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Junior Jonathan Chu and sophomore Brandon Chiu began the doubles competition with an 8-5 win, the final shot a net-cord volley. The Bears evened things up quickly, though, felling senior Chris Chiou and Nguyen. The Crimson duo had held a perfect 7-0 record before the 8-2...
And so the doubles point fell on the shoulders of senior Mark Riddell and co-captain David Lingman. Though down 7-5, the Crimson pair mounted a gutsy comeback and pushed the decisive match to a tiebreak.
“Mark and I have played a lot of doubles before,” Lingman explained, “and we’ve had a lot of close matches. I think last year, we won three matches in a row when we were down match point, so...
The screaming, though slightly tempered with the Crimson’s doubles point victory, continued during the singles competition.
The final doubles match of Lingman and Riddell appeared all the more important in retrospect. Though the doubles point was only one of the Crimson’s five, it proved the impetus Harvard would need.