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No. 4 Men’s Tennis downed by No. 1 Wake Forest, 4-2
01.21.2026 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns won the doubles point and at No. 1 singles before the Demon Deacons put together four singles wins.
Austin – No. 4 Texas Men's Tennis was downed by No. 1 Wake Forest, 4-2, on Wednesday at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center in the Longhorns' second-straight match against a top-five opponent.
Texas took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 3 and 1 and followed with a top-15 victory by senior No. 39 Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1 for a 2-0 lead, but the Demon Deacons put together four singles wins at Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 4.
Gorzny and freshman Lucas Marionneau opened doubles with an efficient 6-1 win over Luca Pow and Mees Rottgering at No. 3. Wake Forest then squared doubles as junior Lucas Brown and senior Jonah Braswell fell to Aryan Shah and Kacper Szymkowiak, 6-2, at No. 2. That left it to No. 1 where freshmen Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger clinched the point with a 6-3 victory over DK Suresh Ekambaram and Charlie Robertson.
Gorzny then extended the lead with an impressive 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 12 Suresh. However, Ivanovski and Forger both fell by 6-4, 6-3 scores to Shah at No. 2 and No. 15 Pow at No. 3, respectively, to tie the overall match. Wake Forest took the lead when Braswell fell to Robertson, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 5, and clinched the match as sophomore No. 25 Sebastian Eriksson came up just short in a second-set tiebreaker to Rottgering at No. 4, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
The teams had played just five courts to allow for extra attendance, so freshman Mariano Dedura-Palomero began play on court 1 after Gorzny, but was trailing, No. 63 Joaquin Guilleme, 5-1, when play stopped.
The Longhorns return to the court starting Friday for the ITA Kickoff Weekend when they'll face UNC Wilmington in the opening round at 12 p.m. CT. The schedule may be impacted by inclement weather, but updates will be posted on TexasSports.com and on social media at @TexasMTN on X and Instagram.
#1 Wake Forest 4, #4 Texas 2
Singles - Order of Finish (1,2,3,5,4)
1. #39 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. #12 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WF) 6-3, 6-4
2. Aryan Shah (WF) def. Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) 6-4, 6-3
3. #15 Luca Pow (WF) def. Abel Forger (TEX) 6-4, 6-3
4. Mees Rottgering (WF) def. #25 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
5. Charlie Robertson (WF) def. Jonah Braswell (TEX) 6-3, 6-3
6. Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) vs. #64 Joaquin Guilleme (WF) 1-5, unf.
Doubles – Order of Finish (3,2,1)
1. Kalin Ivanovski/Abel Forger (TEX) def. DK Suresh Ekambaram/Charlie Robertson (WF) 6-3
2. Aryan Shah/Kacper Szymkowiak (WF) def. Lucas Brown/Jonah Braswell (TEX) 6-2
3. Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Luca Pow/Mees Rottgering (WF) 6-1
Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)
Doubles No. 3: Gorzny/Marionneau (TEX) def. Pow/Rottgering (WF) 6-1
Texas broke in the opening game and closed on a 4-0 run, including a deuce point on match point.
Doubles No. 2: Shah/Szymkowiak (WF) def. Brown/Braswell (TEX) 6-2
Wake Forest broke on a deuce point for a 3-2 lead as part of a 5-0 run to finish.
Doubles No. 1: Ivanovski/Forger (TEX) def. Suresh/Robertson (WF) 6-3
Texas ended the match with consecutive deuce points wins, including the only break of the match for a 5-3 lead.
Singles No. 1: Gorzny (TEX) def. Suresh (WF) 6-3, 6-4
Set One: Suresh broke in the opening game and led 2-0 and 3-1, but Gorzny held on a deuce point to start a 5-0 run for the win.
Set Two: Gorzny collected the only break of the set on a deuce point for a 3-2 lead.
Singles No. 2: Shah (WF) def. Ivanovski (TEX) 6-4, 6-3
First Set: After trailing, 2-0, Ivanonski took a 4-3 lead, but Shah won consecutive deuce points before serving out the set.
Second Set: Shah opened on a 5-0 run before Ivanovski won consecutive deuce points to start a 3-0 a run, but Shah won, 6-3.
Singles No. 3: Pow (WF) def. Forger (TEX) 6-4, 6-3
First Set: Forger had a deuce point to hold for a 3-1 lead, but Pow broke to get back on serve until he later held at deuce for 5-4 and broke for the set.
Second Set: Pow began on a 4-0 run with the first three all at deuce. Forger won a deuce point to break for 4-1 and consolidated for 4-2, but Pow maintained his lead to the 6-3 win.
Singles No. 5: Robertson (WF) def. Braswell (TEX) 6-3, 6-3
First Set: Braswell broke at deuce to start the match, but Robertson got the break back at deuce for 2-2. Robertson later broke again for 5-3 before serving out.
Second Set: Robertson got out to a 3-0 lead on the way to the 6-3 win.
Singles No. 4: Rottgering (WF) def. Eriksson (TEX) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
First Set: Rottgering earned the only break of the set for a 3-1 lead.
Second Set: Eriksson pushed out to a 3-0 lead, but Rottgering responded with a 5-0 run with the last win of that coming at deuce. Eriksson responded with a 3-0 run capped by a deuce point and Rottgering held for a tiebreaker.
Second Set Tiebreaker: Eriksson jumped to a 3-0 lead, but Rottgering went on a 7-0 run to win.
Singles No. 6: edura-Palomero (TEX) vs. Guilleme (WF) 1-5, unf.
First Set: Dedura-Palomero trailed 4-0, but three of those games went to deuce.
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