The Central team of Trevor Blattner and Andy Tansil lost in three sets to Oakville's Adam Franke and Jake Menz in doubles competition of the Class 4A consolation (fifth-place) quarterfinals Saturday.
Blattner and Tansil won the first set 6-2 before dropping two closely contested sets, a 7-6 tiebreaker in the second and a 10-8 super tiebreaker in the third.
The Central team won its first-round match, then suffered a loss in the quarterfinals to Kirkwood, a team it previously defeated.
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