Florida Gators
Arkansas
No. 10 Men's Tennis Shuts Out Arkansas, 7-0
Sunday, April 5, 2009 | Men's Tennis
The No. 10 University of Florida men's tennis team shutout No. 47 Arkansas on Sunday, 7-0, at Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex in their last home match of the regular season. With the win, UF improved to 14-6 on the season and 5-3 in conference play.
The Gators swept the Razorbacks in doubles action to take a quick 1-0 lead. On court three, freshman Carlos Cueto (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) teamed with sophomore Alex Lacroix (Paris, France) to take down Arkansas' Taylor King and Matt Walters 8-2 in just 30 minutes. The pair of freshman Joey Burkhardt (St. Augustine, Fla.) and junior Antoine Benneteau (Boulogne-Bilancourt, France) clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 victory in the No. 1 position.
Sophomores Jeff Dadamo (Tampa, Fla.) and Johnny Hamui (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) completed the sweep with an 8-6 win over Arkansas' Matthew Hogan and Dmitry Lebedev.
Dadamo pushed the Gators lead to 2-0 with a quick 6-0, 6-3 win over Tyler Tarnasky on court six. Minutes later, Burkhardt earned another point for Florida with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Lebedev in the No. 4 position.
The clinching point came on court five, where Hamui blanked Bradwin Williams in the second set to earn a 6-4, 6-0 win. The Gators improved to 11-1 at home this season with Sunday's win.
Benneteau breezed through his first set and fought back in the second set to down Hogan 6-0, 7-5 at No. 3 singles. Cueto completed the shutout with a 6-4, 6-3 win over 13th-ranked Blake Strode on the premier court.
The Gators will hit the road next weekend for their last two regular-season matches, taking on Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Friday at 4:00 p.m., and playing at Auburn on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
College Men's Tennis
Gainesville, Fla.
Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Final Score: No. 10 Florida 7, No. 45 Arkansas 0
Doubles
No. 1 (17) Benneteau/Burkhardt (UF) def. Nott/Strode (ARK), 8-4*
No. 2 Dadamo/Hamui (UF) def. Hogan/Lebedev (ARK), 8-6
No. 3 Cueto/Lacroix (UF) def. King/Walters (ARK), 8-2
Singles
No. 1 (27) Carlos Cueto (UF) def. Blake Strode (ARK), 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 (28) Alex Lacroix (UF) def. Christopher Nott (ARK), 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 Antoine Benneteau (UF) def. Matthew Hogan (ARK), 6-0, 7-5
No. 4 Joey Burkhardt (UF) def. Dmitry Lebedev (ARK), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Johnny Hamui (UF) def. Bradwin Williams (ARK), 6-4, 6-0*
No. 6 Jeff Dadamo (UF) def. Tyler Tarnasky (ARK), 6-0, 6-3
Order of Finish: Doubles – 3, 1, 2 Singles – 6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1
-UF-
