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...Tian was "used as an example, that discipline is very important for the Chinese athlete," says Brook Larmer, author of Operation Yao Ming. His case sums up the growing conflict between China's monolithic sports machine and increasing numbers of young athletes who prefer freedom - and cash - over following orders. They watch athletes like Yao Ming and tennis star Hu Na playing overseas and earning eight-figure incomes. But China's sports administrators are a formidable adversary. Says Larmer, "Even though the pressure for young athletes to do other things is increasing, I don't see the system changing...
...matches.The lone singles win for the Crimson came from No. 1 sophomore Beier Ko, who fought back to win a tough three-setter over Katrina Zheltova, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Ko also teamed with Litvak to win at No. 1 doubles.Senior captain Preethi Mukundan and freshman Elizabeth Brook sealed the doubles point for the Crimson with an 8-3 victory at No. 2. In singles action, Litvak, playing at No. 2, fell to Anastassia Lyssenko, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, and Mukundan dropped a three-setter in the No. 3 spot...
Harvard’s No. 2 doubles team of Preethi Mukundan and Elizabeth Brook started the day off right, winning its match against the Aggies’ Anita Athavale and Emma Shapiro, 8-2. Beier Ko and Lena Litvak at No. 1 doubles soon followed Mukundan and Brook’s example, picking up an 8-6 win over Jenna Kappel and Herzyl Legaspi and clinching the doubles point...
...started out well for Harvard, which won the opening doubles point. At the No. 1 spot, sophomore Beier Ko and freshman Lena Litvak beat Pacific’s Fisher and Jolanta Twarowska, 8-4, and senior Preethi Mukundan and freshman Elizabeth Brook captured the deciding match at No. 2 doubles...
...Crimson secured straight-set wins in the No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches from Litvak (7-5, 6-4) and Mukundan (6-2, 6-0), respectively. Twarowska toppled Ko, 6-4, 6-2, in the top spot, and notched wins at the bottom three positions as well. Brook dropped a tight contest at No. 4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, and junior Vilsa Curto, also a Crimson editor, was rolled over...