Florida Gators
Riviera/ITA All-American (Day 2 of 4)
W-Tennis: Doubles Team Ends Riviera Run in Quarterfinal Round
Friday, October 3, 2008 | Women's Tennis
The University of Florida women's tennis doubles team of Megan Alexander (Dallas, Texas) and Marrit Boonstra (Netherlands) ended its run in the quarterfinals of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships played at the Riviera Tennis Club.
Alexander and Boonstra seemed to be on-pace to pull the big upset over duke's third-ranked pair of Melissa Mang and Amanda Granson, holding a 5-3 lead in the eight-game pro-set, with a couple of game-points to take a 6-3 advantage. The Gator tandem, however, couldn't overtake the Blue Devil duo and lost, 8-6.
"We certainly had our chances today," UF associate head coach Dave Balogh said. "Once we didn't capitalize on those opportunities to take a 6-3 lead, we became passive. That's a great Duke doubles team, one of the best in the country, and they were the more aggressive team today. Clearly, there are a lot of things we can work on from what we saw today and during this tournament and we will get back to work as soon as we return to Gainesville."
Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, Main Draw
Riviera Tennis Club * Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Friday, October 03, 2008
UF Results Only
Doubles, Quarterfinals
Melissa Mang/ Amanda Granson (3), Duke d. Megan Alexander/Marrit Boonstra (6), UF, 8-6
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