No. 23 Alabama Men’s Tennis Falls at No. 11 Florida, 6-1

Friday, February 19

Gainesville, Fla.

4 p.m. CT

Alabama

Florida

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

No. 23 Alabama Men’s Tennis Falls at No. 11 Florida, 6-1

2/19/2021 10:03:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Riccardo Roberto picked up a singles win at No. 4, while Alexey Nesterov and Edson Ortiz won at No. 3 doubles

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 23-ranked Alabama men's tennis team fell at No. 11 Florida, 6-1, Friday afternoon in Gainesville. The match, the Southeastern Conference opener for both squads, was played indoors due to weather.

Riccardo Roberto notched a straight-set singles victory, 7-6, 6-1, at No. 4. Alexey Nesterov and Edson Ortiz picked up a 6-4 win at No. 3 doubles. Individual matches were tight throughout with six sets going to a tiebreaker and another going to 7-5.

#11 Florida 6, #23 Alabama 1

Singles

No. 1 #12 Duarte Vale (UF) def. Zhe Zhou (UA) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 #8 Sam Riffice (UF) def. #89 Edson Ortiz (UA) 7-6, 7-5
No. 3 #85 Andy Andrade (UF) def. Patrick Kaukovalta (UA) 6-2, 7-6
No. 4 Riccardo Roberto (UA) def. Johannes Ingildsen (UF) 7-6, 6-1
No. 5 Ben Shelton (UF) def. Jeremy Gschwendtner (UA) 6-3, 7-6
No. 6 #96 Lukas Greif (UF) def. Alexey Nesterov (UA) 6-4, 7-6

Doubles

No. 1 #45 Sam Riffice/Duarte Vale (UF) def. Patrick Kaukovalta/Riccardo Roberto (UA) 7-6
No. 2 Johannes Ingildsen/Will Grant (UF) def. Gabriel Diaz Freire/Zhe Zhou (UA) 6-4
No. 3 Alexey Nesterov/Edson Ortiz (UA) def. Ben Shelton/Andy Andrade (UF) 6-4

Up Next

The Crimson Tide continues its SEC road swing, traveling to Columbia, S.C., to face No. 20 South Carolina, Sunday at 11 a.m. CT

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