Bohaboy fought to take a 6-5 lead, with Blake serving to force a tiebreaker. Bohaboy battled to deuce before Blake was able to put away the game and send it into a tiebreaker.

Once in the tiebreaker, neither player let up. With the count tied 4-4, however, Blake turned up the heat and put away three of the next four points to come away with the straight set win.

Blake, the No. 1 singles seed, also teamed with co-captain Kunj Majmudar yesterday in doubles action. The duo, which is seeded No. 2 in the tournament and ranked No. 3 by the ITA, breezed through the first round, defeating the Brigham Young tandem of Manual Calvo and Damien Ward, 6-2, 6-4.

Majmudar and Blake came out hot, taking an early two-break lead in the first set. With the score standing at 4-1, the Harvard pair had BYU on the ropes, leading 15-40 with the Cougars serving. BYU battled back, however, to take the game to cut the Crimson's lead to 4-2.

Majmudar then proceeded to hold serve to take the lead at 5-2, then the Crimson duo broke the Cougars in the final game of the set to take a 6-2 victory.

"We started off strong today," Majmudar commented. "It was a good first match for us."

The Cougars started the second set strong, but Blake and Majmudar withstood the charge and took a 5-3 lead on a service break.

BYU would not go down without a fight, however, as it broke Blake's serve to creep to within 5-4. But that was as close as it would get, as the Crimson tandem broke serve to take the set, 6-4, to close out the match.