The rubber match went to Wilson Keller, and with it, the 2A sub-district title.
Keller beat Columbia River teammate Matt Rudi 6-3, 7-6 to win the sub-district boys tennis singles title Saturday at Vancouver Tennis Center.
“Matt and I have played two challenge matches this year in practice, and we each had won one,” Keller said. “I won the first one, which allowed me to play No. 1 singles the first part of the year, and then Matt won the second challenge match, then he played at No. 1. So I knew this would be a tough match.”
Keller was trailing much of the second set until a service break allowed him to force a tiebreaker, which he won.
“I think my serve just got better at the end,” Keller said.
Keller reached the singles final after beating Ridgefield’s Derek Kropp 6-1, 6-0 in the semifinals. Keller had lost to Kropp in three sets just two weeks ago.
