Friday, September 16
Durham, NC
All Day
Florida Gators
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Duke Invitational (Day 1 of 3)
Peggy Porter posted a hard-fought opening-round win against her draw's top-seed.
Tremendous Opening Day for Gators at Duke Bonk Invite
Friday, September 16, 2016 | Women's Tennis
The Gators went a combined 6-0 in singles action.
Cary, NC – The Gators compiled a combined 11-1 singles and doubles record on the first day of play at the season-opening Duke Bonk Invite held at the Cary Tennis Park on Friday.
Each of UF's six singles competitors won their respective first-round matches, while both of the Gator's new doubles teams went 4-0 in action.
Individual Results of Note:
Doubling Their Pleasure:
Quoting Head Coach Roland Thornqvist:
On the Gators performance in singles: "I was really pleased to see that in the three matches were we split sets, that we were really strong in the third set at all three spots. We were able to extend rallies, hang onto the ball and use our legs to win."
On doubles play: "In doubles, I thought we were really good. Our two new pairings did a good job of communicating."
Overall thoughts on the day: "I thought the Gator's level of play was really high for the first day of the first event of the Fall. We look forward to even stiffer competition in the winners brackets tomorrow. For the first day of the Fall, I was very pleased."
Opening Round Gator Matches:
2016 Duke Bonk Invite * Cary, N.C.
Fri., September 16, 2016
UF Results Only
Singles – First Round (Round of 8)
Doubles – First Round (Round of 8)
Doubles – Semifinals
Saturday's Gator Matches
Singles – Semifinal Round
Sunday's Doubles Matches
Doubles – Finals
Complete Draws
Duke Bonk Invite Details:
Scoring during the Event:
Daily Schedule of Events:
Fri., Sept. 16
9 a.m.: men's and women's doubles first round (followed by four first round matches)
NB 10 a.m.: men's and women's doubles second round
NB 1:30 p.m.: men's first round singles
NB 2:30 p.m.: women's singles first round matches
Sat., Sept. 17
9 a.m.: final round of men's and women's doubles (followed by four final round doubles matches)
NB 10 a.m.: men's singles second round
NB 12 p.m.: women's singles second round
NB 1:30 p.m.: men's singles third round
Sun., Sept. 18
9 a.m.: final round of women's singles (four matches will be on first available courts)
NB 10 a.m.: final round of men's singles
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Each of UF's six singles competitors won their respective first-round matches, while both of the Gator's new doubles teams went 4-0 in action.
Individual Results of Note:
- Peggy Porter was the only Gator who faced a ranked opponent on Friday and the junior emerged with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory against Miami's No. 32-ranked Yolimar Ogando, the highest-ranked opponent she has defeated in her career. Prior to Friday's victory, the highest-ranked foe Porter had knocked off was No. 47 Kelsey Laurente of Oklahoma on Sept. 14, 2014 at the 2014 Duke Invite.
- Junior Anna Danilina netted the second double-bagel result of her career, blanking North Carolina's Maggie Kane, 6-0, 6-0, in the opening round of the GOLD draw.
Doubling Their Pleasure:
- Pairing together for the first time, Kourtney Keegan and Peggy Porter team in the BLUE draw and Anna Danilina and Spencer Liang in the WHITE draw and both teams won two rounds and marched into the finals of their respective draws.
- Keegan and Porter won 8-4 and 8-6, while Danililna and Liang posted 8-4 and 8-1 decisions to reach the final round that will be played Sunday.
- Josie Kulhman and Belinda Woolcock won their opening round, 8-4, before falling 8-5 in the semifinals. They will play for third place on Sunday.
Quoting Head Coach Roland Thornqvist:
On the Gators performance in singles: "I was really pleased to see that in the three matches were we split sets, that we were really strong in the third set at all three spots. We were able to extend rallies, hang onto the ball and use our legs to win."
On doubles play: "In doubles, I thought we were really good. Our two new pairings did a good job of communicating."
