GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On Friday night at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex, the No. 22 Florida Gators showcased dominant tennis for their third consecutive SEC victory, beating No. 55 Arkansas, 6-1.
Friday’s match started with an intense double’s competition. Florida (9-7, 4-2 SEC) quickly jumped out to an advantage over Arkansas (12-7, 0-5 SEC), as all three courts were up a break hallway through their matches. Leading the charge from third doubles spot was Jonah Braswell/Lukas Greif, as the pair was initially tied 2-2 until breaking Foster Rogers/Jake Sweeney’s serve for their first lead. Braswell/Greif would go on to win the next three points for the 6-2 victory improving their winning streak to four matches.
With both courts one and two serving up 5-4, No. 29 Will Grant/Axel Nefve and Nate Bonetto/Tanapatt Nirundorn were in a race to clinch the doubles point for Florida. Grant/Nefve beat their fellow Gators to the punch and brought down Adrien Burdet/Melvin Manuel 6-4, giving UF a 1-0 lead overall. Florida’s tandem converted on two break opportunities in the match on court one and snapped a two-match losing streak.
Requiring three singles victories to secure the match, Togan Tokac got the Gators going on court six. Squaring up against Oscar Pinto, the freshman converted a break early, but Pinto brought the first set to 4-4. Tokac won the next two games winning the opener, 6-4, and lost just one game in the second to win 6-1. When playing in the six position, the native of Turkey now holds a 4-1 record.
On court five, Greif continued to dominate his…
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