Florida Gators
ITA Southeast Regional
Newman and Slilam Advance to Quarterfinals of USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships
Sunday, October 23, 2011 | Men's Tennis
Sophomore Spencer Newman (Miami, Fla.) and senior Nassim Slilam (Paris, France) each advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2011 USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships, hosted by the University of Georgia at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens. In doubles, two Gator duos advanced to the Semifinals of the tournament.
Slilam, the No. 3 overall seed in the tournament, won two matches in straight sets on Saturday. He breezed past FSU's Blake Davis, 6-0, 6-1, in the Round of 32 and took down C. Salif Kante from FAMU, 6-3, 7-5, in the Round of 16. Slilam will face No. 6 seed Kevin King from Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals on Sunday.
Newman, unseeded entering the event, pulled off the upset of the tournament to this point on Saturday afternoon. After beating FAU's Will Neuner, 6-4, 6-4, he easily handled Georgia Tech's Juan Spir, the tournament's No. 2 seed, winning 6-2, 6-2. Newman will play Georgia's Hernus Pieters in the Quarterfinals on Sunday morning.
Juniors Billy Federhofer (North Miami, Fla.) and Bob van Overbeek (Boca Raton, Fla.) advanced to the Round of 16 on Saturday before being knocked out of the tournament. Federhofer beat Georgia Tech's Dusan Miljevic, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4) before falling to No. 1 seed Sadio Doumbia from Georgia, 6-2, 6-2. van Overbeek took down Matthijs Verdam from Georgia Southern, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2 but lost to Georgia's Ignacio Taboada in a tight match in the Round of 16, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5).
On the doubles side, two Florida pairs will play in the Semifinals tomorrow. Slilam and Federhofer, the No. 1-seeded doubles team in the event, pulled out a win over Florida State's Blake Davis and Jordan Kelly-Houston, 8-6, in the Quarterfinals. The UF duo will face Georgia's No. 3-seeded Campbell Johnson and Will Reynolds on Sunday with a chance to advance to the event Finals.
On the other side of the bracket, the No. 6-seeded pair of Butz and van Overbeek beat FSU's Sadio Doumbia and Nathan Pasha, the No. 4 seeded tandem, 8-5. The Gator duo will play Georgia's Wil Spencer and Garrett Brasseaux on Sunday in the Semifinals.
In consolation singles on Saturday, sophomore Andrew Butz (Vero Beach, Fla.) earned three wins and junior Frank Carleton (Naples, Fla.) had one victory. Butz won 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9) over Georgia Tech's Eduardo Segura, 6-3, 6-4 over Miami's Victor Mauz and earned a victory when Stetson's Maksim Levanovich withdrew.
Carleton defeated FSU's Brian Alden, 6-0, 6-1, before withdrawing against FGCU's Matt Rock.
The complete draws for singles and doubles can be found here: 2011 USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships
The winner of both the singles and doubles draws will advance to play in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships, held at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., November 3-6.
2011 USTA/ITA Southeast Regional Championships
Athens, Ga. – Dan Magill Tennis Complex, University of Georgia
FLORIDA RESULTS
MAIN DRAW SINGLES
First Round – Friday, 10/21
Billy Federhofer (UF) def. Cristian Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Nassim Slilam (UF) def. Santiago Nieto (Miami) 7-6 (8), 6-0
Bob van Overbeek (UF) def. Omar Aly (Miami) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Spencer Newman (UF) def. Pedro Ast (Miami) 6-0, 6-1
Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) def. Andrew Butz (UF) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
Mitch Thams (UCF) def. Frank Carleton (UF) 6-4, 6-3
Michael Alford (UF) – withdrew from tournament
Round of 32 – Saturday, 10/22
Billy Federhofer (UF) def. Dusan Miljevic (GT) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4)
Nassim Slilam (UF) def. Blake Davis (FSU) 6-0, 6-1
Bob van Overbeek (UF) def. Matthijs Verdam (Ga. Southern) 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2
Spencer Newman (UF) def. Will Neuner (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
Round of 16 – Saturday, 10/22
Sadio Doumbia (UGA) def. Billy Federhofer (UF) 6-2, 6-2
Nassim Slilam (UF) def. C.Salif Kante (FAMU) 6-3, 7-5
Ignacio Taboada (UGA) def. Bob van Overbeek (UF) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
Spencer Newman (UF) def. Juan Spir (GT) 6-2, 6-2
Quarterfinals – Sunday, 10/23
Nassim Slilam (UF) vs. Kevin King (GT)
Spencer Newman (UF) vs. Hernus Pieters (UGA)
Consolation Round of 32 – Saturday, 10/22
Andrew Butz (UF) def. Eduardo Segura Mandarino (GT) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9)
Tripper Carleton (UF) def. Brian Alden (FSU) 6-0, 6-1
Consolation Round of 16 – Saturday, 10/22
Andrew Butz (UF) def. Victor Mauz (Miami) 6-3, 6-4
Matt Rock (FGCU) def. Tripper Carleton (UF) w/o
Consolation Quarterfinals – Saturday, 10/22
Andrew Butz (UF) def. Maksim Levanovich (Stetson) w/o
MAIN DRAW DOUBLES
First Round – Friday, 10/21
Slilam/Federhofer (UF) – bye
Butz/van Overbeek (UF) – bye
Carleton/Newman (UF) – bye
Second Round – Friday, 10/21
Slilam/Federhofer (UF) def. Buerchner/Sotomarino (UNF) 8-5
Butz/van Overbeek (UF) def. Bacha/Janssen (FAU) 9-7
Carleton/Newman (UF) def. Clark/Gabriel (FAU) 8-5
Round of 16 – Friday, 10/21
Slilam/Federhofer (UF) def. Diaz/Oliver (UGA) 8-2
Butz/van Overbeek (UF) def. Alden/Bucaro (FSU) 8-6
Brasseaux/Spencer (UGA) def. Carleton/Newman (UF) 8-3
Quarterfinals – Saturday, 10/22
Nassim Slilam/Billy Federhofer (UF) def. Blake Davis/Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 8-6
Bob van Overbeek/Andrew Butz (UF) def. Sadio Doumbia/Nathan Pasha (FSU) 8-5
Semifinals – Sunday, 10/23
Slilam/Federhofer (UF) vs. Taboada/Pieters (UGA)
Butz/van Overbeek (UF) vs. Spencer/Brasseaux (UGA)
