SPORTS BRIEF: Kumar and Ermakov Capture ITA Summer Championships Title

After a shaky end to the 2006-07 season, the Harvard doubles duo of senior Ashwin Kumar and junior Sasha Ermakov took a resounding first step toward a strong 2007-08 campaign by winning the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s 2007 Summer Championships last week in Bloomington, Ind.

With the tournament victory, Kumar and Ermakov qualify for a wild-card birth in the 2007 Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championships in early October.

On its way to victory, the Crimson pair beat opponents that gave the Harvard team as a whole—and this duo in particular—fits last year. In the final, Kumar and Ermakov took down Houston Barrick and Dominic Inglot from the University of Virginia—the school that finished last season ranked second in the nation and beat Harvard 6-1 at the Murr Center last season.