Former Gator great Jesse Levine, who competed for the Orange & Blue during the 2007 season, beat Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his young career. Levine reached Wimbledon’s second round last year, as well as the second round of the 2008 Australian Open to mark his previous best showings in a Grand Slam.

Levine, who played his way through three rounds of Wimbledon qualifying
matches to earn a spot in the main draw, earned the important break in the sixth game of the fifth set to take a 4-2 lead. He held in the seventh game, where he never faced a break point and battled through several duces to hold the 5-2 advantage. Cuevas held in a quick game to keep the pressure on the “Little Lefty,” who battled back from dropping the first two points of his serve to win the final four points and emerge with the hard-fought five-set victory.