The Gators began with a loss to Mississippi State, but finished the day with a win over the North Florida Ospreys.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Gators leave the three-match weekend with a 2-1 record. Their two wins came against No. 23 Ole Miss on Friday, March 13 and North Florida in the second match of Sunday’s doubleheader. The Gators’ one loss on the weekend came from a hard-fought match against No. 7 Mississippi State.
The Gators won the doubles point in both matches on Sunday. The duo of Henry Jefferson and Jeremy Jin and the pairing of Kevin Edengren and Andreas Timini both won their doubles matchups, with their wins over Mississippi State’s doubles pairings both being ranked wins. Edengren/Timini won 6-4 over No. 38 Bryan Hernandez Cortes/Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes and Jefferson/Jin clinched the point with a 7-5 victory over No. 72 Mario Martinez Serrano/Michal Novansky.
In singles, Lorenzo Claverie led the team with two dominant wins on Sunday over No. 39 Mario Martinez Serrano (MSU) and Youssef Labbene (UNF). The Gators came close to a win over Mississippi State with a win from Kevin Edengren on court three adding to the doubles point and the win from Claverie’s court, but ultimately feel short 4-3 against the Bulldogs. However, Against the Ospreys, the Gators were up on almost every court. Timini and Pablo Perez Ramos both put the Gators up 3-0 on courts three and five, with Claverie clinching the final point for the Gators on court two, finishing 4-0.
Mississippi State Match Results
Doubles
* Court 1: No. 5 Petar Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. Lorenzo Claverie/Pablo Perez Ramos (UF) (6-3)
* Court 2: Henry Jefferson/Jeremy Jin (UF) vs. No. 72 Mario Martinez Serrano/Michal Novansky (MSU) (7-5)
* Court 3: Kevin Edengren/Andreas Timini (UF) vs. No. 38 Bryan Hernandez Cortes/Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes (MSU) (6-4)
ORDER OF FINISH: 1, 3, 2
Singles
* Court 1: No. 55 Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. No. 87 Adhithya Ganesan (UF) (2-6, 6-4, 6-4)
* Court 2: No. 8 Petar Jovanovic (MSU) def. No. 50 Henry Jefferson (6-2, 6-3)
* Court 3: Lorenzo Claverie (UF) def. No. 39 Mario Martinez Serrano (MSU) (6-1, 6-2)
* Court 4: No. 125 Niccolo Baroni (MSU) def. No. 31 Pablo Perez Ramos (UF) (6-4, 7-5)
* Court 5: Raphael Vaksmann (MSU) def. No. 67 Jeremy Jin (UF) (6-3, 6-4)
* Court 6: Kevin Edengren (UF) def. No. 92 Bryan Hernandez Cortes (MSU) (6-2, 6-4)
ORDER OF FINISH: 2, 3, 5, 4, 6, 1
North Florida Match Results
Doubles
* Court 1: Henry Jefferson/Jeremy Jin (UF) def. Aron Major/Andreas Scott (UNF) (6-2)
* Court 2: Kevin Edengren/Andreas Timini (UF) def. Youssef Labbene/Riccardo Ciulli (UNF) (6-2)
* Court 3: Francesco Cordova/Adhithya Ganesan (UF) vs. Enrique Pena/Breno Marques (UNF) (4-3 – UNFINISHED)
ORDER OF FINISH: 2, 1 (UNFINISHED – 3)
Singles
* Court 1: No. 50 Henry Jefferson (UF) vs. Andreas Scott (UNF) (3-6, 6-6 – UNFINISHED)
* Court 2: Lorenzo Claverie (UF) def. Youssef Labbene (UNF) (6-2, 6-3)
* Court 3: No. 31 Pablo Perez Ramos (UF) def. Breno Marques (UNF) (6-1, 6-2)
* Court 4: Kevin Edengren (UF) vs. Kyle Piqueras (UNF) (6-3, 5-4 – UNFINISHED)
* Court 5: Andreas Timini (UF) vs. Joao Portugal (UNF) (6-1, 6-1)
* Court 6: Francesco Cordova (UF) vs. Aron Major (UNF) (6-4, 3-3 – UNFINISHED)
ORDER OF FINISH: 3, 5, 2 (UNFINISHED – 1, 4, 6)
Up Next
The Gators are back on the road next weekend, travelling to Alabama and Tennessee. Alabama is ranked at No. 50 and Tennesse is ranked at No. 59 by the ITA. The Crimson Tide has one ranked singles player in No. 75 Matic Kriznik and one ranked doubles pairing in No. 36 Jacob Olar and Andrii Zimnokh. The Volunteers has two ranked singles with No. 78 Jose Garcia and No. 88 Alejandro Moreno.
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