Beats Hal in the quarters of the U.S. Clays

texture · UNDATED — "two summers ago"

• When: UNDATED — a summer roughly two years before 3 Nov YDAU, per Hal's retrospective aside
• What: The high-water mark of Freer's tennis, cited by Hal as evidence of E.T.A.'s brutal ranking churn: Freer beat Hal 4 and 2 in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Clays, and has since slid to the B-squad, five or six slots below the player he once eliminated. Kept distinct from the home challenge-match win of event 4 — different scoreline, different setting (see Dating notes).