LYNCHBURG, Va. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team wrapped up the fall portion of its season at the Liberty Fall Hidden Duals. The three-day event concluded Sunday
Featuring Penn State and Old Dominion in addition to the Quakers and host Flames, the three-day event saw each school square off in singles and doubles matches against a different school each day of the event.
Penn won five matches on Friday against ODU, a pair of doubles sessions and a trio of singles contests. On Saturday against the host Flames, the Quakers won four singles matches. Penn closed the event on Sunday with a Keystone State showdown against the Nittany Lions, picking up two doubles wins and four singles victories.
Junior
Edoardo Graziani finished the weekend 5-1, going 3-0 in singles play without dropping a set. Senior
Jason Hildebrandt won singles matches against Liberty and Penn State, as well as a doubles match against Old Dominion. Senior
Jonah Jurick went 2-1 in singles, while junior
Aditya Gupta, sophomore
Sameer Gangoli, and freshman
Tal Goodman all won matches in both singles and doubles. Elsewhere, juniors
Kevin Zhu and
Harsh Parikh each picked up a win in doubles play, while freshman
Zachery Lim picked up a straight-set singles win.
PENN vs. ODU (Friday)
Doubles
Lalami/Nolan (ODU) def.
Aditya Gupta/
Harsh Parikh (P) 6-4
Sameer Gangoli/
Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Maldoner/Sirous (ODU) 6-4
Edoardo Graziani/
Tal Goodman (P) def. Van Schalkwyk/Tobisch (ODU) 6-4
Singles
Edoardo Graziani (P) def. Lalami (ODU) 6-4, 6-2
Maldoner (ODU) def.
Jason Hildebrandt (P) 7-6, 6-4
Sirous (ODU) def.
Harsh Parikh (P) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Aditya Gupta (P) def. Van Schalkwyk (ODU) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
Nolan (ODU) def.
Zachery Lim (P) 6-3, 7-5
Tobisch (ODU) def.
Sameer Gangoli (P) 6-0, 6-0
Jonah Jurick (P) def. Walser (ODU) 6-4, 7-6
PENN vs. LIBERTY (Saturday)
Doubles
Thomas-Smith/Worst (L) def.
Edoardo Graziani/
Kevin Zhu (P) 6-3
Marques Da Silva/Longwe-Smith (L) def.
Aditya Gupta/
Harsh Parikh (P) 6-3
Wilson/Heaven (L) def.
Jason Hildebrandt/
Zachery Lim (P) 6-2
Ferreira/El Kadi (L) def.
Jonah Jurick/
Tal Goodman (P) 6-3
Singles
Edoardo Graziani (P) def. Wilson (L) 6-3, 6-4
Marques Da Silva (L) def.
Kevin Zhu (P) 7-6, 6-4
Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Worst (L) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Thomas-Smith (L) def.
Aditya Gupta (P) 6-2, 7-6
Longwe-Smit (L) def.
Harsh Parikh (P) 7-6, 6-4
Heaven (L) def.
Zachery Lim (P) 6-4, 6-3
Tal Goodman (P) def. Ferreira (L) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Jonah Jurick (P) def. El Kadi (L) 2-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-2)
PENN vs. PENN STATE (Sunday)
Doubles
Edoardo Graziani/
Kevin Zhu (P) def. Morgan/Eala (PSU) 6-3
Aditya Gupta/
Harsh Parikh (P) def. Bhatnagar/Bossem (PSU) 6-3
Sengul/Karman (PSU) def.
Jason Hildebrandt/
Tal Goodman (P) 6-2
Sato/Saadi (PSU) def.
Zachery Lim/
Sameer Gangoli (P) 6-2
Singles
Edoardo Graziani (P) def. Sato (PSU) 6-3, 6-3
Eala (PSU) def.
Kevin Zhu (P) 6-7, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Sengul (PSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Morgan (PSU) def.
Aditya Gupta (P) 6-4, 6-4
Bhatnagar (PSU) def.
Harsh Parikh (P) 7-6, 6-3
Bossem (PSU) def.
Tal Goodman (P) 6-1, 6-1
Janes (PSU) vs.
Jonah Jurick (P) 6-2, retired
Zachery Lim (P) def. Ctverak (PSU) 6-3, 6-4
Sameer Gangoli (P) def. Karman (PSU) 6-1, 6-4
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