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...winter in preparation for the spring. Clayton had a very successful Wilson/ITA Northeast Tennis Regional tournament, in which he was seeded No. 1 in both singles and doubles. The senior recovered from his quarterfinal loss at last year’s regionals by beating Columbia’s Bogdan Borta in the finals, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. After two tiebreakers, Clayton got the best of Borta with relentless shots and solid serves. Paired up with sophomore Alexei Chijoff-Evans, Clayton also won in the doubles final against Brown’s top pair.“It looked...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Crimson Drops Bid to Reclaim Ivies | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

...energetic Harvard started its Ivy League season impressively in the doubles. No. 2 duo Felton and Hayes secured an 8-2 win over the Lions’ Dan Urban and Rajeev Deb-Sen, followed closely by a win at No. 1 for Clayton and Chijoff-Evans over Bogdan Borta and Mihai Nichifor (8-6). No.3 Ermakov and Omodele-Lucien added gloss to the point with...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Splits Weekend in Closely Contested Battles | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson replied in their remaining two singles at the top two courts with another set of three-set wins—No. 1 Clayton defeating Borta 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, before No. 2 Chijoff-Evans’ win over Wong...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Splits Weekend in Closely Contested Battles | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...been improving every week.”Harvard suffered an early setback as it lost the doubles point. At No. 2, junior Michael Hayes and Felton fell, 8-4, while the No. 1 partnership of senior Sasha Ermakov and sophomore Alexei Chijoff-Evans lost, 8-6, to Bogdan Borta and Mihai Nichifor. The Crimson quickly rebounded by taking the first three singles matches to lead, 3-1. Ermakov equalized by upstaging Borta, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2, and the Crimson took the lead when Omodele-Lucien won 7-6, 6-2 over Kevin Kung at No. 6. Mangham...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Takes ECAC Crown | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...Clayton erased sour memories of his poor performance last week at the D’Novo ITA All-American Tournament and his quarter-final loss at the Northeast Regionals last year. In the finals of the singles event, Clayton played through cramps to defeat Columbia’s Bogdan Borta, the seventh seed in the tournament. Down 5-1 in the first set, Clayton succeeded in breaking back twice and forced Borta into a tiebreak, which Clayton seized. In the second, the tables were turned, as Borta stormed back to take the set in another close tiebreaker. The match...

Author: By Nico S. Theofanidis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: At Northeast Regionals, Clayton Finishes at the Top | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

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