Florida goes winless at ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Chapel Hill, now look ahead to yet another ranked matchup with FSU in Lake Nona, Fla.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida Gators Men’s Tennis faltered in their consolation match with no. 16 North Carolina by a score of 4-2 on day two of ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
The Gators opened with strong performances in doubles, highlighted by Freshman Adhithya Ganesan and Sophomore Tanapatt Nirundorn winning their court two matchup, 6-3. Captains Nate Bonetto and JanMagnus Johnson led early in their set but ultimately fell to UNC’s Murphy/Schoen tandem, 7-5.
Bonetto quickly recovered to collect the first singles point for the Gators on court four, defeating UNC’s Patrick Schoen 6-1, 7-5.
Ganesan Followed with a straight-sets victory of his own, his fifth straight sets singles win in five dual matches this season. The Gator’s court three regular, Ganesan is the only gator to compete in all five of the Gators dual match singles rounds and remain undefeated.
The Gators now look ahead to College Matchday against rival Florida State on February 3 at USTA’s national campus in Lake Nona, Florida. Cracked Racquets will be providing College Matchday coverage.
Complete results:
#16 North Carolina 4, #20 Florida 2
Singles competition
1. Will Jansen (NC) def. #57 Aidan Kim (UF) 6-2, 6-4
2. #50 Karl Poling (NC) vs. #75 Jeremy Jin (UF) 6-7 (2-7), 7-5, 4-1, unfinished
3. Adhithya Ganesan (UF) def. Benjamin Kittay (NC) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
4. Nate Bonetto (UF) def. Patrick Schoen (NC) 6-1, 7-5
5. Phillip Jordan (NC) def. #69 Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) 6-3, 6-4
6. #83 Will Peters (NC) def. #86 JanMagnus Johnson (UF) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Phillip Jordan/Benjamin Kittay (NC) def. Jeremy Jin/Aidan Kim (UF) 6-2
2. Adhithya Ganesan/Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) def. Will Jansen/Karl Poling (NC) 6-3
3. Peter Murphy/Patrick Schoen (NC) def. Nate Bonetto/JanMagnus Johnson (UF) 7-5
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