Gator’s last Alabama in Thriller to advance in the Sec tournament

Auburn, Ala.– The Florida Gators agreed against a challenging Alabama team in the first round of the SEC tournament in 2025. UF was planned as No. 12 seeds and defeated the thirteenth seeds with 4: 3 on Wednesday evening.

The Matchup started at 3 p.m. CT and stretched over four hours in the Yarbrough Tennis Center. Two of the three double competitions were determined in Tiebreakers and three individual games were forced into a third set. Florida’s victory against Alabama marks head coach By Nilsson‘S First Nach season victory as a gator.

Double action:
Florida dramatically won the doubles against Alabama and presented her serenity under pressure. Court One ended the first Alicia Dudeney And Bente Spee Ultimately, Petra Sedlackova and Margaux Maquet fell 6: 4.


In court three, Florida’s Talia Neilson-Gatby And Noemie Oliveras was in a tiebreaker against Alabamas Maria Martinez Vaquero and Maria Andrienko, UF started strongly in the tie-breaker with a 2-0 lead, but Alabama came back with five consecutive points to achieve a 5-2 advantage. The Gators refused to withdraw and reacted by winning the next three points to run them to 5-5. The first semester duo continued its dynamics to bring the next two to the double competition with 7: 5.


Court Two was now the decisive match for the colon and the duo of Rachel Gailis And Nikola Daubnerova With a discouraging 40-15 deficit at 6-5. Alabama was again within the long -range range, but UF did not withdraw. Florida saved three match points and won the game to connect the match 6: 6 and force a tie-breaker. With swing on their side, Gailis and Daubnerova drove 7-2 past the Tiebreaker and secure the colon to provide a 1-0 advantage in the singles.

Play singles:
Alabama scored the first time in the singles game and claimed to claim victories in the imagery. On Court Five, Sara Nayar Floridas Noémie Oliveras overwhelmed with a 6: 4, 6: 1 victory to connect the match 1-1. Moments later Margaux Maquet the Crimson Tide gave a 2-1 lead by defeating newcomers Reagan Parker 6-2, 6-1 in court 6.


With the gators of a newcomer Talia Neilson-Gatby appeared on Court Three in a crucial moment. Neilson gatby compared to Alabamas Klara Milicevic took the first set 6: 4 before he found 4-0 in the second with 4: 0. However, the newcomer took it point by point and gathered back to win the next six games directly to consolidate a straight set win with 6: 4, 6: 4. With the victory from UF on Court Three, the score was 2-2 again.


Attention was then postponed to court, where a marquee-top 50 matchup developed between Floridas No. 30 Rachel Gailis and Alabamas No. 38 Petra Sedlackova. After Gailis shared the first two sentences, he found further equipment in determination and dominated with an additional network game. The junior closed the match with 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2 and brought Florida back into the lead with 3-2.


Alabama refused to go quietly as Maria Martinez-Vaque and Bente Spee Fight four in court. Spee took the first set 6: 4 with a strong service game and a net print, but Martinez-Vaque came back, sped Spee 6-0 in the second set and finally secured victory in the third, 4-6, 6: 4. 6: 4. Alabama’s victory again at 3: 3 and left the post-season competition in court.


In the decisive match Florida’s Alicia Dudeney Delivered under immense pressure. Dudeney vis-à-vis Maria Andrienko fell 6: 4 in the first set, but dug in the second to get an impressive 6: 4 comeback victory out. Dudeney was for most of the game below, but she came through for the Gator when it was most important, and closed the last set 6: 3. Dudeney victory scored 4: 3 team victory against Alabama and secured her place in the second round of the Sec tournament 2025.



Gator bites:

trainer By Nilsson In Florida’s struggle in the first round of the SEC tournament:
“With all the challenges that we were confronted this spring, from injuries to no complete squad, we needed something that we could go in the way. The colon was the key tonight, and I thought everyone would compete well; not in their own way without being negative for takeover, and it paid off.”



trainer By Nilsson on senior Alicia Dudeney Click the match for the Gator:
“Alicia has now won 11 games in the SEC directly, and not many people can do that. She also had the best attitude in practice and consistently comes with high energy, so she earns such moments.”

Enders’ results:

Final singles results:
1. #30 Rachel Gailis (UF) def. #38 Petra Sedlackova (UA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
2. #53 Alicia Dudeney (UF) def. Maria Andrienko (UA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Talia Neilsongatby (UF) Def. Klara Milicevic (UA) 6-4, 6-4
4. Maria Martinez-Vaque (UA) Def. Bente Spee (UF) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
5. Sara Nayar (UA) Def. Noemie Oliveras (UF) 6-4, 6-1
6. Margaux Maquet (UA) Def. Reagan Parker (UF) 6-2, 6-1

Order of the surface: 5, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2

Final double results:
1. Petra Sedlackova/Margaux Maquet (UA) Def. #22 Alicia Dudeney/Bente Spee (UF) 6-4
2. #11 Rachel Gailis/Nikola Daubnerova (UF) def. #81 Maria Martinez-Vaque/Maria Andrienko (UA) 7-6 (7-2)
3. Noemie Oliveras/Talia Neilsongatby (UF) Def. Klara Milicevic/Sara Nayar (UA) 7-6 (7-5)

Order of the finish: 1, 3, 2

Team records:

No. 47 Florida: (9-13, 4-11 seconds)

No. 34 Alabama: (13-14, 4-11 seconds)



Next:
The Gators are now sown the fifth Commodores in round two of the SEC tournament. Vanderbilt will be the Matchup on Thursday before a first round. The Matchup is set for a CT start time from 3 p.m. and is played in the Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, Ala.



No. 13 Vanderbilt: (18-5, 11-4 seconds)

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