Winning any national championship is special. Doing so against the opponent that denied you one in the last meeting adds to it. Last May, Wake Forest defeated Ohio State 4-2 in the NCAA men’s tennis finals on the Demon Deacons’ home court. On Monday at the Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago, the top-seeded Buckeyes won the ITA National Indoor Team Championship by the same score over No. 3 Wake Forest. “If it’s against anybody, it was going to be just as sweet, but it was nice to beat Wake Forest,” Ohio State coach Ty Tucker said. It was the Buckeyes’ second Indoor title; the first was in 2014. Ohio State has been the runner-up in the tournament five times. Martin Joyce clinched the victory for Ohio State with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Melios Efstathiou at No. 4 singles. Joyce broke serve in the next-to-last game and then rallied from…
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