Gators Sweep Day Two of ITA Regional Championships

Friday, October 21

Gainesville, FL

8:30 a.m.

Florida Gators

ITA Regionals (Day 2 of 5)

Gators Sweep Day Two of ITA Regional Championships

Friday, October 21, 2016 | Women's Tennis

Every Gator in the tournament will move on in both the singles and doubles competition

By: Kelsey Bibik

Main Draw Doubles | Main Draw Singles | Consolation | Qualifying Rounds

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida women's tennis team shined in the first rounds of the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional Championships Presented by Oracle on Friday. The Gators are hosting the tournament that is played at UF's Ring Tennis Complex.

The teams of Anna Danilina and Spencer Liang, and Kourtney Keegan and Peggy Porter both started off strong in the doubles competition, winning their first respective matches 8-1. Josie Kuhlman and Belinda Woolcock also dominated their first match of the day, winning 8-4. All three doubles teams went on to defeat their opponents in the Round of 16 to advance to the Quarterfinals on Saturday morning.

The Gators breezed through the singles competition later in the day, each of them winning their first matches to advance to tomorrow's Round of 32.

Action continues on Friday morning at the Ring Tennis Complex, beginning with the doubles quarterfinals at 8:30 a.m.

Quoting Head Coach Roland Thornqvist:
On what he thought of the Gators' first day of competition:
"I thought we played really well. We did a lot of winning today, but even better than that, I thought we played really well. The doubles play was fantastic, from all three teams in all six matches we had four, maybe five games that were bad. The rest were aggressive, we made returns, put first serves in, I thought the doubles play was spectacular today."

UF Results Only

Singles, First Round (Round of 64)
Peggy Porter (UF) def. Nami Otsuka (GT), 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Spencer Liang (UF) def. Silvia Fuentes (UM), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Anna Danilina (UF) def. Krisin Rehse (GSTU), 6-1, 6-3
Kourtney Keegan (UF) def. Kenya Jones (GT), 7-5, 7-6 (3)
Josie Kuhlman (UF) def. Juliana Curtis (FGCU), 6-0, 6-2
Belinda Woolcock (UF) def. Vanja Klaric (USF), 6-1, 6-4

Doubles, First Round (Round of 32)
Kuhlman/Woolcock (UF) def. Valdez Karangozishvili (UM), 8-4
Danilina/Liang (UF) def. Vovk/Grosheva (GSTU), 8-1
Keegan/Porter (UF) def. Korac/Renault (SU), 8-1

Doubles, Second Round (Round of 16)
Kuhlman/Woolcock (UF) def. Rehse/Muminovic (GSTU), 8-4
Danilina/Liang (UF) def. Markovic/Ferreira (FIU), 8-2
Keegan/Porter (UF) def. Jones/Anton-Ohlmeyer (GT), 8-5

2016 ITA Southeast Regional Championships Presented by Oracle
Ring Tennis Complex, Gainesville, FL
Oct. 21, 2016

The Basics

What: 2016 ITA Southeast Regional Championships Presented by Oracle
Who: Athletes from 17 different schools will be competing in an individual singles and doubles tournament.
When: Thursday – Monday, Oct. 20-24
Where: Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex, Gainesville, Florida
Parking: The parking restrictions for the GREEN SPOTS only in the Law School parking lot located next to the Tennis Complex have been lifted and fan parking is free.
Tickets: admission is free

On the Line

Singles and doubles champions from each of the ITA Regional Championships held across the country receive an automatic entry into the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships.
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, considered the second leg of the collegiate Grand Slam, will be held Nov. 3-6 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY.

Following the Action

Results from all completed matches will be posted to FloridaGators.com
The draws from the ITA Southeast Regional Championships will be available as PDF files on FloridaGators.com
Qualifying Singles Draw - http://floridagators.com/documents/2016/10/13//Qualifying_Singles.pdf
Qualifying Doubles Draw - http://floridagators.com/documents/2016/10/13//Qualifying_Doubles.pdf
Main Draw Singles - http://floridagators.com/documents/2016/10/13//MAIN_Singles.pdf?id=15971
Main Draw Doubles - http://floridagators.com/documents/2016/10/13//MAIN_Doubles.pdf?id=15972
Backdraw Singles - http://floridagators.com/documents/2016/10/13//Backdraw_Singles.pdf?id=15973
The ITA and FloTennis will be live streaming the event
There is a fee for the live stream: http://www.flotennis.com/event/253673-2016-ita-women-s-southeast-regional

About the Draws

All matches in the Qualifying Draw will be held on Thursday, with eight singles players and three doubles teams feeding into the Main Draw.
The qualifying portion features a 32-player Singles Draw and an 8-team Doubles Draw
The Main Draw features a 64-player singles Draw and a 32-team Doubles Draw
There is a Main Draw Backdraw for first-round losers in singles; none for doubles

Daily Schedule of Play

Thu., Oct. 20: Qualifying Draws – 1 round of Doubles; 2 round of Singles – 8:30 a.m. start
Fri., Oct. 21: Main Draw (and possible Backdraw) – 2 rounds of Doubles; 1 round of Singles – 8:30 a.m. start
Sat., Oct. 22: Main Draw and Backdraw – 1 round of Doubles; 2 rounds of Singles – 8 a.m. start
Sun., Oct. 23: Main Draw and Backdraw – 1 round of Doubles; 2 rounds of Singles – 9 a.m. start
Mon., Oct. 24: Main Draw and Backdraw – Singles Final; Doubles Final – 9 a.m. start

Format & Scoring

No-ad scoring will be used in all ITA singles and doubles matches in the fall season.
In all ITA Regional Championship events a doubles match must consist of a minimum of an 8-game pro set (tiebreak at 7-all), with the semifinals and finals doubles matches consisting of two out of three sets, with a Match Tiebreak in lieu of the third set.