ITHACA, N.Y. – The No. 45 University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team wrapped the regular season portion of its 2021-22 schedule with a 4-1 win over No. 65 Cornell from the Reis Tennis Center, setting a new program record with its 19th victory of the Spring.
The Quakers dropped the early doubles point with the Big Red taking the first two matches, but as they have all season, the Quakers responded in resounding fashion in singles play.
Edoardo Graziani picked up his second victory of the weekend over an ITA Top 50 player, knocking off No. 44 Alafia Ayeni in straight sets at #1.
Kevin Zhu dropped just two games in his straight-set win out of the four-spot in the lineup.
Harsh Parikh picked up his team-high 18th win of the season at #5 with another straight-set win.
With the Quakers up 3-1,
Baylor Sai picked up the Quakers' fourth straight-set win of the day to clinch the match.
Up Next
The Quakers will await their postseason fate, with the Division 1 NCAA Tournament team and individual championship selection shows taking place May 2 and May 3.
Results
Doubles
1. #39 Alafia Ayeni/Vlad Melnic (C) def. #49
Edoardo Graziani/
Kevin Zhu (P) 6-2
2. Jason Hildenbrandt/Zachary Lim (P) vs. Nathan Mao/Adit Sinha (C) 2-4 DNF
3. Evan Bynoe/Pietro Rimondini (C) def.
Aditya Gupta/
Harsh Parikh (P) 6-2
Singles
1. #78
Edoardo Graziani (P) def. #44 Alafia Ayeni (C) 6-2, 6-4
2. Jason Hildenbrandt (P) vs. Vlad Melnic (C) 4-6, 6-3, 2-3 DNF
3.
Aditya Gupta (P) vs. Radu Papoe (C) 3-6, 6-3, 4-3 DNF
4.
Kevin Zhu (P) def. Pietro Rimondini (C), 6-2, 6-0
5.
Harsh Parikh (P) def. Evan Bynoe (C), 6-2, 6-2
6.
Baylor Sai (P) def. Bradley Paliska (C), 7-6, 6-2
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