LAKE NONA, Fla. – The Florida men’s tennis team (4-3) were unable to overcome Stanford (5-2) in singles play and dropped the final contest of the SEC/Pac-12 Challenge, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at the USTA National Campus.
Once again, the Gators opened the match on top by winning their sixth straight doubles point of the season. Despite Axel Nefve/Will Grant dropping their match on court one, 6-3, to Nishesh Basavareddy/Arthur Fery, the Gators’ pairs on court two and three remained confident.
The No. 10 ranked freshman pairing of Tanapatt Nirundorn/Togan Tokac capitalized on three break point opportunities, including one on set point, to defeat Filip Kolasinski/Anders Matta, 6-2. This allowed for No. 43 Jonah Braswell/Lukas Greif an opportunity to clinch their fourth doubles point of the season and the duo capitalized. Braswell/Greif converted a break on set point, as well, to earn the doubles point and win 6-4 over Samir Banerjee/Neel Rajesh.
Following the doubles point, the Gators were forced indoors for singles play because of rain. Due to splitting the six indoor courts with Georgia/USC, this allowed for only three singles matches to play at a time. The Gators fought till the finish, but were unable to establish control.
Florida dropped the first three matches at court one, two and three, respectively, in straight sets. With a fresh set of three on court and the Gators in a 3-1 hole to the Cardinal, No. 51 Nate Bonetto, Lukas Greif and Olek Orlikowski gave all they had.
No. 2 Basavareddy was able to push back just enough to take the…
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