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ALLENTOWN – Zach Ligenza played in the No. 2 singles slot for the Jim Thorpe boys’ tennis team this season.
During the last five days, however, Ligenza was on some unfamiliar ground as he was playing in the District 11 Class AA Doubles Tournament.
It was an adjustment Ligenza and his partner Sam Lux, the Olympians’ No. 1 singles player, handled well together. So well in fact that the Jim Thorpe seniors walked away with the bronze medal after knocking off Notre Dame of Green Pond’s Matt Crouse and Mike Antonis, 6-3, 6-4 in Monday’s consolation match.
“Basically, when I found out that Sam and I were going to be doubles’ partners, I was pretty excited,” Ligenza said. “We actually did have to build into it because we’re singles’ players. We’re not very good at doubles.
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From the Times-News:
SOUTH WHITEHALL – Sam Lux and Zach Ligenza don’t play a lot of doubles tennis.
But it didn’t show Friday in the first round of the District 11 Class AA doubles tournament at West End Racquestball Club.
The Jim Thorpe seniors disposed of both their opponents in two sets and are headed to today’s quarterfinal round.
“This is kind of new,” said Lux, a district singles semifinalist and the Olympians No. 1 singles player the past two years. “Doubles is interesting to say the least. It’s not what I’m used to, but I can defnitely appreciate doubles. It’s a different game than singles. I’m lucky I have a good partner. It makes it a lot easier when you have a good partner.”
Lux and Ligenza, the No. 2 seeded pairing in the tournament, won their first round match 6-0, 6-4 over Wilson’s Roth Healey and Michael McLaughlin. They beat Bethlehem Catholic’s Stephen Rossi and Frank Shi in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals.
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