PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team hosted the three-day Penn Invitational this weekend at the Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Center, competing against five other Division I programs. The Quakers took on St. John's on Friday, Penn State on Saturday, and finished off with matches against Temple and Cornell on Sunday. The only team they did not compete against at the invitational was Georgetown.
Among Penn players,
Aditya Gupta and
Sameer Gangoli were perfect; both emerged with 3-0 singles records with wins against St. John's, Penn State and Temple, and then Gupta was 3-0 in doubles (with partner
Harsh Parikh) while Gangoli was 2-0 (with partner
Tal Goodman).
Zachery Lim also went 3-0 in singles on the weekend, his Sunday match coming against a Cornell opponent.
Edoardo Graziani was 2-0 in singles (against St. John's and Penn State) and 3-0 in doubles with partner
Kevin Zhu, while Goodman also was 2-0 in singles (against PSU and Cornell) to go with his 2-0 doubles mark.
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Penn turns the page to October for the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma before hosting ITA Regional Championships in the middle of October.
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PENN vs. ST. JOHN'S (Friday)
Doubles
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Edoardo Graziani/
Kevin Zhu (P) def. TBA/Garcia (SJU) 8-2
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Aditya Gupta/
Harsh Parikh (P) def. Bhakar/De Camelis (SJU) 8-6
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Jason Hildebrandt/
Zach Smith (P) def. Gustafson/James (SJU) 8-3
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Zachery Lim/
Baylor Sai (P) def. Loru/Loru (SJU) 8-3
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Sameer Gangoli/
Tal Goodman (P) def. TBA/Mosejczuk (SJU) 8-1
Singles
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Edoardo Graziani (P) def. Garcia (SJU) 6-1, 6-1
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Aditya Gupta (P) def. Bhakar (SJU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
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Kevin Zhu (P) def. De Camelis (SJU) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
 TBA (SJU) def.
Harsh Parikh (P) 7-5, 6-4
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Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Gustafson (SJU) 6-1, 6-1
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Zach Smith (P) def. James (SJU) 6-4, 6-3
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Zachery Lim (P) def. Felcher (SJU) 7-6, 6-0
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Baylor Sai (P) def. TBA (SJU) 6-1, 6-1
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Jonah Jurick (P) def. D. Loru (SJU) 7-5, 6-7 (10-6)
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Sameer Gangoli (P) def. Mosejczuk (SJU) 6-1, 7-6
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PENN vs. PENN STATE (Saturday)
Doubles
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Edoardo Graziani/
Kevin Zhu (P) def. Sengul/Bhatnagar (PSU) 6-4
 Morgan/Eala (PSU) def.
Jason Hildebrandt/
Zach Smith (P) 6-4
 Bossem/Byors (PSU) def.
Zachery Lim/
Baylor Sai (P) 6-4
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Aditya Gupta/
Harsh Parikh (P) def. James/Saadi (PSU) 7-5
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Sameer Gangoli/
Tal Goodman (P) def. Sato/Ctverak (PSU) 6-3
Singles
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Edoardo Graziani (P) def. Sengul (PSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
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Aditya Gupta (P) def. Bhatnagar (PSU) 6-1, 6-3
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Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Eala (PSU) 6-1, 6-4
 Bossem (PSU) def.
Baylor Sai (P) 6-2, 6-3
 Byors (PSU) def.
Harsh Parikh (P) 6-4, 7-5
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Zachery Lim (P) def. Morgan (PSU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
 Sato (PSU) def.
Zach Smith (P) 6-0, 0-6, 6-2
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Sameer Gangoli (P) def. Saadi (PSU) 3-0
 Ctverak (PSU) def.
Jonah Jurick (P) 7-6, 6-4
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Tal Goodman (P) def. James (PSU) 6-3, 5-7, 10-6
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PENN vs. TEMPLE (Sunday)
Doubles
 Frumholz/Raquin (T) def.
Jason Hildebrandt/
Zach Smith (P) 6-2
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Aditya Gupta/
Harsh Parikh (P) def. Gorreques/Delmas (T) 6-1
Singles
 Delmas (T) def.
Jason Hildebrandt (P) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
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Aditya Gupta (P) def. Raquin (T) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
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Harsh Parikh (P) def. Gorregues (T) 7-5, 7-6
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Zach Smith (P) def. Frumholz (T) 6-3, 6-2
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Sameer Gangoli (P) def. Zraidi (T) 6-3, 6-3
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PENN vs. CORNELL (Sunday)
Doubles
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Edoardo Graziani/
Kevin Zhu (P) def. Sinha/Mao (C) 6-4
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Zachery Lim/
Baylor Sai (P) def. McCarthy/Paquette (C) 6-2
Singles
 Sinha (C) def.
Kevin Zhu (P) 7-6 (7-3), 4-4 (Retired with injury)
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Zachery Lim (P) def. Mao (C) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
 McCarthy (C) def.
Baylor Sai (P) 6-0, 6-4
 Paquette (C) def.
Jonah Jurick (P) 6-0, 6-4
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Tal Goodman (P) def. Salgado (C) 6-1, 6-1
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