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Fairmont duo nets third at tennis sectional

ST. PETER — Fairmont’s doubles team of Carter Klanderud and Tyler Head finished third during the Section 1A individual tennis tournament on Friday at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.

Rochester Lourdes’ tandem of Eric Chestowlowski and Dany Berbari beat Klanderud and Head, 6-4, 6-2, during the semifinals.

Head and Klanderud bounced back with a 6-4, 6-2 win of their own against Rochester Lourdes’ Noah Morris and Pavao Veldic for the third-place finish.

Rafat Solaiman and Drew Elofson of St. Peter advanced to the state meet after beating Chestowlowski and Berbari, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, in the section doubles championship.

During sectional singles action, Cotter’s Ryan Ortega beat Peter Erickson of Rochester Lourdes, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, for the championship.

Ortega advanced to the finals via a 6-0, 6-3 win over Rochester Lourdes’ Justin Bobo in the semifinals. Erickson earned the runner-up spot after beating St. James Area netter Sandin Skow, 6-1, 7-6 (6-0) in the seminfinals.

Bobo beat Skow, 6-2, 6-0, to place third.

The Class A state tournament starts at 8 a.m. June 8 at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center in Minneapolis.

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