PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team took the doubles point from #10 Harvard Saturday afternoon, but eventually fell, 4-2, to the Crimson from Hamlin Tennis Center.
After dropping the first doubles match of the day,
Edoardo Graziani and
Kevin Zhu picked up a 7-5 win at No. 1, and the
Zachery Lim/
Harsh Parikh pair took a close tiebreak, 7-5, to put Penn up 1-0.
In the only two straight-set singles matches of the day, Harvard grabbed a 2-1 lead, then tacked on a third point in the first three-set match to go final, putting them on the verge of the win.
Zhu kept the Quakers alive, rallying back after dropping the first set with a tiebreak win in the second, before a dominant 6-2 win in the third. With (Manfredi) Graziani one game away from taking his match and leveling things at 3-all, Harvard picked up the deciding point at No. 4, with Graziani's match being halted at that point.
Up Next
The Quakers will conclude the regular season tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. against Dartmouth. The team's senior class: (Edoardo) Graziani, Gupta, Parikh, Zhu, and
Zach Smith will be honored for the contributions to the program the last several seasons.
DOUBLES
- E. Graziani/Zhu (P) def. Daniel Milavsky/Harris Walker (H) – 7-5
- Lim/Parikh (P) def. Ronan Jachuk/Steven Sun (H) – 7-6 (5)
- David Lins/Alan Yim (H) def. M. Graziani/Aditya Gupta (P) – 6-4
SINGLES
- Harris Walker (H) def. E. Graziani (P) – 6-2, 6-1
- Zhu (P) def. Henry Von der Schulenberg (H) – 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Ronan Jachuck (H) def. Gupta (P) – 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
- Daniel Milavsky (H) def. Parikh (P) – 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- M. Graziani (P) vs. Steven Sun (H) – 3-6, 6-4, 5-4 DNF
- Valdemar Pape (H) def. Baylor Sai (P) – 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2); Singles (1, 6, 3, 2, 4*)
* Clinching point
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