The day opened with the doubles matches, and the No. 2 team of junior William Lee and freshman Mark Riddell started things off for Harvard by defeating Chris Wolfe and Chris Drake, 8-4. Soon after, Crimson co-captain Anthony Barker and freshman George Turner sealed the doubles point when they defeated Nick Malone and Jamie Cerretani, 8-3. The Crimson looked to be in control.

Singles play contained only a hint of the ease with which Harvard dispatched Brown in the doubles. Riddell beat J.R. Argo, 6-1, 6-2 in under an hour at the No. 6 position.

The other matches turned into instant battles. At No. 1, Lee went down 4-1 early to Wolfe, but stormed back with four straight games to go up 5-4 in the first set.

The set went into a tiebreak, where Wolfe again went up a break early. But Lee got back to within 4-5, three points to the set. Lee could not hold his serve, however, and dropped both his service points to lose the set, 6-7 (4).

After two hours, things looked bleak for the Crimson. With the exception of Riddell, all five remaining Crimson players had dropped their first set. Harvard was up 2-0 in the match but fading.

Lee and sophomore Oli Choo then stepped up their games. Choo, who had dropped the first set, 6-4, to Cerretani, got back in the match with a 6-3 win in the second.

Lee was even more impressive. He barely missed a beat in winning the second set, 6-0, leaving Wolfe tired and out of breath.