Story Links
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The University of Pennsylvania men’s tennis team fell to #32 Cornell on Saturday in New York, 4-2.
Â
The Big Red took both completed doubles matches in the second and third spots as they entered singles with a 1-0 lead.
Â
Freshman Vojtech Vales secured another win to his outstanding resume in his first season with the Quakers, now up to 10 singles wins on the season.
Â
Justin Chung had the final win for the Red and Blue as he defeated Felipe Pinzon in the fourth position for his seventh singles win of the year.
Â
But Cornell took the other three singles matches as they emerged victorious with a final score of 4-2.
Â
RESULTS
DOUBLES:
#2 Manfredi Graziani/Aaron Sandler (P) v. #21 Eric Verdes/ Rodrigo Fernandes (C) – 4-5, DNF
Pranav Rethin Senthil Kumar/ Rushil Khosla (C) def. Vojtech Vales/Shaurya Bharadwaj (P) – 6-4
Petar Teodorovic/ Felipe Pizon (C) def. Matthew Rutter/Parashar Bharadwaj (P) – 6-3
SINGLES:
#85 Rodrigo Fernandes (C) def. #52 Manfredi Graziani (P) – 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Shaurya Bharadwaj (P) v. Eric Verdes (C) – 1-6, 4-4, DNF
Petar Teodorovic (C) def. Luka Butera (P) – 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
Justin Chung (P) v. Felipe Pinzon (C) – 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Pranav Rethin Senthil Kumar (C) def. Matthew Rutter (P) – 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
Vojtech Vales (P) def. Aman Sharma (C) – 6-1, 6-4
Â
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 3,2*
Singles: 6,1,5,4,3*
Â
Up Next
The Quakers will look to bounce back against Oklahoma State on Tuesday, March 10th.
Â
The match will take place in Stillwater, Oklahoma at 5 p.m.
Â
#FightOnPenn
Â
Â
Â