GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida Gators Men’s Tennis fell to 2-2 in SEC play with a loss to the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville on Sunday. The loss to the No. 9 team in the nation marks the second loss to a top-10 ranked opponent of the weekend.
Florida dropped the doubles point with two losses to top-20 ranked duos. After Friday’s win over No. 13 Lapadat/Mercer of Kentucky, Florida’s Nate Bonetto/Aidan Kim tandem dropped their set to the Volunteers’ No. 4 Monday/Diaz pairing, 6-1. Florida’s No. 39 Adhithya Ganesan also dropped their set facing No. 20 Mitsui/Pieczonka, 6-2.
Freshman Kevin Edengren returned to Florida’s lineup for the first time since February 10th against Texas, and collected the Gators’ lone point. Edengren’s dominant 6-3, 6-4 straight-sets win marked his first win since the first day of the dual season when he won his singles point in the match against North Florida on January 19th, and brings his singles record in the dual season to 3-2.
Bonetto’s battle on court three was one of the most evenly matched of the day. Tennessee’s Chris Li opened with a back-and-forth 7-5 win of set one. Bonetto came back to force a tiebreaker in the second set, which he won 7-6 (9-7). In the tiebreaker third set, Li eventually claimed victory, 10-5.
Next up
The Gators return to Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex on Tuesday for two matches with Tennessee State. The Tigers enter Tuesday’s double-header with a 3-10 record in dual play.
Results
Singles competition
1. #6 Johannus Monday (TENN) def. #97 Jeremy Jin (UF) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
2. #23 Shunsuke Mitsui (TENN) def. Aidan Kim…
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