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AUSTIN—Avery’s Matt Orberger, a foreign exchange student from Germany, survived a tough three-set match Tuesday to win the UIL’s Class A singles tennis championship.

The news wasn’t as good in Class 4A where Texas High senior Daniel Moser lost a heart-breaker to New Braunfel’s Jake Hendrie, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

Hendrie beat teammate Tyler Brown for the championship by the same scores.

Orberger’s path to the title began Monday when he beat Morton’s Trey Kimbrell in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-4. He beat Garden City’s Nick Sanchez in Tuesday’s semifinals, 7-5, 6-1. <...