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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The 2018 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships got underway on Wednesday with the first round of the Singles bracket. The event is being held in Winston-Salem, N.C. on the campus of Wake Forest.
 
Singles Bracket | Doubles Bracket

The Gators had three individuals competing in the singles portion of the individual championship on Wednesday. Junior Alfredo Perez, who earned All-America honors a season ago with a round of 16 appearance, advanced to the second round this year. Perez's first round matchup was against JJ Wolf of Ohio State who entered the contest with 25-8 dual match record this season.
 
Perez jumped out to an early in lead in the first set before taking the set by a score of 6-4. Rain, which played a factor during the entire team tournament just a few days ago, once again interrupted a match in the NCAA Tournament. After a rain delay, Perez took a 5-4 lead before breaking Wolf to take the set 6-4 and the match. Perez will compete in the second round on Thursday against Columbia's Victor Pham. The match is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
 
Also competing in singles was Johannes Ingildsen and Oliver Crawford. Ingildsen lost his first round match to Michigan's Runhao Hua 7-5, 6-2. Crawford fell in his match 6-1, 6-1 to Florida State's Lucas Poullain.
 
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Singles
Perez will compete in the second round on Thursday against Columbia's Victor Pham. The match is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
Doubles
No. 4 seed Perez and Ingildsen will open the doubles bracket at 5 p.m. when they take on Stanford's Tom Fawcett and Axel Geller. Also in doubles action will be McClain Kessler and Duarte Vale who take on No. 5-8 Guillermo Nuñez and Alex Rybakov of TCU at 3:30 p.m.
 
2018 Individual Championship Results
Singles
Round of 64
No. 9-16 Alfredo Perez (UF) def. JJ Wolf (Ohio State) – 6-4, 6-4
Runhao Hua (Michigan) def. Johannes Ingildsen (UF) – 7-5, 6-2
Lucas Poullain (Florida State) def. Oliver Crawford (UF) – 6-1, 6-1
 
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