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Westborough Boys Tennis wins D2 state title in marathon at Duxbury
CAMBRIDGE – Kaden Chen fell on his back on the MIT tennis courts as the neon ball flew over his pumping fists.
Westborough's No. 1 singles player drilled a long lob from Duxbury's Tim Vargas to end a marathon third set in a tight Division 2 boys tennis final. Westborough won 3-2 after Chen Vargas won 6-2 , 5-7, 7-6 (6-5).
Last year the teams faced off and Duxbury had the upper hand. It was Westborough's third straight state finals loss.
Chen reached match point – championship point – eight times and Vargas fought them off. The ninth time was the charm for Chen. The fourth time was the charm for the Rangers.
I almost fell over on some points,” Chen said. “The drive we have made us lose three championships in a row, which allowed me to push on and get the win.
Chen won the first set comfortably and dropped the second set. He led 5-3 in the third and had four deuce points, but Vargas took the match. Chen started having cramps and needed Gatorade, water and a massage gun in the chair. Vargas won three straight games and pushed the Rangers to the brink.
I thought I would play every point. I got into the tiebreaker at this point, it might as well be. “I was gassed at that point,” Chen said. I didn't think much about the outcome or anything. I just tried to play every point.
He got through and the Rangers swarmed him on the hot asphalt.
“We came to the conclusion that it's a must-win for all the seniors, Chen said. They deserved it because they reached the final three times. I just wanted to push as hard as I could.
A pair of those seniors started the push at No. 2 doubles. Duxbury claimed the first point when Taylor Bettencourt defeated Jordan Hlawek 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.
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Westborough's No. 2 doubles team Michael Ku and Tyler Lattanzion, both seniors, defeated Teddy Collins and Willy Pierce 4-6, 6-1, 7-6.
It's great and especially to do it here, a place where I wasn't very successful in recent years, Ku said. It's really fun and especially to do it together with (Lattanzion), who has always been one of my friends and teammates, he's the best person to do it with.
Srinjoy Ghosh continued the momentum at No. 2 singles. The Rangers senior captain defeated Peter Burnham 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
I just went for every ball. I even fell for the ball but I went ahead of everyone to try and make one more than him, Ghosh said. We knew it would be a long game. It's a different kind of nerves here. Obviously I didn't start too hot, but I believed in myself that I would keep going because I've been here so many times.
This latest trip started to look familiar as Duxbury's Tucker Catalans and Bennett Stout tied the match at 2-2 with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Brendan Estaphan and Eehab Khan.
I have confidence in any line-up when it comes to a third set like that. We've played a lot of games this year against good opponents and they're all gone, 3-2, three sets, three hours, said Westborough coach Leonard O'Neil.
It did the latter too. Westborough had been there before.
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The destination looked better.
To win: Last year we were all pretty down after losing to Duxbury. They came back as coaches: we want to do this, we want to do that, they were preparing, singularly focused on this one event, O'Neil said. There is a lot of attention for a whole year.
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