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Harvard men's tennis coach Dave Fish had a pretty nervous summer. He had already lost two of his top players, Philip Tseng '98, and Tom Blake '98, to graduation. Meanwhile his best remaining player, sophomore James Blake--Tom's brother--was spending the season trying his hand at professional tennis...
Fish knew that Blake, a strong pro prospect, might decide to make this his full-time job. At the very least, he would take the fall semester...
Then about two weeks ago, Assistant Coach Peter Mandeau talked to Blake on the phone and received the best possible news for Harvard tennis--James Blake is coming back...
...Blake decided to forgo an autumn of grinding it out on the professional circuit and will play for Harvard for the entire 1998-99 season. His summer experiment took him to all levels of professional competition--satellite, challenger and the prestigious ATP tour...
...Blake even came within one match of qualifying for the U.S. Open. Still, he decided to return to Harvard...