“My opponent was a lefty and liked to mix up his serve so it took me awhile to figure out my own strategy against him,” Zhou said. “The key I think became my returns against his serves. I was able to catch on to what he was trying to do and I was then able to break him a few times.”

Senior Kelvin Lam and sophomore Jean Thirouin also both posted singles’ wins. Lam defeated Quakers’ sophomore Josh Pompan in the No.3 slot in a three-set match, coming back after an initially close set of 5-7. He took the final two sets with a twin score of 6-3. Thirouin secured a victory in the No.6 slot. After decidedly concluding the first set, 6-3, a narrow margin 7-6(4) broke the tie-breaker in the second, giving Thirouin the match.

Freshman Christopher Morrow added force to the momentum with a two-set singles gain.

On the road to clutching the doubles point, all three Harvard pairs established what the Crimson had come to do. Ready from the beginning to claim victory, the doubles seized a win in all three matches.

The duo of co-captain Nicky Hu and junior Brian Yeung defeated its opponent, 6-3, while junior Sebastian Beltrame and Thirouin earned a victory in a tighter 7-5 match.

Zhou and Morrow overpowered their opponents as well at second doubles, posting a 6-3 triumph to conclude the doubles sweep.