UF MTN: Five Gators Post Singles Wins at ITA Regionals

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida men’s tennis team posted five singles wins in six matches at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southeast Regional Championships at Georgia Tech on Friday.

JanMagnus Johnson, Tanapatt Nirundorn and freshmen Aidan Kim and Jeremy Jin all scored straight-sets victories, while Olek Orlikowski bounced back after dropping the first set to defeat Miami’s Antonio Prat.

The Gators will be back in action Saturday with the Round of 32 set and two rounds of singles action scheduled. Two doubles pairs are also continuing competition in doubles consolation matches, and Nate Bonetto is set for a singles consolation Round of 32 match.

Singles Results
Round of 64
Jeremy Jin (UF) def. Tom Pisane (USF) – 6-4, 7-5
Olek Orlikowski (UF) def. Antonio Prat (UM) – 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) def. John Bernard (FAU) – 6-3, 6-1
#79 JanMagnus Johnson (UF) def. Harvey Conway (KSU) – 6-4, 6-2
Aidan Kim (UF) def. Dimitris Paliouras (Ga. So.) – 6-4, 7-5
Alex Bulte (FSU) def. #86 Nate Bonetto (UF) – 6-2, 6-4

Qualifying (Thursday)
Jacques Parker (UGA) def. Borys Zgola (UF) – 2-6, 6-3, (10-5)

Doubles Results
Round of 32
Harvey Conway/Raul Garcia (KSU) def. #35 Kim/Nirundorn (UF) – 8-7(5)
Gabriele Datei/Baran Soyler (Ga. St.) def. Bonetto/Jin (UF) – 8-7(2)
Judson Blair/Aaron Williams (Ga. So.) vs. Johnson/Orlikowski (UF) – 8-5

Consolation Round of 16
#35 Kim/Nirundorn (UF) def. Naufal Kamaruzzaman/Edward Tymes (Ga. St.) – 6-1
Johnson/Orlikowski (UF) def. Marceau Fouilhoux/Nemanja Stefanovic (Mercer) – 6-3
Louis Pourroy/Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Bonetto/Jin (UF) – 6-4

Saturday’s Schedule
Singles Round of 32
Jeremy Jin (UF) vs. Paul Colin (UCF)
Olek Orlikowski (UF) vs. #55 Youcef Rihane (FSU)
Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) vs. #56 Martin Katz (UM)
#79 JanMagnus Johnson (UF) vs. Niels Ratiu (UGA)
Aidan Kim (UF) vs. Ryan Colby (UGA)
Consolation – #86 Nate Bonetto (UF) vs. Gabriele Datei (UGA)

Doubles Consolation Quarterfinals
Kim/Nirundorn (UF) vs. Francisco Llanes/Emilio Sanchez (UCF)
Johnson/Orlikowski (UF) vs. Krish Arora/Elias Shokry (GT)