Soren Swenson noted he had the majority of shots in his bag a year ago, but they rarely bore fruit.

“I would miss them over and over again,” the Mounds View junior said.

That doesn’t work in tennis, a game highlighting consistency. The truly elite players are the ones who can produce shot after shot, one point after another.

That’s what was required in Friday’s Class 2A individual state final, as Swenson outdueled Wayzata’s Aaron Beduhn 6-2, 6-4 for the state crown in a matchup of the tournament’s top two seeds.

Swenson’s win came two days after he was edged by Beduhn via a third set super tiebreak in the team semifinals on Wayzata’s path to a third consecutive championship.

“What I learned was to just stay really solid and use my forehand to dictate points,” Swenson said.

Solid was

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