Florida Gators

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. – The Gators' time at the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic comes to a close following a loss in the semifinals of the doubles draw and three singles losses.  
 
Lukas Greif and Brian Berdusco defeated Johnathan Small and Guillermo Cabrera of Notre Dame in the quarterfinals 8-3 to continue through the bracket, but their run ended in an 8-4 loss to Chase Wood and Richard Thongoana of Florida State.  This marks the third fall tournament in which a Gators doubles team has advanced to the semifinals.  This is the second semifinal advancement for the freshman/sophomore duo, which led to their doubles title at the UVA Masters.  Berdusco also claimed the doubles title at the ITA Regional Championships with junior Johannes Ingildsen.
 
In singles, senior McClain Kessler won the final game of his suspended match from Friday to advance to the singles quarterfinals.  Kessler defeated Davey Roberts of Princeton 7-5, 6-4 after he was up a set and 5-4 in the second and rain forced the match to be postponed until Saturday morning.  
 
After Kessler's singles victory, the Gators struggled to find any success in singles.  Berdusco dropped his consolation quarterfinal match to Ezequiel Cerrini of FGCU in straight sets.  Greif and Kessler were both eliminated from the singles main draw following straight set losses.   
 
Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic Results:

• Singles Round of 16:
  • McClain Kessler def. Davey Roberts (Princeton) 7-5, 6-4
• Singles Consolation Quarterfinals:
  • Axel Nefve (Notre Dame) def. Lukas Greif 6-4, 7-5
  • Noe Khlif (Illinois) def. McClain Kessler 7-6 (1), 6-1
• Singles Consolation Quarterfinals:
  • Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) def. Brian Berdusco 7-5, 6-2
• Doubles Quarterfinals: 
  • Lukas Greif/Brian Berdusco def. Johnathan Small/Guillermo Cabrera (Notre Dame) 8-3
• Doubles Semifinals:
  • Chase Wood/Richard Thongoana (Florida State) def. Lukas Greif/Brian Berdusco 8-4

Thoughts from Assistant Coach Scott Perelman:
"Today was a disappointing performance by the Gators.  We are here to learn and get better and we have accumulated a good amount of information that will help us improve.  This tournament is a first class event.  We want to thank everyone involved for the kindness and hospitality."    
 
Up Next:
This tournament marks the end of the fall season for Harrison Cacciatore, Lukas Greif and McClain Kessler.  Brian Berdusco, Johannes Ingildsen, Duarte Vale and Andy Andrade will head to Arizona for the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships. Main draw starts Wednesday, Nov. 7.  Berdusco and Ingildsen automatically qualified for the doubles draw with their regional championship.  Ingildsen, Vale and Andrade received at-large bids into the singles draw.   
 
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