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Kentucky men’s tennis advances to Elite Eight
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The eighth-seeded Kentucky males’s tennis crew beat No. 9 Wake Forest 4-2 Saturday afternoon on the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Advanced to advance to the Elite Eight for the fifth time in program historical past.
The Wildcats will play within the nationwide quarterfinals on Thursday for the primary time since 2011. They’ll play No. 1 TCU in Champaign, Illinois.
No. 4 ranked Liam Draxl beat Jurabek Karimov 6-3, 6-1 to even the match 1-1.
JJ Mercer took care of enterprise in opposition to Siddhant Banthia 7-6, 6-1 to even the match 2-2 earlier than a climate delay. The match then moved indoors because the Wildcats polished off the Demon Deacons 4-2.
No. 21 Gabriel Diallo beat Melios Efstathiou 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 and No. 83 Millen Hurrion capped it off with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over No. 61 Eduardo Nava.
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