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W. Tennis Opens Ivy Play With Convincing Wins

Only minutes later, McGinty cruised through No. 4 singles and pushed the lead to two, with another straight-set victory over Columbia's Joyce Chang.

Again starting in the top slot was Bajin, who cruised to the third straight-set sweep of the day, posting a pair of 6-4 and 6-2 victories over Tina Romic.

Ghazal was the first to falter slightly, earning the win after three tough sets in No. 3 singles. Ghazal topped Andrea Sanders 6-3 in the first set, but dropped the middle set 1-6. Ghazal made quick work of Sanders in the final match, defeating her 6-1 for the victory.

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Naqushbandi faced a similar trial during her three-set match with Leena Krishnaswamy. Naqushbandi notched the first point with a 6-2 win, but lost a close battle, 6-7 to push for the tiebreaker, which she won, 6-2 to take the match.

Jain finished up the singles action for the Crimson, pulling out a victory over Columbia's Laila Shetty. Jain fell behind, 5-7 in the first set, but battled back to rout Shetty, 6-2 in the second stanza. Shetty made Jain earn her win, falling to Jain, 7-5 in the final set.

Despite having already secured the win, Harvard continued to dominate the doubles matches.

Ghazal and Bajin faced off against Chang and Ilene Weintraub in No. 1 singles and posted an easy 8-3 victory despite Chang and Weintraub's best efforts at unseating the premiere doubles team.

Broughton and McGinty followed suit in the No. 3 slot, making short work of their opponents Romic and Mittal, 8-4 in the second doubles match of the day.

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