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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