PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team competed in the ITA All-American Chapionships in Tulsa, Oklahoma last week.

The doubles team of juniors Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu won two qualifying matches, defeating teams from Texas A&M and UNLV.

On the singles side, Kevin Zhu won three pre-qualifying matches to reach the qualifying draw, where he defeated Texas A&M's Luke Casper in straight sets.

The Quakers are back on the court, hosting the ITA Regional Championships scheduled to run this Thursday through Tuesday, October 19.

PENN RESULTS

SINGLES

        Kevin Zhu
(Pre-Qualifying) def. Callaway Clark (SMU)  6-2, 6-3
(Pre-Qualifying) def. Nickolas Frisk (Saint Joseph's)  6-1, 6-2
(Pre-Qualifying) def. Raphael Perot (Texas A&M)  1-6, 6-4, 6-4
(Pre-Qualifying) lost to Justin Schlageter (Oklahoma)  6-1, 6-2
(Qualifying) def. Luke Casper (Texas A&M)  7-6 (3), 6-4
(Qualifying) lost to #63 Emmanuel Coste (UC Irvine)  6-3, 6-0

        Jason Hildebrandt
(Pre-Qualifying) lost to Christian Lerby (Arizona State)  6-2 2-6 [10-8]
(Qualifying Consolation) def. William Grant (Florida)  6-0, 6-3

        Edoardo Graziani
(Qualifying Consolation) lost to #61 Richard Ciamarra (Texas)  6-3, 6-3

        Aditya Gupta
(Pre-Qualifying) lost to Evan Fragistas (Drake)  7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)
(Qualifying Consolation) def. Ignacio Vinas (Oral Roberts)  6-2, 6-3

DOUBLES

        Zhu/Graziani
(Qualifying) def. Marson/Perego (Texas A&M)  6-2, 4-6 [10-4]
(Qualifying) def. Ornberg/Atherton (UNLV)  6-3, 6-4
(Qualifying) lost to Malbasic/Hoeyeraal (Arizona)  7-5, 6-3