PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team swept both Delaware and Saint Joseph's on Friday at the Hecht Tennis Center, improving to 5-1 on the season. 
 
The Quakers swept the Blue Hens in doubles, taking a 1-0 lead.
 
No. 4 ranked Manfredi Graziani and Aaron Sandler gutted out a tough match against No. 77 Tobey Lock/ Euan Mackenzie as it was back and forth for most of the match.
 
The teams were tied 4-4 heading into the fifth point, but Graziani and Sandler pulled out the win by winning the next two games and taking the first match of the day for the Quakers, 6-4.
 
No. 87 ranked Shaurya Bharadwaj and Vojtech Vales got the second doubles win for the Quakers, improving to 4-0 as a pairing this season.
 
Matthew Rutter and Parashar Bharadwaj completed the doubles sweep for the Red and Blue as they won, 6-4 as the match went into singles.
 
Rutter played the most dominant match of the day, defeating Euan Mackenzie in two sets including a 6-0 shutout in the first set.
 
Luka Butera followed with a win in the second spot for his second singles win of the season.
 
Justin Chung closed out the day with a two set win over Artistotelis Bezianis as the rest of the matches were abandoned and Penn secured a 4-0 win.

The Quakers won two out of three doubles matches and three completed singles matches against the Hawks.

Freshmen Adam Bain and Vojtech Vales helped lead the Quakers to the 4-0 sweep as the Quakers have begun the season, 5-1.
 
RESULTS vs Delaware:
Doubles:

1. #4 Manfredi Graziani/Aaron Sandler (P) def. #77 Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (D) - 6-4
2. #87 Shaurya Bharadwaj/Vojtech Vales (P) def. Itamar Tapiro/ Federico Garbero (D) - 6-4
3. Matthew Rutter/Parashar Bharadwaj (P) def. Mason Robins/ Perre Prat Turro (D)  - 6-4

 
Singles:

1. #46 Manfredi Graziani (P) v. Tobey Lock (D) - 6-3, 4-6, abandoned
2. Luka Butera (P) def. Federico Garbero (D) - 6-4, 6-3
3. #70 Shaurya Bharadwaj (P) v. Luke Tollenaar (D) - 2-6, 6-0, 4-2 abandoned
4. Justin Chung (P) def. Artistotelis Bezianis (D) - 6-1, 6-2
5. Matthew Rutter (P) def. Euan Mackenzie (D) - 6-0, 6-2
6. Vojtech Vales (P) v. Itamar Tapiro (D) - 4-6, 6-4 abandoned

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

RESULTS vs. SJU:

Doubles:

1. #4 Manfredi Graziani/Aaron Sandler (P) def. Damir Abdusamadov/Santiago Valle-Saenz (SJU) - 6-2

2. #87 Shaurya Bharadwaj/Vojtech Vales (P) v. Othman Bezzaz/ Ernesto Ruy (SJU) - 4-4, abandoned

3. Matthew Rutter/Parashar Bharadwaj (P) def. Jakob Gaudreau Barnes/Singh Sehaj Pawar (SJU) - 6-1

 

Singles:

1. #46 Manfredi Graziani (P) v. Santiago Valle-Saenz (SJU) - 6-0, 6-6, abandoned

2. Luka Butera (P) v. Damir Abdusamadov (SJU) - 3-6, 5-1, abandoned

3. #70 Shaurya Bharadwaj (P) v .Othman Bezzaz (SJU) - 5-7, 0-2, abandoned 

4. Adam Bain (P) def. Ernesto Ruy (SJU) - 6-2, 6-3

5. Matthew Rutter (P) def. Singh Sehaj Pawar (SJU) - 6-2, 6-2

6. Vojtech Vales (P) def. Jakob Gaudreau Barnes (SJU) - 6-0, 6-2