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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Harvard women’s tennis (5-5) cruised past Southeast Missouri State, 7-0, in Tennessee this afternoon.
The Crimson’s dominance started early with doubles wins on courts one and three. Natalie Block and Natasha Rajaram secured the first win of the day, winning 6-2 at the No. 3 spot. The No. 45 nationally ranked doubles team of Stephanie Yakoff and Kavya Karra then secured the point with a 6-1 win at the top spot.
Harvard then cruised to the sweep by winning in straight sets at each court. Karra dropped the least number of games of any Crimson player with a 6-0, 6-1 win on court two. Yakoff followed closely behind, only falling in two games on the top court.
Kate Kim registered the clinching point with a 6-4, 6-0 win at court six over Yontha Tadoum (SEMO).
The Crimson tallied three more wins courtesy of Rajaram, Claire Shao, and Anna-Raphaëlle Serghi who each dropped just six games in their matches.
Results
Harvard – 7, Southeast Missouri State – 0
Doubles
No. 45 Kavya Karra/Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def. Juliette Demunck/Kristina Kozakova (SEMO), 6-1
Claire Shao/Kate Kim (Harvard) vs. Yontha Tadoum/Sofia Zemtsova (SEMO), 5-2 DNF
Natalie Block/Natasha Rajaram (Harvard) def. Mia Mayerová/Maja Bajorek (SEMO), 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1
Singles
No. 71 Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def. Maja Bajorek (SEMO), 6-2, 6-0
Kavya Karra (Harvard) def. Juliette Demunck (SEMO), 6-0, 6-1
Claire Shao (Harvard) def. Sofia Zemtsova (SEMO), 6-4, 6-2
Anna-Raphaëlle Serghi (Harvard) def. Kristina Kozakova (SEMO), 6-3, 6-3
Natasha Rajaram (Harvard) def. Mia Mayerová (SEMO), 6-4, 6-2
Kate Kim (Harvard) def. Yontha Tadoum (SEMO), 6-4, 6-0
Order of finish: 2, 1, 6, 3, 5, 4
Next Up
The Crimson will wrap up its weekend against Memphis at 11:00 a.m. ET tomorrow morning.