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...another five-set match, junior June Tiong demonstrated her resolve after falling behind 2-0 to Kerrie Sample. The first game was a heartbreaker, 13-11, followed by an 11-8 loss. The third game was another close contest, but this time Tiong proved to be the victor as the game went to 15 points...
...third set, 25-20. In the fourth frame, the Crimson jumped out to a 10-3 lead and did not look back, winning the set, 25-18, to clinch the match. Three Harvard players reached double digits in kills. Freshman Taylor Docter led with 14 kills, followed by Ingersoll with 13 and junior Mikaelle Comrie with 12. Senior Lily Durwood directed the offense, registering 47 assists, and Christine Wu carried the defense with 23 digs. HARVARD 3, COLGATE 2 In front of a raucous crowd on Friday night, the Crimson (2-1) began its season with a five-set thriller...
...Weintraub has certainly earned such praise lately, posting unparalleled efforts as the 2009 campaign unfolds. Following a career-high 63-assist performance against Stevens Institute of Technology in January, Weintraub capped last week’s five-set win against Newbury with 67 helpers...
...greatest player of all time. The Spaniard's rise to No. 1 ended a five-year period in which Federer's free-flowing and artistic play came as close as humanly possible to achieving perfection within the boxed constraints of a tennis court. Since his first French Open victory in 2005, Nadal's more muscular game has consistently overcome the Swiss star on Nadal's favorite surface - clay. But in 2008, Nadal came out on top in four meetings, including an epic five-set Wimbledon final that dethroned the grass-court champion in one of the greatest matches ever played...
...Second Set: From across the court, I can see into the TV commentator's booth. John McEnroe - whose five-set epic against Bjorn Borg in 1980 was, until this match, considered the gold standard in Wimbledon final history - is gesticulating wildly, re-enacting Nadal's backhand with such eagerness you worry he might fall from his booth onto his cherished court below...