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C.C. Lee Open Junior Tennis Tournament set for Monday and Tuesday

Olivia Geier, of Aberdeen, returns a volley during action last year in the C.C. Lee Tournament at the Northern State University tennis courts. Photo by John Davis taken 1/12/2021
Tennis balls will be sailing through the air as the annual C.C. Lee Open Junior Tennis Tournament takes place Monday and Tuesday. The majority of the matches will be at the Northern State Courts, while some of the others will be at Melgaard Park. This year's event will once again feature a wide variety of players from a multi-state area. Trent Kurtz, tournament director, said because the C.C. Lee is a United States Tennis Association sanctioned event, he does not have to worry much about seeding, unlike the Hub City Open or Junior Closed tournaments. "The C.C. Lee is a little different, because it’s a sanctioned tournament. A lot of that is out of my hands," Kurtz said. "All of the seeding in the C.C. Lee, I can’t do. It’s all by points they’ve earned in other tournaments." The tournament will follow the same format as high school events which feature a super tiebreaker in lieu of a full third set. That carries several benefits, according to Kurtz. "The super

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