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Women's Tennis Battles No. 1 Florida
4/7/2017 | Women's Tennis
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Ole Miss women's tennis team dropped the doubles point to No. 1 Florida, but came back in singles to make it interesting before the Gators closed out the match 4-0 at Scott Linder Stadium Friday.
The Gators earned 6-2 wins on courts one and two to go up 1-0, but singles would be a different story for the Rebels.
Ole Miss had an opportunity to win the first set on five courts, but ultimately they split the sets 3-3. The Rebels won the first set at two, three and six and went to tiebreakers on one and five.
The Gators took a 2-0 lead when No. 29 Anna Danilina defeated Tea Jandric 6-2, 6-1 at No. 4 singles and then went up 3-0 as No. 13 Belinda Woolcock topped Arianne Hartono 7-6(6), 6-3 at No. 1 singles.
Natalie Suk won her first set 6-3, but lost the second and third sets 6-3, 6-3 to No. 25 Ingrid Neel for the final 4-0 score.
Zalina Khairudinova was on serve in the third set against No. 12 Josie Kuhlman at No. 3 singles, Alexa Bortles was also on serve in the third at No. 5 singles and Tereza Janatova, playing in her first SEC match, was in the third set at six.
At the net...
• The Rebels are now 13-9 on the year, 3-7 in the SEC
• Tereza Janatova saw her first action in an SEC match
Complete results
Doubles
1. #18 Danilina/Neel (UF) def. #45 Bortles/Hartono (OM) 6-2
2. #16 Austin/Keegan (UF) def. Jandric/Khairudinova (OM) 6-2
3. Janatova/Suk (OM) vs. #33 Kuhlman/Woolcock (UF) 2-5, sus.
Order of Finish: 2, 1
Singles
1. #13 Belinda Woolcock (UF) def. #40 Arianne Hartono (OM) 7-6(6), 6-3
2. #25 Ingrid Neel (UF) def. #95 Natalie Suk (OM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-33. Zalina Khairudinova (OM) vs. #12 Josie Kuhlman (UF) 7-6(4), 4-6, 2-1, sus.
4. #29 Anna Danilina (UF) def. Tea Jandric (OM) 6-2, 6-1
5. Alexa Bortles (OM) vs. #106 Brooke Austin (UF) 6-7(3), 6-4, 2-2, sus.
6. Tereza Janatova (OM) vs. #37 Kourtney Keegan (UF) 6-3, 1-6, 3-5, sus.
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 2
Thoughts from head coach Mark Beyers...
"Florida played great doubles today. In singles we really played at a high level, especially early in the matches and had opportunities to win five first sets. Unfortunately, we lost a couple of tiebreakers to split the six first sets 3-3. We had some great battles in singles but couldn't come up with the win. Overall a good performance against the top team in the nation. We have to come out and play at the same level Sunday against No. 13 South Carolina."
Up next...
The Rebels close out the weekend road trip Sunday at No. 13 South Carolina at 12 p.m. CT.
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