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Sunday, January 21
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
12:00 p.m.
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No. 20 Florida State Wins Thriller over Alabama
1/21/2024 7:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – The No. 20 Florida State men's tennis team earned its first road victory of the season over Alabama in a 4-3 classic. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc converted the winning point and shined again on Sunday afternoon at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility.
"This is a good bounce-back win from the other day and it was always going to be a challenge to win on the road and we earned that nice victory today," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "Antoine was the one that stepped up at the end and showed why he's one of the best players in college tennis."
The doubles round was a thriller as Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif defeated the 25th-ranked pairing in the country handily 6-2 before Alex Bulte and Jamie Connel dropped their matchup in a tight 6-4 set.
Loris Pourroy and Youcef Rihane exchanged leads with their opposition on Court 2 as they were neck-and-neck and came down to a tiebreak after reaching 6-6. The 52nd-ranked pairing in collegiate tennis powered through the razor-thin margin and took the doubles point for the Seminoles off a 7-5 tiebreaker.
Dous-Karpenschif and Bulte each dropped their singles matches in two sets as Alabama took a 2-1 lead.
Rihane won comfortably as he only dropped one game in the first set before maintaining a steady lead to finish out the game 6-4 to tie the team score back up at 2-2.
Pourroy took full command of the first set in 6-2 fashion but finishing off the 51st-ranked player in the country wasn't going to be easy as he dropped the second set 6-3. The third set was the same result as the second as Alabama regained the lead with two matches remaining.
Connel was up against Ponce De Leon in a battle between two top-100 players. He won the first set 6-3 before trading games back-and-forth in the second set and came down to 6-6. Connel unleashed his prowess and won the tiebreaker to tie the team score back up at 3-3 as it all came down to Court 1.
Cornut-Chauvinc was tasked with the 35th-best player in the nation in Planinsek. Cornut-Chauvinc had defeated some of the best players throughout his career and he managed to take the first set 6-4 before coming down to a 6-6 second set. Plininsek took the tiebreaker, but when the final set to decide the match was in the balance, Cornut-Chauvinc excelled with a 6-1 third set victory to send Florida State home with a gutsy win.
"I still had pretty high energy when my opponent was worn out," Cornut-Chauvinc commented. "I kept that good energy and stayed the course which led to the success."
Florida State improves to 3-1 and will return to Starkville, Mississippi, for the ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Seminoles will face Arizona State on Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern Time and then face either hosts Mississippi State or VCU on Sunday at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. ET. Live stats and video will be available on Seminoles.com.
#20 Florida State 4, Alabama 3
Singles Competition:
1. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) def. #35 Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1
2. #51 Enzo Aguiard (UA) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. #97 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. #76 Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
4. Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Zach Foster (UA) 6-1, 6-4
5. Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Roan Jones (UA) def. Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles Competition:
1. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #25 Filip Planinsek/Andrii Zimnokr (UA) 6-2
2. #52 Loris Pourroy/Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Enzo Aguiard/Zach Foster (UA) 7-6 (5)
3. Matic Dimic/Roan Jones (UA) def. Alex Bulte/Jamie Connel (FSU) 6-4
Order of Finish: Singles (6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1) Doubles (1, 3, 2)
For more information on the Florida State men's tennis program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at FSUMTennis (IG) and @FSUMTennis (X).
"This is a good bounce-back win from the other day and it was always going to be a challenge to win on the road and we earned that nice victory today," head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. "Antoine was the one that stepped up at the end and showed why he's one of the best players in college tennis."
The doubles round was a thriller as Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif defeated the 25th-ranked pairing in the country handily 6-2 before Alex Bulte and Jamie Connel dropped their matchup in a tight 6-4 set.
Loris Pourroy and Youcef Rihane exchanged leads with their opposition on Court 2 as they were neck-and-neck and came down to a tiebreak after reaching 6-6. The 52nd-ranked pairing in collegiate tennis powered through the razor-thin margin and took the doubles point for the Seminoles off a 7-5 tiebreaker.
Dous-Karpenschif and Bulte each dropped their singles matches in two sets as Alabama took a 2-1 lead.
Rihane won comfortably as he only dropped one game in the first set before maintaining a steady lead to finish out the game 6-4 to tie the team score back up at 2-2.
Pourroy took full command of the first set in 6-2 fashion but finishing off the 51st-ranked player in the country wasn't going to be easy as he dropped the second set 6-3. The third set was the same result as the second as Alabama regained the lead with two matches remaining.
Connel was up against Ponce De Leon in a battle between two top-100 players. He won the first set 6-3 before trading games back-and-forth in the second set and came down to 6-6. Connel unleashed his prowess and won the tiebreaker to tie the team score back up at 3-3 as it all came down to Court 1.
Cornut-Chauvinc was tasked with the 35th-best player in the nation in Planinsek. Cornut-Chauvinc had defeated some of the best players throughout his career and he managed to take the first set 6-4 before coming down to a 6-6 second set. Plininsek took the tiebreaker, but when the final set to decide the match was in the balance, Cornut-Chauvinc excelled with a 6-1 third set victory to send Florida State home with a gutsy win.
"I still had pretty high energy when my opponent was worn out," Cornut-Chauvinc commented. "I kept that good energy and stayed the course which led to the success."
Florida State improves to 3-1 and will return to Starkville, Mississippi, for the ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Seminoles will face Arizona State on Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern Time and then face either hosts Mississippi State or VCU on Sunday at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. ET. Live stats and video will be available on Seminoles.com.
#20 Florida State 4, Alabama 3
Singles Competition:
1. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) def. #35 Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1
2. #51 Enzo Aguiard (UA) def. Loris Pourroy (FSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. #97 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. #76 Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
4. Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Zach Foster (UA) 6-1, 6-4
5. Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Roan Jones (UA) def. Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles Competition:
1. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. #25 Filip Planinsek/Andrii Zimnokr (UA) 6-2
2. #52 Loris Pourroy/Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Enzo Aguiard/Zach Foster (UA) 7-6 (5)
3. Matic Dimic/Roan Jones (UA) def. Alex Bulte/Jamie Connel (FSU) 6-4
Order of Finish: Singles (6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1) Doubles (1, 3, 2)
For more information on the Florida State men's tennis program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at FSUMTennis (IG) and @FSUMTennis (X).
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