SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team dropped the opening match of their Spring Break trip to #45 Pepperdine, 4-1, on Sunday evening.

The #41 Quakers dropped the doubles point with the Waves winning at No. 2 and No. 3. The No. 1 match featuring the #3 (Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu) and #36 (Daniel De Jonge/Tim Zeitvogel) teams in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) doubles rankings was halted.

In singles action, Pepperdine grabbed a 3-0 lead with straight-set wins at No. 6 and No. 4. After Manfredi Graziani picked up a three-set win at No. 5, the No. 1 battle between the ITA's #61 (De Jonge) and #66 (E. Graziani) players went to DeJonge in three sets, clinching the match.

Among the matches that did not finish, Aditya Gupta was three games into the third set of his match at No. 2, and Kevin Zhu was leading 4-2 in the third set of his match at No. 3.

Up Next
Penn is back in action on Wednesday against UCLA, who were ranked #33 in the ITA team rankings as of match time Sunday, though updated rankings will be unveiled on Tuesday.
 
Results

DOUBLES
1. #3 E. Graziani/Zhu vs. #36 Daniel De Jonge/Tim Zeitvogel – 3-5 DNF
2. Maxi Homberg/Eero Vasa def. M. Graziani/Gupta – 6-3
3. Pietro Fellin/Linus Carlson Halldin def. Zachery Lim/Baylor Sai – 6-1
 
SINGLES
1. #61 Daniel De Jonge def. #66 E. Graziani – 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
2. Gupta vs. Tim Zeitvogel – 7-5, 1-6, 2-2 DNF
3. Zhu vs. Eero Vasa – 6-3, 4-6, 4-4 DNF
4. Eric Hadigian def. Harsh Parikh – 6-3, 6-3
5. M. Graziani def. Maxi Homberg – 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
6. Pietro Fellin def. Sai – 6-2, 7-5
 
Order of Finish:  Doubles (3, 2), Singles (6, 4, 5, 1*)
* Clinching Match