LYNCHBURG, Va. – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team topped Liberty, 6-1, at the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center Friday evening. The win brings the Quakers to 3-1 on the new year.
 
The Quakers bounced back from their first loss of the year to Arkansas with a convincing victory over the Flames. Senior Matthew Rutter delivered the most dominant performance of the day, dropping only a single game across his straight-set win. Shaurya Bharadwaj and freshman Vojtech Vales also took care of business in the minimum amount of sets.
 
On doubles, Manfredi & Graziani earned a win, 6-3. This is the duos' fourth win of the new year, remaining undefeated to start to the spring season. Parashar Bharadwaj and Matthew Rutter also got it done, bringing their doubles record to 2-1 on the young campaign.
 
RESULTS:
Doubles:
#8 Graziani/Sandler (P) def. Roothman/Auytayakul (L) - 6-3
Ekpenyong/Sparks (L) def. S.Bharadwaj/Vales (P) - 6-3
Rutter/P.Bharadwaj (P) def. Arraez/Vorwerk (L) - 6-4

Singles:
#41 Manfredi Graziani (P) def. R Santiago Arraez (L) - 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
Carl Roothman (L) def. Luka Butera (P) - 6-4, 6-4
Shaurya Bharadwaj (P) def. David Ekpenyong (L) - 6-3, 6-4
Justin Chung (P) def. Benjamin Sparks (L) - 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Vojtech Vales (P) def. Chase Robinson (L) - 6-4, 6-4
Matthew Rutter (P) def. Ernst Gouws (L) - 6-0, 6-1

Order of finish:
Doubles: 2,1,3
Singles: 6,3,5,2,4,1