Canes Seek to Continue Momentum at Bedford Cup
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team will be one of the three UM teams to compete in Tallahassee Fla., this week, when it participates in the annual Bedford Cup.
The Hurricanes enjoyed a successful start to the season, with every competitor earning at least one victory last week, contributing to Miami’s two titles at the Rice Invitational in Houston, Texas. Freshman Adria Soriano won the singles title in his draw, while his classmate Tatsuki Shimamoto and senior Nile Clark teamed up for the doubles title.
At the same time, in Tulsa, Okla., senior Christian Langmo started the season 4-0 to go through the pre-qualification stage of the ITA Men’s All-American Championships and was only two wins away from the main draw of the prestigious competition. In the same event, freshman Bojan Jankulovski debuted as a Hurricane Sunday with a win against No. 92 Josef Dodridge from Wisconsin.
The Bedford Cup, an event which includes 12 Florida teams – Miami, Florida State, North Florida, Florida, FGCU, Stetson, UCF, FIU, Bethune Cookman and Florida A&M – will be hosted by the Seminoles this year. Singles and doubles competition will begin Thursday, Oct. 5, and will continue for four days. Draws will be announced later on Wednesday.
Next week, Miami will participate in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships Presented by Oracle in Atlanta, hosted by Atlantic Coast Conference rival Georgia Tech.
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Canes at Bedford Cup, day one (Thursday):
Singles A (round of 32):
Dane Dunlap vs. Ignacio #6 Garcia (FAU)
Christian Langmo vs. Sahil Deshmukh (North Florida)
Tatsuki Shimamoto vs. #3 Daniel Kerznerman (UCF)
Adria Soriano vs. Nils Heimer (USF)
#2 Bojan Jankulovski vs. Felipe Ramirez (FGCU)
Singles B (round of 32):
Pablo Aycart Joya vs. Alberto De Meo (North Florida)
Doubles A (round of 16):
Dane Dunlap/Christian Langmo vs. Sahil Deshmukh/Till von Winning (North Florida)
Nile Clark/Tatsuki Shimamoto vs. Sean Burnette/Pierre Luquet (USF)
Bojan Jankulovski/Adria Soriano vs. Nils Heimer/Jakub Wojcik (USF)
Doubles B (quarterfinals):
Niclas Genovese/Jake Kuhlman vs. Alberto De Meo/Nilo Duarte (North Florida)
