Dimitrova shines, Florida stumbles
By Kyle Wood | Jan. 12, 2020The Florida women’s tennis team’s trip to the Bahamas was not pleasant.
The Florida women’s tennis team’s trip to the Bahamas was not pleasant.
After a strong finish last season and a successful fall, the Florida men’s tennis team finally hit the courts on Saturday for the first time since its Final Four appearance in 2019.
The UF men’s tennis team comes into the 2020 season ranked No. 1 in the Oracle/ITA Rankings.
Florida’s women’s tennis team will take to the Caribbean to open its 2020 season.
After a successful fall season, Florida’s men’s and women’s tennis teams will finish their season out west.
It was a busy week on the courts for Florida men’s and women’s tennis teams.
Duarte Vale’s fall resume has impressed many, so far, collecting 12 consecutive wins this fall. On Sunday, he kept the streak alive.
The Florida men’s tennis team will feature eight different Gators this weekend at the Ring Tennis Complex for the ITA Southeast Regional Championships.
At this point in Florida’s women’s tennis season, there has been one player who has emerged as a star: McCartney Kessler.
The Gators women’s tennis team is sending four representatives into enemy territory this weekend to compete in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships.
A pair of Florida’s top-ranked men’s tennis players advanced to the second round of the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Florida’s men’s tennis team has prepared for what could be its biggest challenge of the fall season.
Two Gators women’s tennis players made their fall debuts this weekend in Fort Myers, Florida, representing the Gators at the Bedford Cup.
The Gators women’s tennis team will have an opportunity to bounce back this weekend, after a subpar performance at the USTA Fall Ranked Spotlight this past weekend.
Duarte Vale’s stock just keeps rising.
The Gators women’s tennis team showed out on the singles court on the second day of the USTA Fall Ranked Spotlight. Florida’s four representatives — McCartney Kessler, Victoria Emma, Marlee Zein and Layne Sleeth — all picked up a win in the first round of singles competition. Sleeth’s performance was most notable, knocking off No. 8 Anna Rogers of NC State in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, to claim her third consecutive victory over a ranked opponent. The freshman out of Markham, Ontario, Canada, ran into injury trouble after advancing to the main draw, though, forcing her to withdraw from her match against No. 79 Shiori Fukuda and ending her day. Zein and Kessler also both withdrew from their second-round matches after picking up wins against Alana Wolfberg and Catherine Gulihur, respectively. Emma was the only Gator active in the afternoon slate but fell to NC State’s Alana Smith in straight sets to close out the Gators’ Saturday in Lake Nona, Florida.
There was one pressing question facing Florida’s men’s and women’s tennis teams this weekend: How would they respond to their most difficult challenges of the season?
Twenty.
They say that everything’s bigger in Texas, and that includes the Florida tennis teams’ win columns. Both the men’s and women’s teams were successful in the Lone Star State last weekend.
Florida’s men’s tennis team started the fall season the same way it ended the spring season: with domination.