The Miami Hurricanes men’s tennis team (7-8, 0-5 ACC) fell 4-2 to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-6, 1-4 ACC) Friday night in Atlanta.
Miami would start well, with the pairing of Nacho Serra Sanchez and Mehdi Sadaoui winning the first doubles match 6-2. But Georgia Tech had a comeback in the works, started by a 6-3 victory over Antonio Prat and Jakub Kroslak on court one.
The Yellow Jackets would seal the doubles point after a down to the wire match between the teams of Jonathan Irwanto and Richard Biagiotti against Jules Garot and Rafael Segado. Garot and Segado took a 5-2 lead, but Biagiotti and Irwanto would win 5 games in a row for a 7-5 match victory.
With singles matches beginning, Mehdi Sadaoui tied it up with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 victory on court 5.
No. 98 Antonio Prat would give the Canes their first lead of the day with a 7-6 (2), 6-2 victory over Christophe Clement on the top court.
But then, Georgia Tech got back to their comeback ways, winning the final three matches.
Carlini would win a three-set thriller over Kroslak on court three, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Back-to-back three-set losses from Saud Alhogbani on court six and Serra Sanchez on court 2, would ultimately seal the Hurricanes fate.
The win drops Miami to 0-5 in conference play as it looks to break its winless drought on Saturday in Clemson.