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...Anil Nayar, number one on the Crimson squad, captured the National Inter-collegiate Singles Championship Sunday afternoon by defeating the second man on the Harvard squad, sophomore Larry Terrell, in three straight games in the finals. Captain Rick Sterne also faced a fellow teammate in the finals of the Consolation Round, taking first by downing Jose Gonzalez in three out of four matches...
...Nayar, as defending Singles Champion, will be seeded number one in the competition, and Canadian Martin will probably get the second spot. That means that those two won't meet until the final round, if they both survive...
...Nayar has met Martin four times this year, and beat him three. Their most recent encounter was just three weeks ago at the U.S. Nationals. "I was just a little tired," Nayar explained, and Martin took the singles title. Earlier this season, in the Canadian Nationals, Martin got knocked off before the finals, and Nayar won the title...
...Nayar has the same great form that he used to beat Martin earlier this year--and he's looked sharp in practice--then he'll hold onto the Singles Championship. But if he's off his game, it would seem to be a matter of how many other Harvard men Martin can overcome. Doing that won't be easy...
Squash: National Championships at MIT: Nayar (10 a.m.); Terrell...