The individual State Girls Tennis Championships have begun at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. There were enthusiastic crowds and plenty of customized t-shirts Thursday.

In Division 1, Sun Prairie East's doubles team of Braenna Stampf and Beatriz Cocos Alfonso moved on to Friday's second round, beating a team from Hartford 6-3, 6-2.

The other local doubles team to advance was the sectional champion duo of Lilah Dean and Sarah Goetz from Madison West. The 10th-seeded Regents won 6-3, 6-0. They'll play Friday morning.

And Middleton's Sophie Shi and Sarah Li deserve a mention: their season ended, but it took an 11-9 tiebreak in the third set to decide the match.

Verona and Waunakee also had doubles teams make it to State, but Thursday was the end of the line for them.

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