Jan. 19, 2009

No. 11 Florida State Men's Tennis Loses To No. 40 South Florida
The No. 11-ranked Florida State men's tennis team was upset by No. 40 South Florida on Monday in Tampa, Fla. The Bulls defeated the Seminoles 5-2 to hand FSU its first loss of the season.

The day started off slowly for the Seminoles (2-1) losing the doubles point to USF. The Garnet and Gold evened the match on court one when with 23rd-ranked junior Jean-Yves Aubone and sophomore Clint Bowles upsetting the 15th-ranked duo of Lucas Jovita and Thomas Estrada 8-5. The final match on court two went to a third-set tiebreak between 47th-ranked seniors Drew Bailey and Maciek Sykut and 58th-ranked Wael Kilani and Romain Deridder. Kilani and Deridder were able to win 9-8(4) to earn the doubles point for the Bulls.

Florida State and South Florida split the first two singles matches with No. 30 Aubone defeating No. 27 Jovita 7-5, 6-4 on court one and Bailey losing to Estrada 7-6, 7-5 on court six. The Seminoles would only win one more match on the day when No. 29 Bowles defeated Deridder on court three 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.