PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 45 University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team fell to No. 36 Princeton, 4-3, in the Garden State.
 
Shaurya Bharadwaj / Manfredi Graziani won the first match of the afternoon for Penn. The Quakers had two chances to take the doubles point but both No. 1 and No. 2 lost in the tiebreak.
 
In singles, Shaurya Bharadwaj picked up his 17th singles win of the dual match season. Despite dropping the match as a team, Aaron Sandler and Matthew Rutter won the last two matches of the day in straight sets.
 
Results
Doubles
1. No. 27 Filippos Astreindis / Paul Inchauspe (Prin.) def. Sanjeev Chundu / Aaron Sandler (Penn), 7-6 (0)
2. Ellis Short / Fnu Nidunjianzan (Prin.) def. Tal Goodman / Parashar Bharadwaj (Penn), 7-6 (7)
3. Shaurya Bharadwaj / Manfredi Graziani (Penn) def. Evan Wen / Aleksandar Mitric (Prin.), 6-4
 
Singles
1. No. 61 Fnu Nidunjianzan (Prin.) def. Manfredi Graziani (Penn), 6-0, 6-0
2. No. 45 Paul Inchauspe (Prin.) def. Sanjeev Chundu (Penn), 6-2, 6-4
3. Ellis Short (Prin.) def. Tal Goodman (Penn), 6-4, 6-2
4. Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Evan Wen (Prin.), 7-5, 6-2
5. Aaron Sandler (Penn) def. Milan Markovits (Prin.), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
6. Matthew Rutter (Penn) def. Aleksandar Mitric (Prin.), 6-3, 7-5
 
Order of Finish
Doubles: 3, 1, 2*
Singles: 1, 4, 2, 3*, 5, 6
*Denotes deciding match
 
Up Next
Penn will return to Philadelphia for a two-match weekend against Dartmouth and Harvard. First serve against The Big Green is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m.
 
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