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Men's Tennis

Men’s Tennis Splits Doubleheader; Falls to Delaware, Beats Saint Joseph’s

PHILADELPHIA- The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team split a pair of matches at the Hecht Tennis Center, Sunday afternoon. Penn fell to Delaware, 4-3, and defeated Saint Joseph's, 4-0.

The Quakers dropped the doubles point to the Blue Hens, as Delaware took the wins at No. 1 and No. 2.

As for singles, Manfredi Graziani picked up the first singles victory for Penn to even up the match at 1-1. Graziani earned the win in straight sets at No. 1. Luka Butera fell at No. 6 in straight sets as the Blue Hens took back the lead.

Baylor Sai was able to tie the match with his win at No. 4, 6-3, 6-1. Moments later, Matthew Rutter won in straight sets at No. 5 to give the lead back to the Quakers.

From there, Kian Vakili fell in three sets at No. 3, while Sandler lost a highly contested battle at No. 3, which gave Delaware the win.

Against Saint Joseph's, Penn dominated the doubles portion of the match. Vakili and Sandler picked up the 6-0 win at No. 1, while Goodman and Butera earned the 6-2 victory at No. 3 to pick up the doubles point.

In singles action, with Vakili playing at No. 1, he set the tone with a 6-3, 6-1 win to extend Penn's lead, 2-0. At No. 3 Sai picked up his second singles win of the day with a 6-1, 6-1 performance.

Butera sealed the deal for the Quakers with a 6-0, 6-0 domination at No. 5.

Up Next
Penn will be back in action next weekend, hosting the ECAC Indoor Championship from February 16-18, at the Hecht Tennis Center.

Results vs Delaware

DOUBLES
  1. Karol Malirz/Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. #41 Kian Vakili/Aaron Sandler (P) 6-2
  2. Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (DEL) def. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (P) 6-4
  3. Manfredi Graziani/Luka Butera (P) vs. Nikolaj Talimaa/Mason Robins (DEL) 5-3 DNF
Order of finish: 1,2,3
 
SINGLES
  1. Manfredi Graziani (P) def. Karol Malirz (DEL) 6-2, 6-1
  2. Nikolaj Talimaa (DEL) def. Kian Vakili (P) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
  3. Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. Aaron Sandler (P) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)
  4. Baylor Sai (P) def. Tobey Lock (DEL) 6-3, 6-1
  5. Matthew Rutter (P) def. Euan Mackenzie (DEL) 6-3, 6-4
  6. Alexandre Gluck (DEL) def. Luka Butera (P) 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish:1,6,4,5,2,3
 
Results vs Saint Joseph's

DOUBLES
  1. #41 Kian Vakili/Aaron Sandler (P) def. Ernesto Ruy/Othman Bezzaz (SJU) 6-0
  2. Matthew Rutter/Baylor Sai (P) vs. Justus Agbo/Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU) 5-2 DNF
  3. Tal Goodman/Luka Butera (P) def. Jack Campbell/Mark Rubin (SJU) 6-2
Order of finish: 1,3,2
SINGLES
  1. Kian Vakili (P) def. Justus Agbo (SJU) 6-3, 6-1
  2. Aaron Sandler (P) vs Ernesto Ruy (SJU) 6-4, 1-0 DNF
  3. Baylor Sai (P) def. Othman Bezzaz (SJU) 6-1, 6-1
  4. Matthew Rutter (P) vs Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU) 6-0, 4-1 DNF
  5. Luka Butera (P) def. Jack Campbell (SJU) 6-0, 6-0
  6. Tal Goodman (P) vs Mark Rubin (SJU) 6-3, 4-0 DNF
Order of finish: 1,2,3,4,5,6
 
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Players Mentioned

Tal Goodman

Tal Goodman

5' 8"
Junior
Manfredi Graziani

Manfredi Graziani

5' 10"
Sophomore
Matthew Rutter

Matthew Rutter

5' 8"
Sophomore
Baylor Sai

Baylor Sai

6' 0"
Junior
Kian Vakili

Kian Vakili

6' 1"
Sophomore
Aaron Sandler

Aaron Sandler

5' 10"
Freshman
Luka Butera

Luka Butera

5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Tal Goodman

Tal Goodman

5' 8"
Junior
Manfredi Graziani

Manfredi Graziani

5' 10"
Sophomore
Matthew Rutter

Matthew Rutter

5' 8"
Sophomore
Baylor Sai

Baylor Sai

6' 0"
Junior
Kian Vakili

Kian Vakili

6' 1"
Sophomore
Aaron Sandler

Aaron Sandler

5' 10"
Freshman
Luka Butera

Luka Butera

5' 11"
Freshman