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#9 Men's Tennis Opens With 5-2 Win Over UCF
Saturday, January 27, 2001 | Men's Tennis
UF took the doubles point to open the match. Levant and Overholser won their match at No. 1 while freshmen Trey Johnson and West Nott posted a 8-2 UF win at No. 3. Catalin Bradu and Augusto Sanabria posted UCF's lone win, by an 8-4 score at No. 2 over Troy Hahn and Jeremy Wurtzman.
UCF won the first singles match off the courts when Ryan Winter beat Johnson, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6 but the next four matches all went for UF. Nott finished off Johan Westin, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5, rallying after trailing 3-0 in the second set. Overholser finished up his 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 over Federico Camacho next while the match was clinched at No. 4 by Wurtzman. The freshman trailed 2-0 in a second set tie breaker but won seven of the next eight points to win 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Levant fought back from late deficits to win each set of his 7-5, 7-6 (2) match. Up 6-5, Levant trailed 0-40 in the opening set but won the game to avoid a tiebreaker. In the second set, down 6-5, Levant again broke four straight points, this time to force the decisive tiebreaker. The match concluded with William Guerin of UCF taking down Hahn, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 after the Golden Knight saved four match points in the second set's tiebreaker.
UF returns to action on Jan. 27 when it hosts No. 70 Florida A&M at noon.
Doubles
No. 1 #3 Olivier Levant/Nathan Overholser (UF) def. Federico Camacho/William Guerin (UCF), 8-4
No. 2 Catalian Bradu/Augusto Sanabria (UCF) def. Troy Hahn/Jeremy Wurtzman (UF), 8-4
No. 3 West Nott/Trey Johnson (UF) def. Johan Westin/Ryan Winter (UCF), 8-2
Singles
No. 1 #9 Overholser (UF) def. Camacho (UCF), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 Levant (UF) def. Gabriel Strangberg (UCF), 7-5, 7-6 (2)
No. 3 Guerin (UCF) def. #70 Hahn (UF), 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
No. 4 #75 Wurtzman (UF) def. Bradu (UCF), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
No. 5 Nott (UF) def. Westin (UCF), 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 Winter (UCF) def. Johnson (UF), 6-4, 6-4
