Gators Impress at M15 Naples Tournament

Shelbayh and Kuzuhara, who competed with Ben Shelton and received the doubles title on the USTA Boys’ 18 & 16 Nationwide Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan over the summer time, took on Jesse Witten and Liam Draxl (ITA No. 1 participant) within the first spherical of doubles competitors. The Shelbayh/Kuzuhara pair simply received their match, 6-2, 6-2, to maneuver on to the quarterfinals, the place they reached the semifinals after a walkover by their opponents.
Within the semifinals, Shelbayh and Kuzuhard battled Federico Bertuccioli and Marco De Rossi. The duo received the primary set, 6-1, earlier than dropping the second set, 6-3. The pair would advance to the finals with a 10-7 tremendous tiebreak rating.
On the opposite facet of the doubles bracket, Vale and former Gator teammate, Ingildsen grouped collectively. The duo defeated their first-round opponents, Fletcher Scott and Juan David Velasquez, by scores of 6-2 and 6-3 to maneuver on to the quarterfinals. Then, simply received their second-round match by 6-2 scores in opposition to Alan Kohen and Juan Ignacio Galarza.
Vale and Ingildsen took on the No. 1-seeded doubles pair, Louroi Martinez and Damien Wenger, within the semifinals and pulled out a straight-set win, 6-0, 6-1, en path to an nearly all-Gators remaining. Shelbayh and Kuzuhara had been capable of outlast the Vale/Ingildsen pair by scores of 6-4, 6-1 to win the doubles championship on the match.
Over in singles, Vale’s first spherical match in the primary draw was a fast one. In 59 minutes, Vale took down Velasquez, 6-1, 6-0. In his second-round singles match, Vale defeated ATP No. 732 participant and No. 5-seed, Galarza, 6-2, 7-5. Vale took on teammate Ingildsen within the quarterfinals and was capable of draw back with a 6-4, 6-3 victory to advance to the semifinals, the place he then defeated Blu Baker, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Within the finals, Vale put up a combat in opposition to ITF No. 1 juniors participant, Juncheng Shang, however dropped the match, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Shelbayh joined Vale in profitable his first and second spherical singles matches after downing each ATP No. 279 participant, Rubin Statham, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, and ATP No. 787 participant/No. 7-seed, Ezekiel Clark, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, in three-set battles.
Josh Goodger posted a pair wins within the qualifying singles spherical, beginning with a dominant win over Chukwudumebi Smarty, 6-0, 6-1. He then took on the ITA No. 29 participant from Tennessee, Martim Prata, within the second spherical of qualifying. The Gator pulled out the victory with a tiebreak within the first set, 7-6 (5) and a 6-1 rating within the second set.
Goodger and Will Grant additionally paired up for doubles competitors as they superior to the quarterfinals with a first-round win over Prata and Blaise Bicknell, 6-2, 6-3.
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