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...outstanding play of the Crimson’s youngsters proved one of the match’s few bright spots. In the second singles position, freshman Lena Litvak took on No. 51 Katarina Zoricic in the day’s longest match. Litvak won the first set in a tiebreak, only to see Zoricic rebound for a 5-2 lead in the second. Litvak rallied back to trailing only 5-4 before Zoricic closed out the set. The two played a 15-point tiebreak to decide the third set. Litvak jumped to a 9-3 lead, before closing...
With the doubles point already in hand, Kumar and Ermakov came back from a breakdown at 2-5 to force a tiebreak at 7-7, in which they quickly fell to 5-1 before mounting a brief rally that fizzled...
...Rounding out the Harvard-dominated quarterfinals, No. 3 seed Chris Clayton dropped a tough first set, 6-4. Clayton quickly regrouped, breaking his opponent early in the second set, but failed to convert a game point at 6-5 that would have forced a tiebreak...
...doubles team of Kim Coventry and Joelle Schwenk, ranked third in the country, the Crimson’s duo of Beier Ko and Lena Litvak trailed 0-4 before rallying to take a 7-4 lead. Ko and Litvak eventually lost 7-5 in a tiebreak, but the match demonstrated the promise of the pairing. “[Kentucky is] such an experienced team, and Beier Ko and Lena Litvak had never played together,” Graham said. Forgie’s first intercollegiate match—new to the team as a senior—gave her faith...
...better over the last years,” Fish said. “But Federer makes you play the best you can.”And for most of the match, Blake does. Federer serves for the first set at 5-4. Blake breaks and sends it to a tiebreak. In the third set, Federer serves for the match at 5-3. Blake breaks and sends that set to a tiebreak.And here is the watershed moment.Down 8-9 and a match point in that tiebreak, Blake steps into the court for a short ball from Federer and cracks the meanest...