Harvard's Chu wins in singles and doubles in NCAA tennis
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Posted 10:55PM on Saturday, May 28, 2005
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Unseeded Jonathan Chu of Harvard won in singles and doubles at the NCAA tennis quarterfinals on Saturday.<br>
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Chu beat No. 3 seed Jessie Whitten of Kentucky 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6), and less than four hours later, teamed with Ashwin Kumar to beat Auburn's Alex Schwiezer and Gabor Zoltan 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.<br>
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Chu is the first player since David Martin of Stanford in 2002 to advance to the semifinals in singles and doubles.<br>
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``I'd be lying if I said I expected to get this far in singles,'' Chu said. ``It's like a dream come true right now for me, and I'm just trying to enjoy every moment. Hopefully, I can take this momentum and keep going with it.''<br>
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Old Dominion's Izak van der Merwe pulled off his third upset in four days to advance to the semifinals with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over UCLA's Benjamin Kohlloeffel.<br>
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Georgia's top-seeded doubles team of John Isner and Antonio Ruiz defeated Marko Jajevac and David North of Georgia Tech 6-3, 6-2.<br>
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Stanford's Sam Warburg and K.C. Corkery, the defending champions in doubles, also advanced to the semifinals with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win against Roger Matalonga and Colin O'Grady of Arizona.<br>
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