Word: tiebreak
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...ranked challenger, Tachibana took down opponents who had previously defeated players ranked 73rd and 107th in the nation. The three-set match in the finals between Cao and Tachibana was equally as competitive as the road each took to get there. Cao took the first set in a tiebreak, but Tachibana responded by winning the remaining two sets, 6-4, 6-3. This opening tournament, Tachibana’s first college competition, was, in her mind, “pretty good.” Although humble about her win, the Texas native, whose older brother is on the tennis team...
...teammates rushed onto the court to congratulate her.“It was very exciting,” Sibilski said. “I’m really proud of our team.”To add to the victory, Peterzan defeated No. 85 Jessica Rhee in a super tiebreak, 7-6 (1), 5-7, (10-7).HARVARD 4, BROWN 3On Friday, the Ko and Sibilski partnership defeated No. 67 pair Bianca Aboubakare and Cassandra Herzberg to earn its second win of the week over a ranked opponent. With the 8-6 victory, Ko and Sibilski delivered only the second...
...quickly disposed of their Quaker opponents 8-2 and moved to 6-0 as partners, while at No. 1 senior Beier Ko and sophomore Agnes Sibilski won 8-3.Sophomore Samantha Rosekrans and freshman Holly Cao, fought back from an early 3-0 deficit, but lost the set in a tiebreak, 8-7 (7-3).Avenging her 6-2, 6-0 defeat in last year’s match against Penn’s Ekaterina Kominskaya, Ko won the No. 1 rematch Saturday with a pair of 6-2 sets to improve to 7-5 at that position.Relying on her powerful backhand...
...first set, but controversy ensued in the second set tiebreak when BC’s Lana Krasnopolsky called Ko’s shot wide and the official refused to overrule the call. Krasnopolsky went on to win the match...
...finish his doubles match. Freshman Davis Mangham and sophomore Aba Omodele-Lucien fell 8-3 at No. 3.In singles, Clayton performed strongly at No. 1 in the second set after dropping the first. Playing for the first time this year, the co-captain maintained focus in the deciding super tiebreak to win 4-6, 6-4, 10-8.“Clayton is coming off walking pneumonia and hasn’t played since November,” Fish said. “His performance was pretty remarkable.”“My expectations were pretty low coming...