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PRINCETON, N.J. \u2013 Harvard men’s tennis (6-5) dropped a heartbreaker to Penn (6-1), 4-3, this afternoon in the opening round of the ECAC Championships in Princeton.<\/p>\n
The Crimson started on the right foot by capturing its sixth-consecutive doubles point.\u00a0 After falling on the top court, Kolos Kincses<\/a> and Rohan Murali<\/a> gave Harvard its first win of the day with a 6-2 victory at the No. 2 spot.\u00a0 James MacDonald<\/a> and Masato Perera<\/a> then remained perfect on the year and clinched the doubles point by defeating Parashar Bharadwaj and Matt Rutter, 6-4.<\/p>\n Penn got on the board quickly in singles, however, recording two straight-set wins on court one and three to take the lead.\u00a0 Perera tied the match with his second win of the night, defeating Justin Chung (Penn), 6-2, 6-3 on court four.<\/p>\n After Rutter (Penn) retired on court five, the Crimson were back in front, 3-2.\u00a0 Mitchell Lee<\/a> was up 7-5, 1-0 before the match was suspended.\u00a0<\/p>\n It would be the final point of the day for the Crimson as Penn was victorious in the final two outstanding matches at the No. 2 and 6 spots.\u00a0
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Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6<\/p>\n Next Up
\nHarvard \u2013 3, Penn \u2013 4
\nDoubles<\/p>\n
\n\tNo. 4 Manfredi Graziani\/Aaron Sandler (Penn) def. Benjamin Privara<\/a>\/Nathan Blokhin<\/a> (Harvard), 6-3
\n\tKolos Kincses<\/a>\/Rohan Murali<\/a> (Harvard) def. No. 87\u00a0Shaurya Bharadwaj\/Nojtech Vales (Penn), 6-2
\n\tMasato Perera<\/a>\/James MacDonald<\/a> (Harvard) def. Parashar Bharadwaj\/Matt Rutter (Penn), 6-4\u00a0
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\nSingles<\/p>\n
\n\tNo. 46 Manfredi Graziani (Penn) def. Benjamin Privara<\/a> (Harvard), 6-1, 6-3
\n\tLuka Butera (Penn) def. No. 34 Rohan Murali<\/a> (Harvard), 6-3, 6-4
\n\tNo. 70 Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. No. 27 Nathan Blokhin<\/a> (Harvard), 6-4, 6-2
\n\tMasato Perera<\/a> (Harvard) def. Justin Chung (Penn), 6-2, 6-3
\n\tMitchell Lee<\/a> (Harvard) def. Matt Rutter (Penn), 7-5, 1-0 ret.
\n\tVojtech Vales (Penn) def. Marc Ktiri<\/a> (Harvard), 0-6, 6-2, 7-5\u00a0
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\nHarvard will face Dartmouth at 12:00 p.m. ET tomorrow in Princeton, N.J.
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