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Liberty University
Liberty Fall Hidden Dual
Liberty Posts 8-4 Record Against Penn at Liberty Fall Hidden Dual, Saturday
11/6/2021 9:24:12 PM | Men's Tennis
The Liberty Flames won all four doubles matches against Penn on the way to an 8-4 record against the Quakers on Saturday at the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center.
Liberty and Penn split the eight singles bouts after doubles, giving the Flames victories in eight of 12 matches today.
For a second straight day, Liberty’s Deji Thomas-Smith win in both doubles and singles. Thomas-Smith teamed up with Christiaan Worst for another doubles victory. The No. 1 duo bested the Quakers’ Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu 6-3. Thomas-Smith’s singles win came versus Aditya Gupta, 6-2, 7-6.
Key Stats & Notes
• Liberty’s other three doubles wins (No. 2-4) came from the duos of Rafael Marques Da Silva/Thando Longwe-Smit (No. 2), Josh Wilson/Zion Heaven (No. 3) and Goncalo Ferreira/Omar El Kadi (No. 4).
• Ferreira and El Kadi won for the second straight day, this time defeating Penn’s Jonah Jurick and Tal Goodman by a 6-3 score.
• Marques Da Silva and Longwe-Smit, paired together for the second time in as many days, defeated Gupta and Harsh Parikh 6-3. A first-time pairing this season, Wilson and Heaven, bested Jason Hildenbrandt and Zachery Lim of the Quakers 6-2.
• The Flames’ other three singles victories were in the No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 positions, respectively. Heaven (No. 6) improved to 2-0 in singles contests this weekend by topping Lim 6-4, 6-3. Liberty’s Marques Da Silva (No. 2) got past Penn’s Zhu in straight sets, 7-6, 6-4. Longwe-Smit of the Flames (No. 5) took down Parikh in two sets as well, 7-6, 6-4.
• Three of Liberty’s four setbacks today in singles were in three sets.
Up Next
The third and final day of the Liberty Fall Hidden Dual will feature Liberty and Commonwealth foe Old Dominion. Match time is 2 p.m. at the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center. The Flames and Monarchs will face each other during the spring 2022 season on Feb. 20 in Lynchburg.
Remaining Schedule
Sunday
9 a.m. – Penn vs. Penn State | Liberty Indoor Tennis Center
1:30 p.m. – Liberty vs. Old Dominion | Liberty Indoor Tennis Center
