Young Players Run Through Pro Competition

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Plantation, FL

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Sophomore Alfredo Perez (Photo: Tim Casey / UAA Communications)

Young Players Run Through Pro Competition

Sunday, January 8, 2017 | Men's Tennis

By: Kelsey Bibik

PLANTATION, Fla. – Three Gators will move on to the final qualifying round of the USA F3 Futures tournament, a section of the ITF Pro Circuit.

Freshman Johannes Ingildsen, junior Chase Perez-Blanco and sophomore Alfredo Perez are the last Gators standing at the tournament. They've each won their first three respective matches of the qualifying round, and one more win for each of them will put them in the main draw of the pro tournament.

Perez, who currently holds the highest national rank among the Florida men's tennis team at No. 13, rolled through the first three rounds of competition. He didn't give up more than one point in the second set of each of his last two matches, and defeated Govind Nanda (USA), the player who knocked fellow Gator Jordan Belga out of the competition in the second round.

Ingildsen and Perez-Blanco will both face top-seeded competition in the final qualifying round, making their road to the main draw just that much harder. Ingildsen will face No. 2 Hunter Callahan (USA), a former Ohio State Buckeye, and Perez-Blanco will square off against No. 4 Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG).

Quoting Head Coach Bryan Shelton
"Three of our guys are in the last round of qualifying tomorrow, so hopefully we can have another great day tomorrow. The competition has been great here and is certainly helping us prepare for our upcoming dual season."

Tournament Information
ITF Pro Circuit – USA F3 Futures
Plantation, Fla.
Qualifying: Jan. 6-9, 2017; Main Draw: Jan. 10-15, 2017
Frank Veltri Tennis Center at Plantation Central Park
Website

UF Results
Round 1 – Friday, January 8^th

McClain Kessler (UF) (USA) def. Jordan Nickerson (USA), 6-3, 6-4
Johannes Ingildsen (UF) (DEN) def. Andrew Heller (USA), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Maxx Lipman (UF) (USA) def. Cesar Antonio Gomez Diaz (MEX), 6-4, 6-1
Chase Perez-Blanco (UF) (USA) def. Aron Pierce (USA), 6-2, 6-1
Christopher Grant (USA) def. Joseph Guillin (UF) (FRA), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Elliott Orkin (UF) (USA) def. Matheus Aquino (BRA), 6-0, 6-0
Stephen Madonia (UF) (USA) def. Pablo Landa Catan (MEX), 6-3, 6-3
Jordan Belga (UF) (USA) def. Gabriel Ciro Da Silva (BRA), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Alfredo Perez (UF) (USA) def. Erroll Lawrence (USA), 6-2, 6-3

Round 2 – Saturday, January 7^th

Tomislav Jotovski (MKD) def. McClain Kessler (USA) (UF), 7-6 (7), 7-5
Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) (UF) def. Luke Pavlovic (FRA), 6-3, 6-2
Evgeny Korolev (RUS) def. Maxx Lipman (USA) (UF), 6-2, 6-4
Chase Perez-Blanco (USA) (UF) def. John Harrison Richmond (USA), 6-4, 7-6 (2)
Elliott Orkin (USA) (UF) def. Pietro Rimondini (USA), 6-3, 6-0
Jonathan Chang (USA) def. Stephen Madonia (USA) (UF), 6-4, 6-1
Govind Nanda (USA) def. Jordan Belga (USA) (UF), 6-4, 6-2
Alfredo Perez (USA) (UF) def. Vuk Budic (USA), 6-3, 6-1

Round 3 – Sunday, January 8^th

Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) (UF) def. William Shkrob (USA), 6-2, 6-2
Chase Perez-Blanco (USA) (UF) def. Christopher Grant (USA), 6-3, 6-0
Felipe Martinez Sarrasague (ARG) def. Elliott Orkin (USA) (UF), 6-4, 6-3
Alfredo Perez (USA) (UF) def. Govind Nanda (USA), 6-4, 6-0

Draws and Order of Play – Monday, January 9^th
Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) (UF) vs. Hunter Callahan (USA) [2] – 12 pm
Chase Perez-Blanco (USA) (UF) vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG) [4] – 12 pm
Alfredo Perez (USA) (UF) vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) – 12 pm

Future Gators
Class of 2018 signee Andres Andrade was bumped up from the list of alternates to play in the first qualifying round, where he defeated Sebastian Zeballos (USA) in a double bagel win. He advanced to the second round where he defeated Brian Battistone (USA) on Saturday, but was knocked out of the competition in the third round by Evgeny Korolov (RUS).

About the ITF Pro Circuit
The ITF Men's Circuit provides the entry level of Professional Tournaments enabling players to eventually reach the higher level tournaments on the ATP World Tour.

The ITF Men's Circuit offers 600+ tournaments across 70+ countries and incorporates two prize money levels of tournaments known as 'Futures'.

Futures Tournaments are single week tournaments that offer either $15,000 or $25,000 each in prize money. They must be scheduled as three consecutive weeks of $15,000 each in prize money or two consecutive weeks of $25,000 each in prize money.

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