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...battle of speedsters, Captain Dave Benjamin plays Princeton Captain Keith Jennings in the first singles match. Benjamin is a steady player who relies on a controlled game from the backcourt, while Jennings varies a baseline game with his aggressive net play. The Tiger senior, winner of the Eastern singles tournament last Fall, will be favored today against his old rival...
...second doubles, Adelsberg and Gonzales will face Magill and Buck. Buck is extremely quick and has an excellent overhead -- a doubles must -- but Magill's backcourt game is more oriented to singles. Adelsberg and Gonzales, who were undefeated for the Harvard freshman last season, should win this...
...Quakers won their other set in the third singles match, where the Crimson's Richie Friedman beat Fred Levin, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Both players remained in the backcourt and rallied going to net only occasionally. Some rallies lasted for two minutes, and the entire match took nearly three hours...
Kileff, who relies on steady ground strokes from the backcourt, beat Tech junior Rich Thurber, 6-3, 6-2. Kileff, consistently retriving shot after shot from the corners, won easily. Friedman had a little more trouble but still won in straight...
Kileff and Friedman, a lefty with a two-handed backhand, are two of the steadier players on the team. Both rely on, consistent ground strokes from the backcourt and retrieving to beat more aggressive opponents...