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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Clemson Tigers earned singles and doubles victories as they took on University of Central Florida on the first day of the Gator Fall Invite. Two pairings recorded wins in doubles while Matt Pitts and Trey Stitchcomb garnered victories in singles. “Today was a great experience for our guys but especially for our freshmen. They are getting a good taste against good competition of what dual matches will be like this upcoming spring. Nice to see overall that our doubles was strong today and continued from our last event. Our guys learned some more lessons in singles today and look to take advantage of some opportunities better tomorrow,” Head Coach Brandon Wagner said. In doubles, the successful duo of Marko Mesarovic and Pitts defeated UCF’s Paul Colin and Mehdi Benchakroun, 6-4. The Mesarovic, Pitts pairing is coming off recent success at ITA Regionals as the duo advanced to the quarter finals. Securing another doubles victory for the Tigers was the pai
TALLAHASSEE – The 15th-ranked Florida State men’s tennis team begins ACC play this weekend when it travels to play No. 65 Virginia Tech and No. 21 Virginia.
Florida State is led by junior Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, who is the No. 2 singles player in the nation, the highest ranking of any FSU men’s tennis player in school history. Cornut-Chauvinc enters this weekend’s matches with an 8-0 record with five of those wins coming against ranked opponents.
Cornut-Chauvinc has won three weekly honors after winning ACC’s co-Player of the Week on January 31, and earning Player of the Week and Doubles Pair of the Week on January 17.
Sophomores Maks Silagy and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif earned Florida State its fourth weekly award this season after earning ACC Doubles Pair of the Week on February 28. The pair’s 6-3 victory over UCF’s No. 48-ranked Bogdan Pavel and Lleyton Cronje clinched the doubles point for the Seminoles on court No. 1.
Youcef Rihane, ranked 89th nat
TALLAHASSEE – Florida State sophomores Joshua Dous-Karpenschif and Maks Silagy, who earned Florida State the doubles point against UCF, have been named ACC Doubles Pair of the Week on Tuesday. Silagy and Karpenschif who were playing at No. 1 doubles for the first time this season, defeated the No. 48-ranked doubles pair, Lleyton Cronje and Bogdan Pavel of UCF. The match was tied 3-3 before Silagy and Karpenschif won three straight games to hand UCF’s doubles pair its first loss of the season. The pair’s 6-3 win on court No. 1 clinched the doubles point for Florida State. The Seminoles went on to defeat UCF by a 6-1 margin. Dous-Karpenschif earned his second win of the weekend after he clinched the match for Florida State with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 come-from-behind win on court No. 5, gave FSU a 4-1 lead. Dous-Karpenschif, Silagy and the Seminoles are back in action Friday with the beginning of ACC play on Friday when they travel to play No. 65 Virginia Tech at Burrows-
TALLAHASSEE – The 16th-ranked Florida State men’s tennis team resumes action on Saturday when it travels to play UCF at 3 p.m. with the match being held at USTA National Campus.
The Seminoles have played ranked opponents in three out of their previous four matches. Florida State’s record stands at 6-3 for the season.
Florida State is led by junior Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, who is the No. 2 singles player in the nation, the highest ranking of any FSU men’s tennis player in school history. Cornut-Chauvinc enters Saturday’s match with an 8-0 record with five of those wins coming against ranked opponents.
Cornut-Chauvinc has won three weekly honors after winning ACC’s co-Player of the Week on January 31, his third weekly honor after earning Player of the Week and Doubles Pair of the Week on January 17.
Youcef Rihane, ranked 89th nationally, has been dominant in singles play for the Noles. Rihane is 8-1 and has beaten two nationally ranked players so far thi