Tigers’ doubles into tennis finals
H.S. tennis
Hollidaysburg’s Garrett Bouchard and Felix Xu, the top-seeded team in the District 4-6 Class 3A doubles tournament at Mansion Park, advanced to the final on Tuesday with a quarterfinal win over two Williamsport players and a semifinal triumph over Eric Liu and Frank Hsu of State College, 6-4, 6-2.
Liu played for the District 6 3A individual title last week before coming up short.
The Golden Tiger duo will take on Jude Cessna and Evan Zhang, the second-seeded team, from State College. The Little Lion pair topped Hollidaysburg’s Michael Waibel and Jacob Sidney in the quarterfinals before topping third-seeded Dylan Batrus and Owen Wasovich of Altoona, 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals.
Batrus and Wasovich defeated teams from Mifflin County and Central Mountain to make the semifinals.
The championship will take place today, most likely at the Summit Tennis & Athletic Center due to rain in the forecast, at noon.
FIRST ROUND
S. Kaar/H. Chen (Williamsport) def. B. Zimmerman/K. Erb (Shikellamy) 7-5, 6-3; A. Aiken/A. Lanzendorfer (Altoona) def. J. McCluskey/T. Brinker (Central Mountain) 6-4, 6-4; (4) E. Liu/F. Hsu (State College) def. M. Kaniecki/L. Breneman (Mifflin County) 6-0, 6-2; (3) Dylan Batrus/Owen Wasovich (Altoona) def. A. Newland/R. Hine (Mifflin County) 6-2, 6-2; B. Brinker/B.Spedding (Central Mountain) def. W. Judge/C. Plummer (Williamsport) 6-1, 6-4; M. Waibel/J. Sidney (Hollidaysburg) def. C. Faust/R. McDonald (Shikellamy) 6-4, 6-2
QUARTERSFINALS
(1) G. Bouchard/F. Xu (Hollidaysburg) def. S.Kaar/H. Chen (Williamsport) 6-0, 6-1; (4) E. Liu/F. Hsu (State College) def. A. Aiken/A. Lanzendorfer (Altoona) 6-2, 6-0; (3) D. Batrus/O. Wasovich (Altoona) def. B. Brinker/B. Spedding (Central Mountain) 6-0, 6-0; (2) J. Cessna/E. Zhang (State College) def. M. Waibel/J. Sidney (Hollidaysburg)
SEMIFINALS
(1) Bouchard/Xu (Hollidaysburg) def. (4) E. Liu/Hsu (State College) 6-4, 6-2; (2) Cessna/Zhang (State College) def. (3) Batrus/Wasovich (Altoona) 6-2, 6-0






