Claire Bartlett will look to defend her Singles Title from last year, while doubles team of Grace Robinette and Courtney Pare hope to add a Doubles Championship to this year's Team Tennis Championship.
SEMIFINALS:
Claire Bartlett erased 3 consecutive match points in game 9 - and another in game 10 - to hang on and force a tie breaker in the final set of the State Semifinal match-up.
Bartlett dropped the first set 5-7, then came back to win the second 6-3 to force the third and deciding set. In the third, Bartlett fell behind 3-0, but fought back to tie at 5-5 then go ahead 6-5. Opponent Gabriela Rangel of JPII held serve to send the final set to the tie breaker.
Once in the tie-breaker, Bartlett won the first 5 points, then alternated points to get the 7 she needed to advance to tomorrow’s State Championship match. The semifinal match lasted well over 3 hours.
Doubles team Grace Robinette and Courtney Pare advanced with relative ease, winning 6-3, 6-1 to give GPS the chance to sweep the girls DII Tennis titles. Senior Grace Robinette closed out the win with an ace on match point.
QUARTERFINALS:
Bartlett advanced with a 6-0, 6-1 win over her opponent from Briarcrest to move on to the semifinals this afternoon. Robinette-Pare had a very solid showing, winning 6-0, 6-0 to advance past the doubles team from Ensworth and into the semifnail match. All Semifinal matches will be played at 2:00 CST today at Old Fort Park.
The Finals will be played Friday at 9:00 CST at MTSU.
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