Men’s Tennis Began Season at Penn Invitational

Friday, September 15

Philadelphia, PA

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University of Delaware

Penn Invitational

9/15/2023 9:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Delaware men's tennis team began the fall campaign with day one of the Penn Invitational on Friday. The Blue Hens took on the hosting Quakers.

ON THE RECORD
"We played good matches today and the overall take out was definitely positive," head coach Marc Pibernat said. "We played against a solid team in Penn and we are going to take what we learned from these matches and use them to be better heading into the rest of the weekend."

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Newcomers Karol Malirz and Javier Ruiz partnered up for a victory in number one doubles.
Malirz, Tobey Lock, and Euan Mackenzie registered wins in singles competition.

GAME NOTES

Malirz, Ruiz, Nikolaj Talimaa, Ismail Saadi, and Timo Wergen made their first career appearances for the Hens.

FULL RESULTS:
DOUBLES
Karol Malirz, Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. Manfredi Graziani, Zachery Lim (PENN), 7-6
Kian Vakili, Aaron Sandler (PENN) def. Ismail Saadi, Nikolaj Talimaa (DEL), 6-2
Baylor Sai, Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) def. Tobey Lock, Udayan Bhakar (DEL), 6-2

SINGLES
Manfredi Graziani (PENN) def. Bernardo Teixeira (DEL), 6-3, 6-1
Karol Malirz (DEL) def. Kian Vakili (PENN), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
Aaron Sandler (PENN) def. Nikolaj Talimaa (DEL), 6-4, 7-5
Baylor Sai (PENN) def. Ismail Saadi (DEL), 6-2, 6-4
Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) def. Javier Ruiz (DEL), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Tobey Lock (DEL) def. Luka Butera (PENN), 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-4
Sameer Gangoli (PENN) def. Udayan Bhakar (DEL), 2-6, 6-3, 10-8
Euan Mackenzie (DEL) def. Matthew Rutter (PENN), 6-7, 5-2, ret.
Tal Goodman (DEL) def. Timo Wergen (DEL), 6-1, 6-4

UP NEXT
Delaware will take on Dartmouth on day two of the event on Saturday.

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