PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team lost the doubles point but roared back to win all six singles matches—five of them in straight sets—to defeat Villanova, 6-1, on Friday at the Hamlin Tennis Center. With the win, the Quakers improved to 1-1 on the shortened 2021 season.
 
The Wildcats (5-8) took the doubles points with 6-4 wins at Nos. 2 and 3. At No. 1 doubles, Zach Smith and Jason Hildebrandt took a 6-2 decision over the Villanova team of Alex Kim and Ryan Nguyen.
 
The only singles match that was extended came at No. 2, where Hildebrandt won the first set 6-3 but fell in the second, 6-4. In the third-set tiebreak, he defeated Josh Robinson 10-7.
 
Penn is back in action on Saturday, hosting Drexel at 2 p.m.
 
Doubles
1 – Smith/Hildebrandt (P) def. Kim/Nguyen (V), 6-2
2 – Jones/Robinson (V) def. Gupta/Huryn (P), 6-4
3 – Prokurat/Suarez (V) def. Gangoli/Zucker (P), 6-4
 
Singles
1 – Aditya Gupta (P) def. Alex Kim (V), 6-0 6-2
2 – Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Josh Robinson (V), 6-3 4-6 (10-7)
3 – Zach Smith (P) def. Eitan Khromchenko (V), 6-1 6-0
4 – Jonah Jurick (P) def. Anthony Prokurat (V), 6-1 6-2
5 – Sameer Gangoli (P) def. Justin Suarez (V), 6-4 6-3
6 – Jeff Zucker (P) def. Ryan Nguyen (V), 6-1 6-4