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...because of its final-round losses last weekend in the U.S. National Amatuer Championships in New York City. The Crimson's "A" team lost in the finals of the five-man team competition to a strong squad from Mexico, while in the men's singles open division, Co-Captain Kenton Jernigan, Harvard's number one player and a heavy favorite to win a record-tying fourth open championship in a row, was the victim of a stunning upset by Yale's Hugh LaBossier...
...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...
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...
...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...
...national title isn't the only reason tomorrow's match is special: the Crimson-Tiger showdown also marks the second-to-last home match for Harvard's number one player, Kenton Jernigan...