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NEW HAVEN, Conn. \u2013 Harvard men’s tennis recorded an unblemished day at the ITA New England Regionals on Saturday, winning all 14 of its matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Beginning atop the seeding, Benjamin Privara<\/a> recorded a pair of straight-set wins, defeating both James Lian (Brown) and Theodoris Mitsakos (Buffalo) in convincing fashion.\u00a0 The sophomore dropped five and four games, respectively, in each match to advance to the quarterfinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Valdemar Pape<\/a> displayed a similar dominance, defeating Will Pellegrini (Bryant) 6-0, 7-5 and Jason Shuler (Yale), 6-3, 6-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n Melchior Delloye<\/a> first lost just two games against Kabir Chhabria (Merrimack) before stealing a three-set battle in the round of 16 versus Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (Cornell).\u00a0 After falling 6-4 in the opening set, Delloye won the next two sets in 7-6 (5) and 6-3 decisions to advance in the draw.\u00a0<\/p>\n Masato Perera<\/a> was the third Crimson player to record two straight-set victories on Saturday.\u00a0 First, the senior defeated Miguel Angel Machado (Bryant), 6-1, 7-5.\u00a0 Perera then followed with a 7-6 (4), 6-1 win over Zhengqing Ji (Yale).\u00a0<\/p>\n Nathan Blokhin<\/a> recorded the final two-win day for the Crimson beginning with a gritty three-set (6-3, 1-6, 7-5) battle with Edward Liao (Yale).\u00a0 The first-year then advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating teammate Rohan Murali<\/a>, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to falling against Blokhin, Murali defeated Robert Yang (Brown) with identical 6-3 decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n In doubles, Harvard received wins from Perera\/Delloye, Pape\/Privara, and Murali\/Kolos Kincses<\/a>.\u00a0 The victories advanced the three Crimson duos into the quarterfinals.\u00a0
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\n[8] Masato Perera<\/a> (Harvard) def. Miguel Angel Machado (Bryant), 6-1, 7-5
\n[5] Melchior Delloye<\/a> (Harvard) def. Kabir Chhabria (Merrimack), 6-0, 6-2
\n[4] Valdemar Pape<\/a> (Harvard) def. Will Pellegrini (Bryant), 6-0, 7-5
\nNathan Blokhin<\/a> (Harvard) def. [9] Edward Liao (Yale), 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
\n[6] Rohan Murali<\/a> (Harvard) def. Robert Yang (Brown), 6-3, 6-3
\n[2] Benjamin Privara<\/a> (Harvard) def. James Lian (Brown), 6-2, 6-3
\n[8] Masato Perera<\/a> (Harvard) def. [9] Zhengqing Ji (Yale), 7-6 (4), 6-1
\n[5] Melchior Delloye<\/a> (Harvard) def. Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (Cornell), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
\n[4] Valdemar Pape<\/a> (Harvard) def. Jason Shuler (Yale), 6-3, 6-2
\nNathan Blokhin<\/a> (Harvard) def. [6] Rohan Murali<\/a> (Harvard), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
\n[2] Benjamin Privara<\/a> (Harvard) def. Theodoris Mitsakos (Buffalo), 6-2, 6-2<\/p>\n
\n[3] Masato Perera<\/a>\/Melchior Delloye<\/a> (Harvard) def. Ronin Lotlikar\/Zihe Liao (Binghamton), 9-7
\n[2] Valdemar Pape<\/a>\/Benjamin Privara<\/a> (Harvard) def. Diego Alcala\/Domagoj Stabek (Fairfield), 9-8 (2)
\n[9] Rohan Murali<\/a>\/Kolos Kincses<\/a> (Harvard) def. Manveer Boparai\/Forbes Hollingsworth (Bryant), 8-5
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