PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team improved to 4-0 in dual match play for the first time since the spring of 2015 with a 5-2 victory over Wisconsin on Sunday from the Hecht Tennis Center.

The Quakers failed to pick up the doubles point for the first time this season, but continued their dominance on the singles side, winning each of the first four singles matches to claim the win. The teams of Zach Smith/Aditya Gupta and Kevin Zhu/Harsh Parikh each lost in doubles action, but all four would avenge their losses later on in the day.

Gupta, Parikh, and Zhu picked up three quick singles points to put the Quakers on the verge of victory. Gupta and Parikh both moved to 4-0 in singles play, with Parikh earning straight-set victories in all four of his matches. Zhu moved to 2-0 in singles play with his win. Smith followed with a match-clinching three-set win out of the #6 spot. Edoardo Graziani picked up the final point of the day for Penn out of the #1 spot, rallying for a three-set win.

Up Next
Penn returns to competition at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Indoor Tennis Championships from Cornell University next Friday through next Sunday.
 
Results
 
    DOUBLES
1 – Graziani/Jason Hildebrandt (P) vs. Sebastian Vile/Robin Parts (W) – Did Not Finish
2 – Lenard Soha/Tim Dzhurinskiy (W) def. Zhu/Parikh (P) – 6-4       
3 – Jared Pratt/Daniel Nuzhny (W) def. Smith/Gupta (P) – 6-2        
   
    SINGLES
1 – Graziani (P) def. Pratt (W) -- 3-6, 7-6, 6-3
2 – Soha (W) def. Hildebrandt (P) -- 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
3 – Zhu (P) def. Parts (W) -- 7-5, 6-3
4 – Gupta (P) def. Vile (W) -- 6-4, 6-2
5 – Parikh (P) def. Dzhurinskiy (W) -- 6-3, 6-4
6 – Smith (P) def. Nuzhny (W) -- 6-0, 3-6, 6-3