“I thought what showed up best was our singles play,” Fish said. “Our doubles play was much rustier, which is sort of natural given the lack of ability to work as a team during [exams].”

Though Harvard did not control the doubles draw as it did the singles, the Crimson still managed two of the four semifinalist teams.

“[Lingman and Chu] are going to be a good team,” Fish said. “They just need time together, and I’d say the same thing about Riddell and Chiu. They had a good tournament, too.”

Now Fish is left to answer what he deemed “tough questions in our lineup.” He added, however, “those are wonderful questions to have.”

One nice addition to the Harvard lineup will be junior Martin Wetzel, who was sidelined this weekend with a nagging injury but is expected to play in Seattle.

Also returning from injury is Chu, though one would not know it from his recent play. Over a year ago, Chu gashed his shin down to the bone, and when he returned to the court not long afterward, he found that both his serve and confidence had vanished.

“It took me a while, almost a year, actually, to come back fully,” Chu said, “and psychologically the effects of the injury were a lot worse than the physical harm done.”

This weekend’s triumphs, however, seem to have buried whatever doubts still remained.

“It’s nice to see him back at a level—maybe better than [that at which he was playing] when he had a terrible injury last year,” Fish said. “It’s been a tough year of rehabilitation and getting his confidence back, so it’s nice to see him have a good tournament.”

Fish remains hopeful that all such elements of his team will come together for Wednesday’s Indoor Championships.

“Overall, the attitude has been very good, and the tournament gave us the kind of results we need to go into the Nationals feeling that we’ve got a fair amount of tennis but not too much.”