CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 39 Harry Walker led the Crimson at the ITA Super Regionals this weekend by making runs to the singles finals and doubles semifinals. In making the finals, Walker has earned a spot at the ITA Fall Nationals in two weekends in San Diego, CA.
"I'm really proud of how hard we competed. A special shoutout to our first years who pushed themselves and had some impressive wins," says Andrew Rueb, The Scott Mead '77 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Tennis, The James Herscot '58 Coach of Excellence. "There were a lot of highlight moments for the team over the weekend but Harry's efforts to get to the finals of singles and semis of doubles certainly deserves recognition. He is reaching new heights in his game, and it is fun to watch his dynamic, power game in action."
To begin the day, Walker took down No. 10 Alex Kotzen in convincing fashion.
Following his semifinals win, Walker moved onto the finals to take on Michael Zheng (Columbia). Zheng, who was ranked No. 3 in the preseason newcomer rankings, bested Walker in three sets. The two made for a thrilling back and forth battle that was anyone's match until the final points.
Overall, the Crimson had a successful weekend beginning with 11 of the 32 singles qualifiers being from Harvard. The Crimson had two quarterfinalists in the singles bracket in Walker and first-year
Marc Ktiri as well as the duo of Walker and
Henry von der Schulenburg reaching the semis in the doubles bracket.
Rueb said, "What a great weekend for college tennis. It was an amazing experience to be able to host the Super Regionals at Harvard. The quality of tennis was off the charts, and we got so many high-level matches over the weekend."
Next up
The Crimson will remain at home next weekend as they host their Crimson Halloween Invite October 28-30.
Results
Day 4
No. 39
Harris Walker def. No. 10 Alex Kotzen (Columbia), 6-2, 7-5
No. 3 (Newcomer) Michael Zheng (Columbia) def. No. 39
Harris Walker, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
Day 3
Doubles
No. 20 Edoardo Graziani/Kevin Zhu (Penn) def.
Henry von der Schulenburg/
Harris Walker, 6-4, 6-7(3), 11-9
Singles – Main Draw
No. 39
Harris Walker def. Hikaru Takeda (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 (Newcomer) Michael Zheng (Columbia) def.
Marc Ktiri, 6-2, 7-5
Singles – Consolation
Alan Yim def. Petar Teodorovic (Cornell), 6-3, 6-3
Valdemar Pape def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth), 6-4, 7-6(6)
Sebastian Sec (Princeton) def.
Masato Perera, 7-5, 6-0
Day 2
Doubles – Main
Henry von der Schulenburg/
Harris Walker def. Alan Kam/Will Peters (Princeton), 8-6
No. 21 Theo Winegar/Max Westphal (Columbia) def.
Steven Sun/
Melchior Delloye, 8-4
Singles – Main
No. 39
Harris Walker def. Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia), 7-6(4), 7-5
Marc Ktiri def. No. 31 Edoardo Graziani (Penn), 6-3, 7-6(5)
Max Westphal (Columbia) def. No. 18
Henry von der Schulenburg, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
No. 102 Aditya Gupta (Penn) def. No. 118
Ronan Jachuck, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Will Peters (Princeton) def.
Melchior Delloye (Harvard), 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
Singles – Consolation
Masato Perera def. Aman Sharma (Cornell), 6-4, 6-2
Alan Yim def. Henry Ruger (Columbia), 6-4, 6-3
Valdemar Pape def. Theo Dean (Yale), 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Dartmouth) def.
David Lins, 6-1, 7-5
Sebastian Sec (Princeton) def.
Elisha Thornton, 6-1, 6-4
Day 1
Doubles
Henry von der Schulenburg/
Harris Walker def. Sachin Palta/Henry Ruger (Columbia), 8-4
Steven Sun/
Melchior Delloye def. Jonathan Olive-Blanco/Keean Shah (Fairfield), 8-3
JJ Bianchi/Max Motlagh (Boston College) def.
Ronan Jachuck/
Daniel Milavsky, 8-4
Singles – Main
No. 18
Henry von der Schulenburg def. Aidan Reilly (Yale), 6-3, 7-5
No. 39
Harris Walker def. Niraj Komatineni (Brown), 6-4, 6-4
No. 118
Ronan Jachuck def. Sebastian Sec (Princeton), 6-0, 6-3
Marc Ktiri def. Carlos Guerrero Alvarez (Darmouth), 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4
Melchior Delloye def. Theo Dean (Yale), 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
Michael Sun (Yale) def. No. 95
Daniel Milavsky, 6-2, 7-6(6)
Diogo Marques (St. Johns) def.
Masato Perera, 7-5, 6-1
No. 102 Aditya Gupta (Penn) def.
Elisha Thornton, 6-2, 7-6(3)
Vladislav Melnic (Cornell) def.
Alan Yim, 6-4, 6-1
No. 31 Edoardo Graziani (Penn) def.
David Lins, 7-5, 6-2
Will Peters (Princeton) vs.
Valdemar Pape, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Singles – Bonus
David Arkow def. Vishnu Bodavula (Army), 6-2, 6-1
David Lins def. Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia), 6-4, 6-4
