Men’s Tennis competes in final individual event before opening their dual match season

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Men’s Tennis competes in final individual event before opening their dual match season

Friday, January 19, 2018 | Men's Tennis

By: Kelly Shipp

SUNRISE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's tennis team made the short trip to Sunrise, Fla. to compete in one last individual tournament before they open regular season play on Monday, Jan. 22 at home against the University of Central Florida at 6 p.m.

The International Tennis Federation USA F4 Futures event began on Friday, Jan. 12 and was held at the Sunrise Tennis Club, a clay court surface. The field included 128 participants in the singles qualifying draw with 16 advancing to complete the 32 man bracket in the main draw. Eight Gators entered the event in the qualifying draw with two advancing to the main draw.

The field that included collegiate and professional tennis athletes provided the Gators with a challenging tournament prior to the start of the dual match season.

Freshman Duarte Vale and Oliver Crawford advanced out of the qualifying draw with four straight victories. Crawford's run ended in the first round of the main draw while Vale continued his strong play with a win in the opening round of the main draw before falling to third seeded Gonzalo Escobar 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(6).

Senior Jordan Belga also had a solid tournament, reaching the fourth round of qualifying. Belga met Crawford in the fourth round where Crawford earned the 6-1, 6-1 victory.

Chase Perez-Blanco, McClain Kessler and Johannes each advanced to the third round while Andy Andrade made it to the second round and Stephen Madonia competed in the first.

[10] Duarte Vale
Qualifying Rd - def. Charles Dossetter (AUS) – 6-0, 6-0
Qualifying Rd 2 – def. Korey Lovett (USA) – 6-4, 6-4
Qualifying Rd 3 – def. Mikhail Sokolovskiy (RUS) – 6-2, 6-2
Qualifying Rd 4 – def. [8] Filip Bergevi (SWE) – 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
Main Draw First Round – def. Strong Kirchheimer (USA) – 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
Main Draw Second Round – lost to [3] Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) – 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)

[16] Oliver Crawford
Qualifying Rd - def. Christian Alshon (USA) – 6-1, 6-4
Qualifying Rd 2 – def. Sagadat Ayap (KAZ) – 6-2, 6-2
Qualifying Rd 3 – def. Joseph Mcallister (USA) – 6-1, 6-1
Qualifying Rd 4 – def. Jordan Belga (USA) – 6-1, 6-1
Main Draw First Round – lost to [7] Fred Gil (POR) – 7-5, 2-6, 6-2

Jordan Belga
Qualifying Rd 1 - def. John Harrison (USA) – 6-0, 6-2
Qualifying Rd 2 – def. Ritik Sundaram (USA) – 6-1, 6-1
Qualifying Rd 3 – def. Charles Force (USA) – 6-3, 6-2
Qualifying Rd 4 – lost to Oliver Crawford (USA) – 6-1, 6-1

Andy Andrade
Qualifying Rd 1 - def. Alexandru Gasca-Silav (ROU) - 6-2, 6-4
Qualifying Rd 2 – lost to [3] Florian Lakat (FRA) – 5-7, 6-2, 6-4

Johannes Ingildsen
Qualifying Rd 1 - def. Hillel Rousseau (HAI) – 6-0, 6-0
Qualifying Rd 2 – def. Jacob Beasley (USA) – 6-2, 7-5
Qualifying Rd 3 – lost to Karl Poling (USA) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

McClain Kessler
Qualifying Rd 1 - def. Felipe Frattini (BRA) – 6-1, 6-2
Qualifying Rd 2 – def. Andres Golindano (VEN) – 6-0, 6-2
Qualifying Rd 3 – lost to [4] Junior Alexander (USA) – 6-0, 6-2

Stephen Madonia
Qualifying Rd - lost to Korey Lovett (USA) – 6-1, 6-2

Chase Perez-Blanco
Qualifying Rd - def. Joseph Corse (USA) – 6-4, 6-1
Qualifying Rd 2 – Daniel Fainblum (CAN) – 6-1, 6-1
Qualifying Rd 3 – lost to [2] Temur Ismailov (UZB) – 6-3, 6-3

*[ ] indicates player seeding

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The ninth ranked Gators will begin their NCAA dual match season on Monday, Jan. 22 when they host the UCF Golden Knights at 6 p.m.