By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Dylan Avena and Eric Henne played the match of the 2019 Wayton Open tennis tournament on championship Sunday. After so much water had been consumed and sweat had been expended, it was a shame someone had to lose. Avena outlasted Henne, 6-2, 6-4, 1-6, 6-7(4), 6-2, in a four-hour Men’s A Singles final. Avena didn’t show much if any outward emotion until the final point had been decided. He won the first two sets, but Henne, just like his 2018 Men’s A Singles final against Saurabh Kumar, rallied to win the third and fourth sets. Henne was the two-time defending champion. “No, especially after I won the first two sets,” Avena said when asked if he thought he would have ended up in a five-set marathon match. “Then I was up a break for most of the fourth set – he played a really good third set – but the fourth set, I just got tight and he played really well.” In the fifth set, Avena stopped listening to what was in his head and threw everything he had at Henne. Avena went back to his strong forehand, launching one after another deep with spin […]
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