Orange Upset #11 Georgia Tech

Friday, April 2

Atlanta, Ga.

4 PM

Syracuse University

Georgia Tech

Viktoriya Kanapatskaya is this week's ACC Player and Freshman of the Week.

4/2/2021 8:20:00 PM | Tennis

Box Score

ATLANTA – Orange freshman Viktoriya Kanapatskaya defeated the 13th-ranked singles player in the nation to clinch Syracuse women's tennis' 4-3 victory against No. 11 Georgia Tech on Friday at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex. It marks the highest-ranked opponent the Orange have defeated since 2019.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Georgia Tech (12-9, 5-5) took the doubles point with victories in match one and match three. In No. 1 doubles the Yellow Jackets' Gia Cohen plus Ava Hrastar defeated Polina Kozyreva and Sofya Treshcheva, 6-3 before Kanapatskaya and Natalie Novotna beat Mahak Jain and Rosie Garcia Gross on court 2. The doubles points came down to No. 3 doubles, where Victoria Flores and Carol Lee came from behind to defeat Guzal Yusupova and Miranda Ramirez in a tie breaker, 7-6 (4).

The singles matches were a back-and-forth affair, but the Orange (5-8, 4-6) ultimately secured their fourth point when No. 23 Kanapatskaya defeated No. 13 Victoria Flores, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in No. 1 singles. The three other Syracuse wins came on courts 2, 3 and 6. In No. 2 singles Yusupova took down Hraster in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Ramirez defeated Cohen, 6-4, 7-5, at No. 3, and Kozyreva topped Garcia Gross, 7-6 (2), 6-3 at No. 6.

OF NOTE
The match was Syracuse's fifth straight against a ranked opponent. The win against the No. 11 Yellow Jackets marks the highest-ranked opponent the Orange have defeated since they posted a 4-2 victory against No. 9 Michigan at the 2019 ITA Kickoff Weekend.

UP NEXT
The Orange battle Clemson on Sunday, April 4 at noon.

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RESULTS
Singles Competition
1. No. 23 Viktoriya Kanapatskaya (SU) def. No. 13 Victoria Flores (GT) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. Guzal Yusupova (SU) def. Ava Hrastar (GT) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
3. Miranda Ramirez (SU) def. Gia Cohen (GT) 6-4, 7-5
4. Carol Lee (GT) def. Natalie Novotna (SU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Mahak Jain (GT) def. Sofya Treshcheva (SU) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
6. Polina Kozyreva (SU) def. Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3

Doubles Competition
1. Gia Cohen/Ava Hrastar (GT) def. Polina Kozyreva/Sofya Treshcheva (SU) 6-3
2. Natalie Novotna/Viktoriya Kanapatskaya (SU) def. Mahak Jain/Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) 6-1
3. Victoria Flores/Carol Lee (GT) def. Guzal Yusupova/Miranda Ramirez (SU) 7-6 (7-4)

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,4,2,6,5,1)