Overall thoughts on the day: "I thought the Gator's level of play was really high for the first day of the first event of the Fall. We look forward to even stiffer competition in the winners brackets tomorrow. For the first day of the Fall, I was very pleased."
Opening Round Gator Matches:
2016 Duke Bonk Invite * Cary, N.C.
Fri., September 16, 2016
UF Results Only
Singles – First Round (Round of 8)
- RED Draw: Kourtney Keegan (UF) d. Teodora Radosavljevic (Virginia), 6-4, 6-2
- GOLD Draw: No. 43 Anna Danilina (UF) d. Maggie Kane (UNC), 6-0, 6-0
- YELLOW Draw: No. 9 Belinda Wookcock (UF) d. Rachael James-Baker (UNC), 6-3, 6-3
- BLUE Draw: No. 89 Josie Kuhlman (UF) d. Silvia Fuentes (Miami), 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
- BLACK Draw: Peggy Porter (UF) d. No. 32 Yolimar Ogando (Miami), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- WHITE Draw: Spencer Liang (UF) d. Makenna Jones (UNC), 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Doubles – First Round (Round of 8)
- BLACK: Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock (UF) d. Adriana Reami/Claudia Wiktorin (NC State), 8-4
- BLUE: Kourtney Keegan/Peggy Porter (UF) d. Rachael James-Baker/Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC), 8-4
- WHITE: Anna Danilina/Spencer Liang (UF) d. Ryann Foster/Abby Owens (LSU), 8-4
Doubles – Semifinals
- BLACK: Silvia Fuentes/Yolimar Oganda (Miami) d. Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock (UF), 8-5
- BLUE: Kourtney Keegan/Peggy Porter (UF) d. Becca Weissmann/Skylar Holloway (LSU), 8-6
- WHITE: Anna Danilina/Spencer Liang (UF) d. Sara Daavettila/Makenna Jones (North Carolina), 8-1
Saturday's Gator Matches
Singles – Semifinal Round
- RED: No. 26 Kourtney Keegan (UF) vs. Becca Weissmann (LSU)
- GOLD: No. 43 Anna Danilina (UF) vs. Ansley Speaks (Furman)
- YELLOW: Belinda Wookcock (UF) vs. Alejandra Cisneros (NC State)
- BLUE: No. 89 Josie Kuhlman (UF) vs. Rosie Johanson (Virginia)
- BLACK: Peggy Porter (UF) vs. Chloe Gullickson (Virginia)
- WHITE: Spencer Liang (UF) vs. No. 40 Chalena Scholl (Duke)
Sunday's Doubles Matches
Doubles – Finals
- BLUE: Kourtney Keegan/Peggy Porter (UF) vs. Anna Rasmussen/Janina Braun (VCU)
- WHITE: Anna Danilina/Spencer Liang (UF) vs. Alyssa Smith/Chalena Scholl (Duke)
- BLACK: Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock (UF) vs. Donika Bashota/Marie Norris (TCU)
Complete Draws
Duke Bonk Invite Details:
- Athletes from 10 different schools will be competing: Duke, Florida, Furman, LSU, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, TCU, Virginia and VCU
- There will not be any live scoring of any of the matches
Scoring during the Event:
- Doubles matches will be an eight game pro set with no ad scoring
- Singles will be two out of three sets with no ad scoring
Daily Schedule of Events:
Fri., Sept. 16
9 a.m.: men's and women's doubles first round (followed by four first round matches)
NB 10 a.m.: men's and women's doubles second round
NB 1:30 p.m.: men's first round singles
NB 2:30 p.m.: women's singles first round matches
Sat., Sept. 17
9 a.m.: final round of men's and women's doubles (followed by four final round doubles matches)
NB 10 a.m.: men's singles second round
NB 12 p.m.: women's singles second round
NB 1:30 p.m.: men's singles third round
Sun., Sept. 18
9 a.m.: final round of women's singles (four matches will be on first available courts)
NB 10 a.m.: final round of men's singles
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