New York City, N.Y. –  The Florida men's tennis team opened ITA Kick-Off Weekend at Columbia Univeristy. The Gators defeated Middle Tennessee 4-0 on Saturday afternoon. Florida will face the winner of Columbia/Miami on Sunday at 2 p.m.

No. 16 Tanapatt Nirundorn and Henry Jefferson faced No.45 Ondrej Horak and Kairm Al-Amin on court one. The pair took control early and cruised to a 6-2 victory.
Adhithya Ganesan and Ben Weintraub followed suit, putting on a dominate display to log another 6-2 win over Jakub Kroslak and Shu Matsuoka.

Jeremy Jin and Kevin Edengren's match over Rostislav Halfinger and Kacper Szymkowiak was left unfinished but was tied at 4-4 before the doubles point was decided.

On the singles side, the Gators kept their composure to secure the win. No. 41 Jin dominated from start to finish securing a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Matsuoka and pushing Florida's lead to 2-0.

Johnson put the team within one match away from clinching the overall victory with another straight set victory. The Florida vet defeated Horak 6-2, 6-4 in his first dual season win of the season.

Ganesan delivered a clutch performance to secure the fourth and final point for the Orange and Blue. Ganesan defeated No. 98 Al- Amin in a three-set battle. After taking the opening set 6-3, Al-Amin responded taking the second 6-4 to even the match. However, Ganesan regrouped in the final set and sealed the win 6-1.

Florida also led on the two courts that didn't finish their singles matches, with Jefferson dropping his first set to Kroslak 6-2 and taking the second set 6-2. Jefferson led 4-3 in the third before leaving his match unfinished.

Bradley Paliska also led taking the first set 7-6 over Igor Berranger. The match was knotted up at 2-2 before going unfinished.
 
Doubles Results
1. #16 Henry Jefferson/Tanapatt Nirundorn (UF) def. #45 Ondrej Horak/Karim Al-Amin (MTSU) 6-2
2. Ben Weintraub/Adhithya Ganesan (UF) def. Jakub Kroslak/Shu Matsuoka (MTSU) 6-2
3. #76 Jeremy Jin/Kevin Edengren (UF) vs. Rostislav Halfinger/Kacper Szymkowiak (MTSU) 4-4, unfinished

 Order of finish: 2,1

Singles Results
1. Adhithya Ganesan (UF) def. #98 Karim Al-Amin (MTSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
2. #41 Jeremy Jin (UF) def. Shu Matsuoka (MTSU) 6-1, 6-2
3. #106 Henry Jefferson (UF) vs. Jakub Kroslak (MTSU) 4-6, 6-2, 4-3, unfinished
4. JanMagnus Johnson (UF) def. Ondrej Horak (MTSU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Kevin Edengren (UF) vs. Kacper Szymkowiak (MTSU) 6-3, 3-6, 2-4, unfinished
6. Bradley Paliska (UF) vs. Igor Mandou Berrange (MTSU) 7-6 (7-3), 2-2, unfinished

Order of finish: 2,4,1
 
NEXT UP:
The Gators will face the winner of the Columbia/Miami match-up. The match is slated to begin at 2 p.m.

ITA RANKINGS
Florida finds itself ranked No. 24 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. Two Gators are ranked in singles competition: Jeremy Jin at No. 41 and Henry Jefferson at No. 106.  Doubles pair Tanapatt Nirundorn and Henry Jefferson also cracked into the ITA rankings at No. 16. Kevin Edengren and Jeremy Jin round out the ranked players for Florida sitting at No. 76.

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