Yeung, after losing the first set, 1-6, had pulled back to win the second set, 6-1. Riding his momentum, Yeung raced out to another commanding lead in the third set, and, up 5-1, needed just one more game to claim victory.

However, Gillespie held serve to pull to 5-2, broke Yeung to reach 5-3, and held serve again, pushing the set to 5-4. The next game reached a deuce point, but serving for the win, Yeung finally broke through.

“He [Yueng] did a great job of staying with his game,” Beren said. “He had a tough loss in a similar situation on Friday, so it was good to see him stay aggressive and not let nerves get to him this time.”

With the 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 result, Harvard defeated Drake in the overall proceedings, 4-3.

The match did not start quite as well as it finished for the Crimson, which quickly fell in a 0-2 hole after dropping the doubles point and seeing Bulldogs freshman Ben Clark beat Zhou, 6-3, 6-2.

On the back of strong play in the No. 1 and 2 spots by captain Nicky Hu and junior Sebastian Beltrame, Harvard fought back to tie the match. Kelvin Lam also earned a crucial victory before Yeung secured the clinching point for the Crimson.

“Our team believes in the saying that ‘successes are usually failures halfway through,’” Fish said. “I’m proud of how the team didn’t give up today and we pulled it out.”

—Staff writer George Hu can be reached at yianshenhu@college.harvard.edu