Orkin and Watson Advance in Doubles Main Draw at ITA All-American
Friday, October 4, 2013 | Men's Tennis
The duo of Elliott Orkin and Gordon Watson won their opening round match on Thursday in the doubles main draw at the 2013 Saint Francis ITA Men's All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Orkin and Watson, who earned a spot in the Doubles Main Draw as a qualifier, won 8-5 against SMU's Nate Lammons and Alex Sanders. The UF duo will face Vanderbilt's Gonzales Austin and Ryan Lipman on Friday in the Round of 16.
Senior Stephane Piro, the only Gator participating in the singles main draw, lost his opening match to Oklahoma's Guillermo Alcorta 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3.
Complete draws and results can be found online at the official web site for the ITA Men's All-America Championships.
2013 Saint Francis ITA Men's All-American Championships
Michael D. Case Tennis Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
main draw Singles
First Round (Thursday)
Guillermo Alcorta (Oklahoma) def. Stephane Piro (UF) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3
Consolation Singles
(Thursday)
Stephane Piro (UF) def. Japie DeKlerk (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-2
(Friday)
Stephane Piro (UF) vs. Hunter Reese (Tenn.)
main draw doubles
First Round (Thursday)
Orkin/Watson (UF) def. Lammons/Sanders (SMU) 8-5
Second Round (Friday)
Orkin/Watson (UF) vs. Austin/Lipman (Vanderbilt)
Qualifying Singles
First Round (Monday)
Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) def. Mike Alford (UF) 6-3, 7-5
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Sem Verbeek (Pacific) 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
Florent Diep (UF) def. Hunter Koontz (VT) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
George Goldhoff (Texas) def. Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-4, 6-1
Second Round (Tuesday)
Gordon Watson (UF) def. Slim Hamza (Utah) 7-6 (4), 6-4
Florent Diep (UF) def. Thorsten Bertsch (San Diego St) 6-4, 7-5
Third Round (Wednesday)
Lloyd Glasspool (Texas) def. Gordon Watson (UF) 6-1, 6-2
Clay Thompson (UCLA) def. Florent Diep (UF) 6-4, 6-4
Consolation Draw (Tuesday)
Hunter Harrington (Clemson) def. Elliott Orkin (UF) 6-3, 6-0
Max Schnur (Columbia) def. Mike Alford (UF) 6-3, 6-4
Maxx Lipman (UF) def. Hunter Callahan (Ohio St.) 6-4, 6-2
Qualifying Doubles
Second Round (Tuesday)
Orkin/Watson (UF) def. Bader/Reilly (Penn St.) 8-7
Alford/Diep (UF) def. Ask/Shinde (Arizona) 8-5
Lipman/Piro (UF) def. Biosca/Ordeig (ETSU) 8-7 (8)
Third Round (Wednesday)
Orkin/Watson (UF) def. Rubio/Stillman (UTSA) 8-5
Alford/Diep (UF) def. Siegal/Ghilea (Oklahoma) 8-6
Giron/McDonald (UCLA) def. Lipman/Piro (UF) 8-3
Fourth Round (Wednesday)
Orkin/Watson (UF) def. Koontz/Monteiro (VT) 8-7 (1)
Pre-Qualifying Singles
First Round (Saturday)
Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Jonathan Hammel (UC Irvine) 6-1, 6-3
Second Round (Sunday)
Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Marc Collado Castells (Penn State) 6-2, 6-3
Nick Papac (Oklahoma) def. Maxx Lipman (6-2, 6-3)
Third Round (Sunday)
Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Sam Swank (S. Carolina) 6-4, 7-5
Fourth Round (Monday)
Elliott Orkin (UF) def. Farris Gosea (Illinois) 6-4, 7-5
