Ospreys Advance to Title Matches in Top Flights of Singles, Doubles

Saturday, October 6

Macon, Ga.

University of North Florida

Mercer Invite

Dominik Barton prepares for a backhand return.

Barton will play fellow Osprey Till Von Winning in the top flight of singles tomorrow.

Ospreys Advance to Title Matches in Top Flights of Singles, Doubles

10/6/2018 9:28:00 PM | Men's Tennis

UNF Guaranteed a Singles - Flight A Win Sunday

MACON, Ga. - After day two at Mercer's Gridiron Classic UNF positioned itself to vie for championship matches in the top flights of singles and doubles play tomorrow. The Ospreys have accumulated 32 wins over the last two day, led by Jorge Nunez's seven and six for seniors Till Von Winning and Sahil Deshmukh.

The quarterfinals of the Singles - Flight A was a busy one for North Florida as it had four competing at the 8:30 a.m. time slot. Dominik Barton got the best of Coastal Carolina's Luiz Faria, 6-1, 6-3, and Nunez topped Georgia State's Kevin Huynh with a pair of 6-3 wins.

Von Winning got the best of classmate Deshmukh to advance to the semifinals with a straight-sets win.

Barton followed up with a 6-3, 6-2 rout of Georgia State's Andrei Duarte. Nunez and Von Winning were pitted against one another in the semifinals with the senior taking a hard-fought match in three sets.

"Always a tough day when you have your players competing against each other in the quarterfinals and semifinals," head coach Matt Lucas said. "On the bright side though, that means our guys have advanced in the draw, which is a great thing."

Federico Nani and Joe Ellis garnered wins in the consolation bracket of the second flight of singles, advancing to the semis. Nani took the opening set, but Florida Southern's Brandon Pham took the final two, and the match. Ellis finds himself in the title match with a straight-set victory in the semis.

Nunez and Deshmukh won 7-6 (3) to set up a semifinals bout against Kennesaw State's Drew Lahey and Bryan Triana. UNF downed the their ASUN foe, 6-1, to earn a finals appearance in the top flight of doubles.

Singles
Flight A - Quarterfinals
Dominik Barton def. Luiz Faria (Coastal Carolina) 6-1, 6-3
Nunez def. Kevin Huynh (Georgia State) 6-3, 6-3
Von Winning def. Deshmukh 6-4, 6-1

Flight A - Semifinals
Barton def. Andrei Duarte (Georgia State) 6-3, 6-2
Von Winning def. Nunez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2

Flight B - Quarterfinals (Consolation)
Federico Nani def. Luis Foix (Troy) 6-1, 6-0
Joe Ellis def. Oscar Sohl (Fla. Southern) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (5)

Flight B - Semifinals (Consolation)
Brandon Pham (Fla. Southern) def. Nani 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (11)
Ellis def. Hikaru Nagoshi (Fla. Southern) 7-6 (4), 6-2

Men's Singles: Extra Consolation Draw
Brian Pham (Fla. Southern) def. Charley Castaing 7-6 (6), 6-2

Doubles
Flight A - Quarterfinals
Nunez/Deshmukh def. Di Aloy/kerssens (Ga. Southern) 7-6 (3)
Waldow/Candido (North Ga.) def. Nilo Duarte/Von Winning (walkover)

Flight A - Semifinals
Nunez/Deshmukh def. Drew Lahey/Bryan Triana (Kennesaw State) 6-1

Flight B - Semifinals (Consolation)
Victor Ahlbeck/Danny Thomas def. Castaing/Ellis (walkover)

Tomorrow's Slate

All action begins at 9 a.m. at Mercer's Leroy Peddy Tennis Center.
Barton and Von Winning will face off for the Singles - Flight A title.
Ellis squares off with Florida Southern's Brandon Pham in the Singles - Flight B Consolation final.
Nunez and Deshmukh go for the Doubles - Flight A championship against North Georgia's Zack Waldow and Kevin Candido.
Draws, updated results and brackets will be updated throughout the morning.

"It will be a battle tomorrow with Till and Dominik, but I'm excited an Osprey will be the champion of the top flight. I'm also pumped up for the doubles final, as well as Joe Ellis being able to battle back for the backdraw championship. It's a great feeling when we are competing for titles, and I'm looking forward to the battle tomorrow."