NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On Sunday,
Melchior Delloye and
Benjamin Privara advanced to the semifinals at the ITA New England Regionals.
Delloye defeated teammate,
Valdemar Pape, in a three-set battle. After falling in tiebreakers in the first set, Delloye bounced back with 6-2 and 6-4 results in the final two sets.
Privara followed with his own three-set win over Felipe Pinzon (Cornell). The two players traded 6-3 results before the Harvard sophomore solidified his victory with a 6-4 third set win.
The Harvard players will look to secure NCAA Individual Championship berths as they compete in today's semifinals in New Haven, Conn.
Results
Doubles
Mai Gao/Lukas Rais (Boston College) def. [3]
Masato Perera/
Melchior Delloye (Harvard), 9-8 (8)
[9]
Rohan Murali/
Kolos Kincses (Harvard) def. [2]
Valdemar Pape/
Benjamin Privara (Harvard), 8-6
Eric Li/Ethan Chung (Yale) def. [9]
Rohan Murali/Kolos Kinses (Harvard), 9-8 (5)
Singles
[1] Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) def. [8]
Masato Perera (Harvad), 6-1, 6-1
[5]
Melchior Delloye (Harvard) def.
Valdemar Pape (Harvard), 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4
[3] Rodrigo Fernandes (Cornell) def.
Nathan Blokhin (Harvard), 6-2, 6-3
[2]
Benjamin Privara (Harvard) def. [9] Felipe Pinzon (Cornell), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4