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With only one senior—co-captain Oli Choo—on the squad, the Crimson bounced back from a slow spring start to win the conference and advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Four of its top players—Dave Lingman, Cliff Nguyen, Mark Riddell and George Turner—were juniors, and No. 2 singles player Jonathan Chu was a sophomore...
...Riddell forced his opponent into numerous unforced errors, and won the first set 7-6 (11-9) after his opponent double-faulted and threw his racket in frustration. But Riddell ultimately fell 6-7 (9), 6-2, 6-3, making the overall match score 3-3 and leaving Nguyen in the decisive match...
...Nguyen said the he felt in control of his match at all times, despite losing the first...
...felt like if I could keep it up and keep the pressure on this guy he was going to crack sooner or later,” Nguyen said...
...strategy worked as Nguyen was able to capture the second set 6-2. The third set had numerous momentum swings, but Nguyen took the 6-5 lead with his opponent on serve to set up the dramatic finish...