Men's Tennis Blanks Princeton, 7-0, in Ivy League Opener

PHILADELPHIA – The No. 46 University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team blanked No. 34 Princeton Saturday afternoon, 7-0, at the Hamlin Tennis Center in the Quakers' Ivy League Spring opener for its fifth straight win.

In doubles play, Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu picked up a quick 6-1 win for the Red and Blue. After Princeton evened things up with a victory at #2, Aditya Gupta and Harsh Parikh added another 6-1 win at #3, giving Penn the early edge.

In singles action, Graziani and Zhu picked up straight-set victories at #1 and #4, giving Penn a 3-0 lead. Parikh added the first three-set win of the day at #5, giving Penn the team win.

In the remaining matches Baylor Sai (#6), Jason Hildebrandt (#2) and Gupta (#3) took modified third set tiebreakers to finish off the sweep.

Up Next
Ivy League play continues for the Quakers next Saturday at 1:00 p.m. against Brown from the Hamlin Tennis Center.

Results

Doubles

Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu (PENN) def. Ryan Seggerman/Justin Barki (PRIN) 6-1
Thomas Bosancic/Filippos Astreinidis(PRIN) def. Jason Hildebrandt/Zach Smith (PENN) 6-1
Aditya Gupta/Harsh Parikh (PENN) def. Bill Duo/Karl Poling (PRIN) 6-1

Order of finish: (1, 2, 3)

Singles

Edoardo Graziani (PENN) def. Ryan Seggerman (PRIN) 6-3, 6-3
Jason Hildebrandt (PENN) def. Karl Poling (PRIN) 4-6, 7-6, 10-7
Aditya Gupta (PENN) def. Justin Barki (PRIN) 5-7, 7-6, 10-8
Kevin Zhu (PENN) def. Will Peters (PRIN) 6-3, 6-1
Harsh Parikh (PENN) def. Thomas Bosancic (PRIN) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
Baylor Sai (PENN) def. Bill Duo (PRIN) 6-3, 6-7, 10-6

Order of finish: (1, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3)

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Players Mentioned

Aditya Gupta: 5' 9"; Junior

Jason Hildebrandt: 6' 1"; Senior

Harsh Parikh: 6' 0"; Junior

Zach Smith: 6' 4"; Junior

Edoardo Graziani: 5' 11"; Junior

Kevin Zhu: 5' 11"; Junior

Baylor Sai: 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aditya Gupta
: 5' 9"; Junior

Jason Hildebrandt
: 6' 1"; Senior

Harsh Parikh
: 6' 0"; Junior

Zach Smith
: 6' 4"; Junior

Edoardo Graziani
: 5' 11"; Junior

Kevin Zhu
: 5' 11"; Junior

Baylor Sai
: 6' 0"; Freshman