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With strong leadership throughout the lineup—sophomore Chris Clayton played at No. 1 all year and senior co-captain Gideon Valkin competed at No. 5 for most of the season—Harvard had great potential, even if the outlook looked grim with an 0-3 record going into March...
...There are plenty of guys who are good sports,” Crimson coach Dave Fish ’72 said, “but Gideon plays with élan. He’s a real sportsman. He always plays with passion, but without the ugly side...
...courts, the members of the team got the chance to engage in some friendly competition against some of tennis’ all-time greats from their respective countries; sophomore Chris Clayton played a set with American great John McEnroe, outgoing co-captain senior Gideon Valkin hit with one-time world No. 6 Wayne Ferreira, and freshman Michael Hayes played with Australia’s Pat Cash and Todd Martin. Hayes won at Wimbledon in 1987 and Martin was once ranked as high as fourth in the world. [PLEASE SEE CORRECTION BELOW.] The tennis stars were in Boston for an benefit...
...looking forward to being captain and showing the same sort of competitiveness and the same sort of class that Gideon and [outgoing co-captain] Scott [Denenberg] have shown as competitors,” Clayton said. “We have big shoes to fill as far as rapport with the guys...
...men’s tennis team earned spots on the All-Ivy League team annouced Tuesday. Sophomore Chris Clayton was one of four players voted unanimously onto the All-Ivy singles squad. The doubles duo of sophomore Sasha Ermakov and junior Ashwin Kumar made the doubles team. Co-captain Gideon Valkin and junior Dan Nguyen received second-team and honorable mention nods, respectively. Both Clayton and Ermakov and Kumar played at the Crimson’s No. 1 spots in their respective categories. Clayton’s 4-3 record in league belies the quality of his play...