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...stunning upset did occur in the open singles division--in which players compete individually for the National Amateur Championionsip--as Harvard's Kenton Jernigan, an overwhelming favorite to win the title, was knocked off in the final by Hugh Lavossier of Yale...
Teammates were stunned at the upset of Jernigan, who was trying to tie a tournament record by winning his fourth consecutive championship...
Harvard's top three players, Kenton Jernigan, Rusty Ball, and Darius Pandole, will be entered in the open singles category. The winner of the open singles is universally acknowledged as the best amateur player on the North American continent...
...Jernigan, who has won the title the past three years, is a strong favorite to win yet again. "I can't really imagine a player who can beat him," Co-Captain David Segal, Harvard's number eight player, said...
...match was surprising because of the ease with which the Crimson disposed of its highly-regarded opponents. The racquetmen ran off with the match by winning five of the first six contests completed. By the time Harvard's number one player, Kenton Jernigan, took court one for his long-awaited match with Princeton's Jeff Stanley, much of the overflow crowd had already left...