"The policy [at Harvard] is that you can come back at any time, so I can do it," Blake, who is an economics concentrator, told The Crimson earlier in the year. "It would definitely be nice to finish and it would be different because I wouldn't have the tennis and would be able to concentrate even more on my studies."
"He probably doesn't know if he'll be coming back himself," said Paul McNeeley, assistant director of athletics for sports media relations. "He's foregone his eligibility, so he couldn't come back and play tennis, but he's always got the opportunity to come back and get his degree."
By choosing to attend college first, Blake will be at a slight disadvantage against players his own age who turned pro straight out of high school.
"I just want to play in as many tournaments as I can because I don't really have the match experience that most of the players my age have," Blake said. "But I don't want to go in with any expectations of what ranking I want to reach or anything. I'm just going to have fun and learn a lot."
In the months before his decision, Blake said that it would be difficult to say good-bye to many of the people he knew at Harvard.
"It will definitely be hard to leave all my teammates and friends who have always been there for me," he said.
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