The rest gave both players a chance to warm up again, and it showed. Indoors, the pace of the points almost doubled. Hadzialic held to make it 5-4, but Choo rolled off four straight points on his own serve to clinch the title.
In the "B" flight singles, Crimson newcomer Turner proved that his impressive run so far was no fluke. After having defeated the Nos. 1 and 3 seeds, he faced fifth-seeded Fungai Tongoona in the final.
Like Choo, Turner came out of the gate firing away, easily taking the first set, 6-1. Tongoona, though a quick runner with some good groundstrokes, was overmatched the entire way. Turner simply outhit him, often running around the backhand and hitting a deep inside-out forehand.
Tongoona did regain some composure in the second set and the two stayed even early in the set. Turner tensed up slightly, perhaps due to nerves, and his shots didn't seem to be as hard or as deep as in the first set.
At 4-3, Turner saw his opening and broke Tongoona's serve. It was simply a matter of holding his own, then, which he did to walk away with the victory and title.
Perhaps the most exciting match of the day came at the doubles finals. One of the Crimson's only intact doubles teams from last year, Styperek and Lee, faced off against the Rutgers duo of Jagdale and Schweitzer. The match was fairly normal early on, with both sides trading service games and playing out long rallies.
At 5-6 in the eight-game pro set, Lee came up big. Three times, Jagdale was serving for the game on Lee's side. Three times, Lee's huge returns set up easy points for the Crimson. Eventually, the Harvard pair was able to break back and tie the match at 6-6.
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