Sunday Recap: Kentucky Finishes Strong, Sarkissian Wins Again, Futures Action Continues in CA & FL

The final day of the FGCU Invitational was cut short a little with LSU and Memphis leaving after doubles due to a 6-hour rain delay. Kentucky waited out the delay and played singles with the host Florida Gulf Coast with Kentucky winning 4 of 6 matches. Kentucky ended up the big winner during the 3-day tournament winning 15 of 21 singles matches and 6 of 10 doubles matches. Kentucky's Jake Stefanik, Gus Benson, and Kevin Lai each went 3-0 in singles while Ryotaro Matsamura went 2-0. Memphis's Ryan Peniston, Andrew Watson, Kai Lemke each went 2-0 as did LSU's Gabor Csonka.

Sunday Results Singles/Doubles
Kentucky 4-2/2-0
Memphis 0-0/2-1
LSU 0-0/1-2
FGCU 2-4/1-2

3-day totals
Kentucky 15-6/6-4
Memphis 8-6/6-3
LSU 7-7/4-5
FGCU 5-16/4-7

Doubles Competition

A. Alfonzo/E. Alfonzo (FGCU) def. Asser/Lemke (UM) 6-0

Peniston/Rauch (UM) def. Vaz/Ventura (FGCU) 6-3

Watson/Manji (UM) def. Landert/Cerrini (FGCU) 6-3

Ellefsen/Lai (UK) def. Butsch/Freund (LSU) 6-2

Matsamura/Wallart (UK) def. def. Csonka/Trinh (LSU) 7-5

Arias/Korinek (LSU) def. Watson (UM)/Benson (UK) 6-3

Singles Competition

Nils Ellefsen (UK) def. Andres Alfonzo (FGCU) 7-6 (3), 6-3

Ricky Ventura (FGCU) def. Trey Yates (UK) 6-6, 6-2

Ezequiel Cerrini (FGCU) def. Austin Hussey (UK) 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)

Jake Stefanik (UK) def. Eduardo Alfonzo (FGCU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Gus Benson (UK) def. Oliver Landert (FGCU) 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4
Kevin Lai (UK) def. Javier Fernandez (FGCU)  6-4, 3-6, 6-3

"This was a great weekend for the guys to get them in a dual match mindset," said FGCU head coach CJ Weber. "They know what to expect now this week when we start our dual matches. I'm really proud of the way they competed today and I feel like this team is coming together very quickly. You never know when you add three guys in the spring how the team will gel but this is a very close group already."

Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine '14) won his second career ATP main draw match with a 6-2, 7-6(5) win over #58 Simone Bolelli (15.50) at the ATP 250 Apia International in Sydney, Australia. Sarkissian's first ATP win came over Australia's John Millman last July in Bogota, Columbia. Next up for Sark is the winner of the Alexandr Dolgopolov/Thomaz Bellucci match. 

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