GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida Gators Men’s Tennis took down the SMU Mustangs at Alfred A. Ring Tennis complex on Sunday by a score of 5-2. The Orange and Blue finish their first homestand of the season with a 3-0 record in dual match play after their wins in Friday’s double-header against The Citadel and North Florida.
The Gators started the match off strong winning the doubles point with 6-2 victories coming from both Adhithya Ganesan/Tanapatt Nirundorn and JanMagnus Johnson/Nate Bonetto.
Doubles go to the Orange and Blue!
Bonetto/Johnson and Nirundorn/Ganeson each take their sets, 6-2, to take the first point.
UF up 1-0 pic.twitter.com/UteADp3H7T
— Gators Men’s Tennis (@GatorsMTN) January 21, 2024
A strong performance by the sophomore Nirundorn (6-0,6-0) put up the first singles point for the Gators. Nirundorn also won his singles match against UNF on Friday (6-0,6-2), making him 5-0 in his three doubles and two singles matchups on the weekend.
Ganesan shined yet again with a victory on court three in straight sets (6-3, 6-3), securing his third straight-sets singles victory in as many days.
Bonetto battled to a singles win on court 4, defeating SMU’s Jerry Barton 6-3, 6-7, 13-11. The tiebreaker third set was the final action of the day, and finished the Gators’ weekend on a winning note.
The Gators finish their opening homestand 3-0 in dual match play, and now prepare for a long stretch of road matchups which will take them into conference play.
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