PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team fell to 2-2 in Ivy League play with a 4-1 loss to Columbia at home on Friday afternoon.
 
No. 28 ranked Manfredi Graziani and Aaron Sandler continued their dominant season with a doubles win for the Quakers, improving to 18-0 on the season.
 
However, Columbia won the other two doubles matches as the Lions took the lead heading into singles.
 
Shaurya Bharadwaj began singles with an impressive win over No. 84 Sachin Palta at three, as Penn tied up the match 1-1.
 
But Columbia went on to win the next three singles matches, coming away with the victory in University City.
 
RESULTS
Doubles:

1. #28 Manfredi Graziani/Aaron Sandler (P) def. Nicolas Kotzen/Michael Zheng (C) - 6-4
2. Sachin Palta/Andrew Ena (C) def. Vojtech Vales/Justin Chung (P) - 6-1
3. Thanapat Boosarawongse/Abhishek Thorat (C) def. Shaurya Bharadwaj/Nischal Spurling (P) - 7-5

Singles:

1. #9 Michael Zheng (C) def. #71 Manfredi Graziani (P) - 7-6, 6-1
2. #45 Nicolas Kotzen (C) def. Luka Butera (P) - 6-2, 6-4
3. Shaurya Bharadwaj (P) def. #84 Sachin Palta (C) - 6-3, 6-1
4. Vojtech Vales (P) v. Thanapat Boosarawongse (C) - 4-6, 6-0, 0-1, DNF
5. Abhishek Thorat (C) def. Adam Bain (P) - 7-6, 6-1
6. Matthew Rutter (P) def. Aditya Govila (C) - 6-3, 2-2, DNF

 
Order of Finish
Doubles: 2,1,3
Singles: 3,1,2,5
 
Up Next
The Quakers will look to bounce back on Sunday when they take on Cornell in Ithaca at 1 p.m.