Gators Men’s Tennis Wins SEC Opener
The Florida Gators men’s tennis team defeated Auburn 7-0 in the SEC opener Saturday at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
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How It Happened
Doubles
Florida’s Henry Jefferson-Jeremy Jin secured the first doubles win 6-4 on court 2. The Gators (6-4) were quick to take the doubles point with the second win from Tanapatt Nirundorn-Adhityha Ganesan on court 1, 6-4 against the Tiger (7-3) duo of No. 9 Will Nolan-Billy Blaydes.
On court three, Kevin Edengren and JanMagnus Johnson were tied 5-5 before the match went unfinished.
Singles
Nirundorn won the second point for the Gators 6-2, 6-2 on court five against Hamza Nasridinov. Continuing Florida’s momentum, Jefferson defeated Auburn’s Joey Phillips, 6-4, 6-1 on court 4.
The Gators earned the first conference win on court two when Ganesan took a 6-4, 6-3 win against Alex Frusina.
UF rolled through the next matches. On court three, Johnson dominated the first set 6-2, but Blaydes won the second set 6-4, leading to a super tiebreaker. Johnson was able to regain his momentum to win (11-9).
Edengren, on court six, also won in three sets against Nicholas Heng. Edengren lost the first set 6-0, came back and won the second set in a tiebreak 7-6 and took control in the super tiebreaker winning (10-7).
Jin represented the Gators on court one. Jin lost the first set 6-1 to Nolan, but was able to win the tiebreak in the second set 7-5. Jin finished the match (10-5) in the super tiebreaker.
Up Next
Florida will take on their second SEC opponent, Alabama, at the Ring Tennis Complex on Monday. Doubles is set to start at noon.
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