“It was a heavy weekend of tennis, but what stood out was our doubles results,” Thirouin said.
On the singles side, Thirouin earned a 3-1 finish, losing once in the tiebreaker of a three-set nailbiter. Tao had only one loss this weekend as well, finishing 2-1 with a loss in a three-set tiebreaker.
Meanwhile freshman Logan Weber added a win to his belt, ousting his Penn opponent 7-5, 6-4.
“Overall, it was a really good weekend in terms of building towards our goals this year,” Thirouin said. “We’ve been working a lot on strengthening our doubles with individual players showing big improvements in singles too.”
With each player logging four singles matches and three doubles matches in the second high-volume weekend in a row, team chemistry and support were critical to keeping the players going.
“For sure Olive Garden was what kept us going,” Thirouin said. “But on a more serious note, we all get along so well and have so much fun on these trips that motivation isn’t ever an issue. We cheer each other on when we’re not on court and just try to keep the energy high throughout.”
–Staff writer Jamie Chen can be reached at jamiechen@college.harvard.edu.