagiotti (GT) 6-3
- Justin Lyons/Mohammad Alkotop (FSU) def. Gianluca Carlini/Elias Shokry (GT) 6-4
Georgia Tech (9-7, 1-5 ACC) | Florida State (9-9, 0-6 ACC)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2); Singles (6, 2, 3, 1)
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