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Ryunosuke Roesch connects on a backhand.

Yokota's Ryunosuke Roesch hits a backhand in the D-II boys singles final. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Perhaps nobody was more surprised at capturing the Far East tennis tournament girls Division II singles title than Zama’s Jolie Nguyen.

The senior battled back from down 5-2 in the third-set tiebreaker, scoring the last five points to beat favored freshman teammate Maya McElroy 2-4, 5-3, 7-5.

“I didn’t expect this,” Nguyen said. “Maya did so good.”

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