GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A solid 4-1 victory for the No. 16 Florida men’s tennis team (2-1) over USF (3-4) Friday afternoon at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex advanced the Gators to Saturday’s ITA Kickoff championship match against SEC-foe Mississippi State.
The Orange & Blue jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to a strong showing on court one and three. On court one, Will Grant/Axel Nefve jumped out to a 3-0 lead as the pair converted a break point on Erik Grevelius/Davide Tortora’s first service game. Grant/Nefve cruised to the 6-3 win, their first dual doubles win of the season, and moved the Gators within one match away of the doubles point.
Due to No. 10 Tanapatt Nirundorn/Togan Tokac going down 6-3 to Bruno Oliveira/Thomas Pavlekovich-Smith, No. 43 Jonah Braswell/Lukas Greif needed to come through on court three. The Gators duo rose to the occasion and converted on two break points to secure the doubles point, 6-4, over Sam Frizelle/Alvin Tudorica.
In singles play, all three Gators wins came in straight sets on court six, four and five, respectively. Tokac was the first Gator to tack on a point, as the freshman cruised by Pavlekovich-Smith, 6-3, 6-0. After playing the first two dual matches at court five, the win marked the native of Turkey’s first at court six and improved to 2-1 in dual play.
Fellow freshman No. 93 Braswell continued his winning ways in his first match at court four. Braswell only dropped three games in the 6-2, 6-1 victory over Oliveira. The Sarasota, Fla. native improved to 18-3 in singles play this season and 3-0 to begin dual play.
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