The invitational hosted four different women’s teams including second-ranked Emory University, tenth-ranked Carnegie Mellon University, No. Matches, formatted into flighted singles and round-robin doubles, were played at the Tennis Hall of Fame on the iconic Bill Talbert Stadium Court as well as several other grass courts, which have seen the likes of John Isner, the Bryan brothers and more great tennis legends. The reigning ODAC champions were represented by Valerie Marshall, ‘21, Taylor Garcia, ‘22, and Georgia Wright, ‘22.
14-16 by sending three players to Newport, R.I.’s 2018 Hall of Fame International Tennis Association Grass Court Invitational. 7 in San Diego, California, at the Barnes Tennis Center.The women’s tennis team opened their off-season on Sept. The team now prepares for a trip to the ITA Nationals Fall championship from Nov. Goodger ended the tournament with three singles wins and a pair of doubles wins. The intense three-set battle resulted in Dong winning, 6-2, 4-6, 10-5. Goodger then faced Chen Dong of Georgia Tech. He won his quarterfinals match against No. The last notable performance of the tournament came from senior Josh Goodger. The Gators eventually fell in the final set, 10-4. Georgia Tech blew through the first set, 6-1, but the Gators evened the affair by snatching the second set, 6-3. In a seemingly lopsided matchup, the duo took McDaniel and Martin the distance. Andrade and Siimar made it to the semifinals and faced the No.1-seeded pair, McDaniel and Martin. The Yellow Jackets exacted revenge on Florida in the doubles matches. The freshman’s tournament ended at the hands of Hilderband, 7-5, 7-5. Bonetto defeated two ranked opponents, No. Freshman Nate Bonetto boasted a 3-1 singles record and became the only Gator to advance to the quarterfinals of the main draw.
Siimar wasn’t the only Gators newcomer who enjoyed a successful run. The duo eventually dropped the semifinal to Georgia Tech’s Marcus McDaniel and Andres Martin, 6-1, 3-6, 10-4. The pair reached the main draw’s semifinals with victories over South Florida’s Chase Ferguson and Bruno Oliveira, 8-3, Central Florida’s Cooper White and Bryan Triana, 8-1, and fellow UCF duo Lleyton Cronje and Trey Hilderbrand, 8-6.
The graduate transfer found success with new teammate Andy Andrade in doubles, as well.
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