The
Florida men’s tennis team began its 2013-14 campaign on Thursday at the 2013
SEC Fall Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University in Nashville. The Gators have
six players participating in the event, with three players reaching the third
round of the singles draw and two tandems reaching the Round of 16 in the
doubles draw.
Following
are the results from all the Florida matches on Thursday.
Day 1 Singles Matchups
First
Round
Mike
Alford (UF) def. Robin Haden (MSU) 6-4, 6-1
Elliott
Orkin (UF) def. Manfred Jeske (ARK) 7-6, 6-1
Second
Round
Rhys
Johnson (VU) def. Mike Alford (UF) 6-2, 6-1
Florent
Diep (UF) def. Chip Cox (USC) 6-3, 6-3
Austin
Smith (UGA) def. Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-3, 6-2
Stephane
Piro (UF) def. Max Montague (TAMU) 6-1, 6-2
Gordon
Watson (UF) def. Suresh Eswaran (VU) 7-5, 6-3
Stefan
Lindmark (MISS) def. Maxx Lipman (UF) 6-4, 6-1
Day 1 Doubles Matchups
Second
Round
Watson/Orkin
(UF) def. Buehning/Donohue (ALA) 8-5
Stropp/Angus
(MSU) def. Diep/Alford (UF) 8-3
Lipman/Piro
(UF) def. Yee/Binet (VU) 8-4
Day 2 Singles Matchups
Third
Round
Florent
Diep (UF) vs. Markus Kerner (UT)
Stephane
Piro (UF) vs. Kyle Koch (USC)
Gordon
Watson (UF) vs. Dan Cochrane (AUB)
Consolation
Singles
Elliott
Orkin (UF) vs. TBD
Maxx
Lipman (UF) vs. TBD
Mike
Alford (UF) vs. Santiago Munoz (ARK)
Day 2 doubles Matchups
Round
of 16
Watson/Orkin
(UF) vs. Nott/Jeske (ARK)
Lipman/Piro
(UF) vs. Mihov/Pinheiro (USC)
