LEXINGTON — Corbin’s Quinn Maguet’s singles state championship run ended on Wednesday during the round of 16 but not before he put up a fight.
The No. 9 seeded Maguet dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to No. 5 seed Alex English (DuPont Manual), finishing his season as a Redhound with a 21-2 mark.
“Quinn had an amazing season going 21-2 with his only losses coming to top 10 ranked kids in the state, both in tightly contested matches,” Corbin coach Eric Maguet said. “Winning the region championship and then two matches at the state tournament along with beating several other of the states top players was just a dream-type year.
“I really couldn’t have asked for much more than what Quinn gave us this year,” he added. “And then to see (English) go toe-to-toe with a kid, who barely lost in his regional finals in the toughest region in the state, and gives the No. 2 kid in the state in the round after beating Quinn, all he wanted, shows that Quinn was truly one of the state’s best players.
“Numerous members of the community, who support Corbin tennis and athletics have reached out to me over the last couple of weeks, cheering him on and offering support,” Maguet continued. “We as a team, and others, couldn’t be more proud of him, and our other team members, as we won our 22nd straight region title. We will enjoy some time off and then look forward to making yet another run at it next year.”
