UF Men's Tennis Wins Eight of 12 Over USF at Gator Invitational

Saturday, October 28

Gainesville, FL

12:00 AM

Florida Gators

Gator Invitational - Day 2

UF Men's Tennis Wins Eight of 12 Over USF at Gator Invitational

Saturday, October 28, 2000 | Men's Tennis

By: Kathy Cafazzo

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Senior Nathan Overholser and freshman Jeremy Wurtzman paced the University of Florida men's tennis team to eight wins in the 12 matches played against South Florida in the Gator Invitational.

Miami dominated Auburn in the other match played Saturday afternoon at Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex, winning eight of 10 matches against Tigers.

The three-day event concludes on Sunday, with Florida battling Auburn and Miami facing South Florida. All matches begin at 9:00 a.m. and admission is free.

"In general, I thought our performance was rather lethargic," UF head coach Ian Duvenhage said. "We did not play with much energy, intensity or emotion. We need to pick it up tomorrow. I thought Nathan and Jeremy did a great job today, but we need everyone to increase their play."

The Gators and Bulls split the eight singles matches, but UF swept all four doubles matches played.

Overholser outlasted USF's Paco Antelo in grinding match which was decided using the experimental super-tiebreak format 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9). Wurtzman didn't need a tiebreak against Boris Babic, cruising to a 6-0, 6-2 victory.

Olivier Levant and Troy Hahn recorded the other singles victories for the Gators. Levant topped Aleks Popovic 6-2, 6-4, while Hahn disposed of Jorge Escallon 6-1, 2-6, 6-2.

2000 Gator Invitational
Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex
Gainesville, Fla.
October 28, 2000

Match 1
Florida vs. South Florida

DOUBLES
Matt Behrmann/ Nathan Overholser (UF) d. Boris Babic/Aleks Popovic (USF) 8-4
Olivier Levant/ Jeremy Wurtzman (UF) d. Paco Antelo/Martin Wetzel (USF) 8-7
Ross Greenstein/ Troy Hahn (UF) d. Max Dockhorn/Jorge Escallon (USF) 8-4
Trey Johnson/ West Nott (UF) d. Eden Kleiman/Jit Shah (USF) 8-4

SINGLES
Nathan Overholser (UF) d. Paco Antelo (USF) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
Jeremy Wurtzman (UF) d. Boris Babic (USF) 6-0, 6-2
Martin Wetzel (USF) d. West Nott (UF) 6-1, 6-3
Max Dockhorn (USF) d. Matt Behrmann (UF) 6-5, 6-3
Olivier Levant (UF) d. Aleks Popovic (USF) 6-2, 6-4
Troy Hahn (UF) d. Jorge Escallon (USF) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
Jit Shah (USF) d. Ross Greenstein (UF) 6-4, 6-0
Eden Kleiman (USF) d. Trey Johnson (UF) 6-2, 6-3

Match 2
Auburn vs. Miami

DOUBLES
Peter Hoffman/Tomas Smid (Miami) d. Mark Kovacs/ Raitis Tukans (Auburn) 8-6
Mike Lang/Jose Lieberman (Miami) d. Ryan Sanders/ Estevam Strecker (Auburn) 8-2
Joel Berman/Andrew Golub (Miami) d. Andre Boz/ Benjamin Stewart (Auburn) 8-3

SINGLES
Estevam Strecker (Auburn) d. Mike Lang (Miami) 2-6, 6-2, 6-5 (10-8)
Mark Kovacs (Auburn) d. Tomas Smid (Miami) 6-1, 6-4
Johan Lindqvist (Miami) d. Julion Curatella (Auburn) 6-5, 6-0
Peter Hoffman (Miami) d. Andre Boz (Auburn) 6-2, 6-5 (7-4)
Jose Lieberman (Miami) d. Raitis Tukans (Auburn) 6-0, 6-1
Andrew Golub (Miami) d. Ryan Sanders (Auburn) 6-2, 6-2
Joel Berman (Miami) d. Benjamin Stewart (Auburn) 6-4, 6-3