March 14, 2003

The UK men’s tennis team took a 6-1 beating from the second-ranked Florida Gators Friday in Gainesville, Fla. The Cats drop to 10-6 overall and 2-1 in the SEC.

Sophomore Jesse Witten tallied Kentucky’s lone point of the day with a victory at No. 1 singles. After dropping the first set, Witten rallied to take the final two sets in defeating 35th-ranked Hamid Mirzadeh, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.

The Wildcats will return to action this Sunday when they take on No. 14 South Carolina. The match will begin at 1 p.m. at the Boone Tennis Complex on the UK campus.

AGATE:

Singles1.No. 13 Hamid Mirzadeh/Chris McDonald (UF) def. Karim Benmansour/Matt Emery (UK) – 8-42.No. 23 Olivier Levant/Eleazar Magallan (UF) def. Rahim Esmail/Jesse Witten (UK) – 8-33.Evan Austin/Alex Hume (UK) def. Matt Behrmann/Troy Hahn (UF) – 9-7

Singles1.No. 11 Jesse Witten (UK) def. No. 35 Hamid Mirzadeh (UF)1-6, 6-1, 6-22.No. 4 Janne Holmia (UF) def. Evan Austin (UK)7-5, 6-33.Olivier Levant (UF) def. No. 70 Karim Benmansour (UK)6-1, 2-6, 6-14.Troy Hahn (UF) def. Matt Emery (UK)6-2, 6-25.Eleazar Magallan (UF) def. No. 102 Rahim Esmail (UK)6-3, 6-16.Matt Behrmann (UF) def. No. 109 Alex Hume (UK)7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)