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...finally exhausted his opponent,” Crimson coach Dave Fish ’72 said. Sophomore Chris Clayton, who played at No. 1 singles, beat opponent Ales Svigelj, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 in a heated match to help clinch the win for Harvard. “Clayton??s match was a huge one because the No. 1 guy was just crushing the ball,” Fish said. These two victories helped the Crimson rebound after it started the match poorly by losing the doubles point. The No. 2 doubles team of juniors Dan Nguyen...
...prospects were unclear. On court three, Nguyen was in the midst of a hard-fought third set knotted at 4-4, while two courts over, No. 1 Chris Clayton had just lost his second set in a match that required the skills of football, baseball and tennis combined. Clayton??s match had proceeded at a snail’s pace with stupendously long points that had the audience strung out and quivering with excitement and the players—especially Clayton??s opponent, Branko Kusmanovic—wheezing and gasping for breath.Clayton had won the first...
...Brian Hung, 7-5.“He had an aggressive game style,” Clayton said. “He played into my strength, my speed, allowing me to break him down mentally.”The raucous Michigan crowd and a controversial call on Clayton??s last 5-4 match point forced him to display his grit and mental toughness in taking his second singles match of the weekend.“There were hecklers and whatnot,” Clayton said, “but I kept my cool, my teammates were cheering...
...Valkin and Denenberg) and No. 3 (Ermakov and Savage) and then took five of six singles matches for the victory Thursday in Santa Barbara. Only two came in straight sets—Wan at No. 4 and Ermakov at No. 5—and rookie Chris Clayton??s match at No. 2 stretched three and a half hours, well after Harvard had secured the overall victory. “It was good to see him, a freshman, keep fighting after the match was decided,” Chiu said. SAN DIEGO STATE 4, HARVARD 2 The threat...
Elena C. Bassett ’07 echoed Clayton??s sentiments...