The No. 25 Miami Hurricanes males’s tennis workforce fell to the North Carolina Tar Heels in a hard-fought 4-3 battle Friday afternoon. This was an evenly matched contest between the ACC groups, and that was evident from the get-go.
The Hurricanes dropped the doubles level after going the space with all three units.
UM’s Nacho Serra Sanchez and Leonardo Dal Boni fell 6-3 to UNC’s Diego Jarry and Anthony Wright to begin doubles play. However the ’Canes bounced again with a Martin Katz and Antonio Prat win over Vladislav Melnic and Chris Xu, 6-4. It got here right down to the final set between the Miami pair of Mehdi Sadaoui and Jules Garot versus the UNC pair of Constantinos Djakouris and Nick Mangiapane. And whereas the UM pair fought till the very finish, the Tar Heels gained 7-6 to safe the doubles level.
In singles play, the Hurricanes (11-7, 4-5 ACC) fought again instantly as Sanchez defeated No. 115 Xu 6-4, 6-0 to tie the match at 1-1. UNC (12-6, 6-3 ACC) retook the lead after Mangiapane defeated Garot 6-2, 6-3. Miami then took the subsequent two wins to place itself in clinching vary of the match, as Prat defeated Constantinos 6-3, 6-3 to tie and No. 41 Katz defeated Melnic 7-6, 6-4 to steer.
Regardless of being in place to clinch, Miami merely couldn’t shut the sport, as UNC gained the subsequent two to win the match. Wright tied the sport for the Tar Heels with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Sadaoui.
All of it got here right down to the ultimate matchup between Miami’s Dal Boni and UNC’s Jarry. And in a becoming manner, it went the space. Dal Boni battled however fell 1-6, 7-6, 5-7 to Jarry to provide the Tar Heels the win.
Miami will keep in North Carolina to tackle Duke at 2 p.m. this Sunday, hoping to finish their street woes.