TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State men’s tennis team, which moved up to No. 9 in the national team rankings released Wednesday, continues its season by traveling to Waco, Texas, for the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
FSU opens against San Diego on Friday and then plays either 12th-ranked Baylor or Arizona State on Saturday. The Seminoles are 4-0 this season, including 2-0 away from Tallahassee, and own a ranked win over No. 7 Georgia. Last week, FSU swept the singles matches in a 6-1 victory over FAU.
Florida State is led by junior Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, who is the No. 12 singles player in the nation and is 4-0 in singles play. All four of his singles wins this season have been over ranked opponents, including the No. 1-ranked singles player Ethan Quinn from Georgia.
Youcef Rihane, ranked 24th nationally, is also 4-0 in singles play with one ranked win. Sophomore Jamie Connel, who is ranked 53rd in the country, is 3-0 with a win against Georgia over the 21st-ranked player nationally
TALLAHASSEE – The 10th-ranked Florida State men’s tennis team returns to action Saturday when it hosts FAU at 1 p.m.
In their last match, the Seminoles defeated No. 7 Georgia 5-2 and improved to 3-0 on the season after sweeping the opening weekend in Hawai’i.
Florida State is led by junior Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, who is the No. 12 singles player in the nation. All three of his singles wins this season have been over ranked opponents, including the No. 1-ranked singles player Ethan Quinn from Georgia. Youcef Rihane, ranked 24th nationally, is also 3-0 in singles play. Sophomore Jamie Connel, who is ranked 53rd in the country, is 2-0 with a win against Georgia over the 21st-ranked player nationally. Junior Andreja Petrovic’s two wins also include a ranked victory over the 70th-ranked singles player.
FAU has two doubles pairs in the national rankings. Nicolas Acevedo and Filip Krolo are 32nd, and Kevin Huempfner and Hunter Robbins are the country’s No. 51-ranked doubl
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State men’s tennis team moved up six spots to 10th in this week’s ITA Rankings released Wednesday after a 3-0 start to the dual-match season. The Seminoles defeated No. 7 Georgia in the home opener on Jan. 15 after opening the season with a weekend sweep of Hawai’i and Cal in Honolulu. FSU is second among the six ACC teams in this week’s top-25, behind only top-ranked Virginia, and ahead of 14th-ranked Wake Forest, No. 18 North Carolina, No. 20 Duke and No. 21 NC State. Florida State is led by junior Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, who is the No. 12 singles player in the nation. All three of his singles wins this season have been over ranked opponents, including the No. 1-ranked singles player Ethan Quinn from Georgia. Youcef Rihane, ranked 24th nationally, is also 3-0 in singles play. Sophomore Jamie Connel, who is ranked 53rd in the country, is 2-0 with a win over the 21st-ranked player nationally against Georgia. Junior Andreja Petrovic’s two wins als
TALLAHASSEE – After its 5-2 win over No. 7 Georgia, the 16th-ranked Florida State men’s tennis team swept the ACC weekly honors. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc is the conference’s Performer of the Week and Cornut-Chauvinc and Barnaby Smith are the Doubles Pair of the Week. Cornut-Chauvinc, who is ranked No. 12 nationally in singles play, defeated the No. 1 singles player in America with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Ethan Quinn. Cornut-Chauvinc, a junior from Lyon, France, is off to a 3-0 start this season with all three wins coming over ranked opponents. Cornut-Chauvinc and Smith manned the No. 1 doubles position and earned a 7-6 (3) win over Quinn and Trent Bryde, the 19th-ranked doubles duo in the country, to clinch the doubles point for FSU. After the Seminoles and Bulldogs split matches at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, all attention turned to the crucial match at No. 1. Cornut-Chauvinc and Smith outlasted their opponent to give FSU a 1-0 lead on the way to the eventual team victory. Florida