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Men's Tennis

Three Singles and Three Doubles Advance at ITA Northeast Regional

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team continued play at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Regionals taking place in Princeton, N.J. this weekend.

Following a Thursday Qualifying Round, Friday kicked off the Main Draw. Freshman Nischal Spurling continued what has been an impressive start to the tournament thus far. Spurling has won all four matches he's played in, with three singles wins and one doubles win. Fellow freshman Vojetch Vales has also racked up three wins so far.

The Quakers went 7-2 in singles play Thursday and 6-3 Friday. They also went 4-2 in doubles play Friday to open what has been a successful start to the tournament so far.
 
RESULTS
Thursday, Oct. 16
Singles
Jordan Chang (Columbia) def. Justin Chung (Penn), 4-6, 6-4, 2-6
Sanjeev Chundu (Penn) def. Anthony Moukarzel (Drexel), 6-4, 6-3
Nischal Spurling (Penn) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (Fordham), 7-6(3), 6-1
Vojtech Vales (Penn) def. Tauras Mickus (FDU), 6-3,  6-0
Adam Bain (Penn) def. Severin Risan (NJIT), 6-1, 6-3
Alex Martinez Sanz (Monmouth) def. Sanjeev Chundu (Penn), 7-6(3), 6-3
Nischal Spurling (Penn) def. Josue Guzman (Drexel), 6-1, 6-4
Vojtech Vales (Penn) def. Adam Groves (Saint John's), 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
Adam Bain (Penn) def. Bassil Touban (Long Island), 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
 
Friday, Oct. 17
Singles
Luka Butera (Penn) def. Eyal Shyovitz (Penn State), 7-5, 7-6(4)
Adam Bain (Penn) def. Adamantios Stavrakas (Bucknell), 6-3, 7-5
Sachin Palta (Columbia) def. Stephan Gershfeld (Penn), 4-6, 1-6
Reiya Hattori (Penn State) def Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn), 4-6, 6-3, 4-6
Manfredi Graziani (Penn) def. Danylo Rekun (Mercyhurst), 6-3, 6-4
Evan Wen (Princeton) def. Vojtech Vales (Penn), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Aaron Sandler (Penn) def. Luke Tollenaar (Delaware), 6-4, 7-6(2)
Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Gordon Cooper (Villanova), 6-4, 6-1
Nischal Spurling (Penn) def. Mateusz Gradzki (Fordham), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
 
Doubles
Sanjeev Chundu/Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Ethan Carr/Gordon Cooper (Villanova), 8-2
Vojtech Vales/Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Danilo Raicevic/Adam Kresina (Saint John's), 8-3
Justin Chung/Luka Butera (Penn) def. Matias Neira/Ben Wrann (FDU), 8-2
Matthew Rutter/Nischal Spurling (Penn) def. Gryffin Minor/Joshua Oboniye (FDU), 8-7(4)
Oleksandr Vysochenko/Otakar Ungerman (Monmouth) def. Adam Bain/Stephan Gershfeld (Penn), 5-8
Semen Aginskiy/Venedikt Tsirikidze (Saint John's) def Manfredi Graziani/Aaron Sandler (Penn), 2-8

Saturday, Oct. 18
Singles
Adam Bain (Penn) def. Luka Butera (Penn), 6-2, 6-4
Manfredi Graziani (Penn) def. Armando Sotelo, 6-1, 6-4
Tarek Erlewein (Drexel) def. Aaron Sandler (Penn), 4-6, 4-6
Sebastian Sec (Princeton) def. Matthew Rutter (Penn), 0-6, 1-6
Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Junghee You (Columbia), 1-6, 4-6
Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def. Nischal Spurling (Penn), 4-6, 2-6
Stephan Gershfeld (Penn) def. Anthony Moukarzel (Drexel), 6-2, 6-0
Vojtech Vales (Penn) def. Mateusz Gradzki (Fordham), 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles
Ellis Short/Top Nidunjianzan (Princeton) def. Sanjeev Chundu/Parahshar Bharadwaj (Penn), 5-8
Vojtech Vales/Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Kevin Titus Suresh/Gregory Troyan (Saint Francis), 8-5
Matthew Rutter/Nischal Spurling (Penn) def. Adam Groves/Armando Sotelo (Saint John's), 8-2
Justin Chung/Luka Butera (Penn) def. Wil Jenkins/Soma Fukuhara (NJIT), 8-4
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Parashar Bharadwaj

Parashar Bharadwaj

5' 9"
Junior
Shaurya Bharadwaj

Shaurya Bharadwaj

6' 0"
Sophomore
Luka Butera

Luka Butera

5' 11"
Junior
Sanjeev Chundu

Sanjeev Chundu

6' 3"
Sophomore
Justin Chung

Justin Chung

5' 9"
Sophomore
Stephan Gershfeld

Stephan Gershfeld

6' 0"
Sophomore
Manfredi Graziani

Manfredi Graziani

5' 10"
Senior
Matthew Rutter

Matthew Rutter

5' 8"
Senior
Aaron Sandler

Aaron Sandler

5' 10"
Junior
Adam Bain

Adam Bain

6' 3"
Freshman
Nischal Spurling

Nischal Spurling

6' 1"
Freshman
Vojtech Vales

Vojtech Vales

6' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Parashar Bharadwaj

Parashar Bharadwaj

5' 9"
Junior
Shaurya Bharadwaj

Shaurya Bharadwaj

6' 0"
Sophomore
Luka Butera

Luka Butera

5' 11"
Junior
Sanjeev Chundu

Sanjeev Chundu

6' 3"
Sophomore
Justin Chung

Justin Chung

5' 9"
Sophomore
Stephan Gershfeld

Stephan Gershfeld

6' 0"
Sophomore
Manfredi Graziani

Manfredi Graziani

5' 10"
Senior
Matthew Rutter

Matthew Rutter

5' 8"
Senior
Aaron Sandler

Aaron Sandler

5' 10"
Junior
Adam Bain

Adam Bain

6' 3"
Freshman
Nischal Spurling

Nischal Spurling

6' 1"
Freshman
Vojtech Vales

Vojtech Vales

6' 3"
Freshman