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...said Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72. “And he had just a little bit more.” Clayton would not have had to the chance to win had it not been for the heroic performance of No. 5 senior Gideon Valkin, who fought through crippling cramps in the last four games to win the third set of his match, 7-5. Though he won his first set handily, by a score of 6-2, Valkin seemed tired in his second set and lost it, 6-3. “I was trying to overcome...
...Kumar and freshman Michael Hayes faced the 29th-ranked doubles duo in the country at No. 1 and played them dead even for 16 games, but lost 9-8 in the tiebreaker after a seeming second-serve ace by Hayes was called out.Senior co-captains Scott Denenberg and Gideon Valkin lost, 8-6, at No. 2, while the newly formed duo of Clayton and Nguyen saved Harvard’s doubles teams from being swept by winning, 8-4, at No. 3 despite being broken three times.Harvard took three singles matches: No. 1 Clayton grinded...
...really hard for any Harvard team,” said Crimson coach Dave Fish ’72.HARVARD INTERSESSION INVITATIONALFacing opponents from Boston College, Marist, and Princeton, Harvard excelled in singles and doubles throughout the three-day tournament, winning in the finals in both events on Monday.Co-captain Gideon Valkin took the crown in singles, beating the Tigers’ Peter Capkovic, the top-seeded player in the tournament, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.“It was a very big win,” Valkin said. “I was the underdog, but I knew that...
...Jeff Schnell and Kevin Walsh to make it to the Elite Eight. Their run stopped there, however, as Penn State’s Michael James and Adam Slagter took an 8-5 decision. Harvard’s second-ranked doubles pair, seniors Scott Denenberg and Gideon Valkin, had a similar run through the draw. They defeated Penn State’s Brendan Lynch and Guillaume St. Maurice in their initial match and then beat Dartmouth’s Daniel Freeman and Dave Waslen in the round of 16. Denenberg and Valkin fell to Dan Henegby and Dan Lee of Brown...
...singles match with the score at 3-2 in the first set after he and freshman Michael Hayes had pulled out a victory in their doubles match. The other victory in doubles play, which earned the doubles point, came from the team of Denenberg and senior Gideon Valkin. The following day, Saturday, proved to be more positive for the Crimson as it swept past No. 14 seed St. Joseph’s 7-0. Harvard dropped only one match—one of the three doubles matches—and within its singles play only lost a single set. Rain...