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ALEXANDRIA – The Detroit Lakes tennis team has two singles still alive in the Section 8-2A individual tennis tournament after a marathon day one on Tuesday.
Second-seeded Nate Cihak and fourth-seeded Reed Henderson each finished in the top four in the North sub-section bracket to advance to day two. Henderson and Cihak played against each other in the third-place matchup, where Henderson pulled out a narrow 5-7, 7-5, 10-8 win in three sets.
Henderson got a bye to the second round and beat Cole Haabala 6-3, 6-0 before facing the tournament's top seed. Bemidji's Matt Benhamou beat Henderson 6-3, 6-0 to knock him into the third-place match against his teammate.
Cihak also got a bye into the second round before taking down Moorhead's Oscar Bergeson 6-1, 6-1. In the semifinals, Cihak suffered a 6-1, 6-3 loss against Bemidji's Noah Johnson, setting up an all-Detroit Lakes third-place match.
Henderson and Cihak will play in the championship bracket on May 26.
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The Lakers also had two doubles teams competing. Connor Zamzo and Justin Fields lost in three sets to Sartell's Zak Farley and Grant Clark 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 after getting a bye in the first round.
Gave Reller and Gavin Smith beat Adam Pettys and Brody Hansen 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 before falling to Alexandria's Pieter Mulder and Owen Gilbertson 6-0, 6-3.
