Troy Hahn battled back for a three-set win to clinch the No. 18 Florida men’s tennis team’s 4-3 win at No. 21 LSU on Sunday. The win improves Florida to 9-1 overall on the year and 4-0 in SEC play. It is the best ten- match start to a season since the Gators opened the 1991 season with an identical 9-1 record. Last year the Gators went 9-17 overall.
Playing without the injured Olivier Levant, Florida squeaked out the doubles point, winning it for the eighth time in 10 matches this spring. Hahn and Matt Behrmann were quick 8-2 winners at No. 2 as both the No. 1 and No. 3 matches went to tiebreakers. Hamid Mirzadeh and Chris McDonald pulled through at No. 1, winning their breaker 7-5, to give the Gators the point.
Singles play was knotted at 3-3 after LSU posted wins at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 while UF got wins from Magallan at No. 2 and Ross Greenstein at No. 6. Hahn, who would win his fifth match in a row after starting the season 3-10, dropped the first set 6-3 but roared back to defeat Bryan Fisher, 3- 6, 6-4, 6-0 and seal the win for Florida.
Florida returns to action on Friday when the Gators travel to No. 7 Kentucky for a 7:00 pm match.
Doubles
1. #33 Hamid Mirzadeh/Chris McDonald (UF) d. Dan Kiernan/Sebastian Rutka (LSU), 9-8 (5)
2. Troy Hahn/Matt Behrmann (UF) d. Bryan Fisher/Cory Ross (LSU), 8-2
3. Peter Richman/Brandon Nicholson (LSU) d. Eleazar Magallan/Ross Greenstein (UF), 9-8 (4)
Singles
1. Dan Kiernan (LSU) d. #70 Hamid Mirzadeh (UF), 6-3, 7-6 (6)
2. #50 Eleazar Magallan (UF) d. Peter Richman (LSU), 6-2, 6-3
3. Troy Hahn (UF) d. Bryan Fisher (LSU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
4. Jason Hazley (LSU) d. Matt Behrmann (UF), 7-5, 6-1
5. Sebastian Rutka (LSU) d. Trey Johnson (UF), 6-3, 6-2
6. Ross Greenstein (UF) d. Cory Ross (LSU), 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
