PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team defeated Delaware on Friday in the first of the two scheduled matches at the Hecht Tennis Center, 4-0.
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.
RESULTS:
Doubles:
- #4 Manfredi Graziani/Aaron Sandler (P) def. #77 Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (D) - 6-4
- #87 Shaurya Bharadwaj/Vojtech Vales (P) def. Itamar Tapiro/ Federico Garbero (D) - 6-4
- Matthew Rutter/Parashar Bharadwaj (P) def. Mason Robins/ Perre Prat Turro (D) - 6-4
Singles:
- #46 Manfredi Graziani (P) v. Tobey Lock (D) - 6-3, 4-6, abandoned
- Luka Butera (P) def. Federico Garbero (D) - 6-4, 6-3
- #70 Shaurya Bharadwaj (P) v. Luke Tollenaar (D) - 2-6, 6-0, 4-2 abandoned
- Justin Chung (P) def. Artistotelis Bezianis (D) - 6-1, 6-2
- Matthew Rutter (P) def. Euan Mackenzie (D) - 6-0, 6-2
- Vojtech Vales (P) v. Itamar Tapiro (D) - 4-6, 6-4 abandoned
Order of finish:
Doubles: 1,2,3
Singles: 5,2,4
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