GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 20 Florida Gators fell in a heartbreaker on Friday night to No. 9 Tennessee, 4-3, at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
Florida (12-9, 5-4 SEC) lit up the doubles point against Tennessee (17-6, 7-2 SEC) and notched victories on court two and three for the 1-0 lead. Jonah Braswell/Lukas Greif got doubles started for the Gators by winning the first four games, converted a break on deuce point at 2-0 and a love-40 break at 4-0, and sealed the win over Angel Diaz/Martim Prata, 6-1.
Coming up clutch on court two was Nate Bonetto/Tanapatt Nirundorn in their first match against a ranked-duo, No. 44 Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui. Both tandems held serve up until 3-3, the biggest hold coming from Bonetto/Nirundorn at 2-2 on deuce point. Florida broke serve to go up 4-3 and that was enough to dispatch the Vols, 6-4, to clinch the doubles point. No. 10 Will Grant/Axel Nefve were deadlocked at 5-5 against No. 2 Pat Harper/Johannus Monday before the match was left unfinished.
By winning three first sets in singles across the six courts, Florida appeared to be in good standing, but Tennessee grabbed victories in straights on court five via Diaz and Blaise Bicknell on court three, respectively, to take a 2-1 lead.
Equalizing the overall match at 2-2 was Nirundorn on court six in just his second SEC match of the season. After earning the first conference win of his career at No. 25 Texas A&M last Saturday, the freshman continued his steady play utilizing the serve and volley against Martim Prata. In the first set, the native of Thailand converted a…
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