You couldn’t blame Spencer Furman or Henrik Wiersholm if they were tired of seeing each other this summer.

Furman and Wiersholm, both tennis players at Kirkland’s Central Park Tennis Club, have seen their fair share of each other this summer – the two have met up in two separate tournament championships, with Wiersholm taking both contests.

Combine with the fact that the pair play alongside each other virtually every day in training, and you can see why they might not mind seeing a different face.

“I’m a little bit tired of playing him,” Wiersholm said with a laugh. “But not really, because it’s always been a good match.”

Good matches, with great end results for Wiersholm.

Twice, Wiersholm has played Furman in championship matches. Twice, Wiersholm has taken the win, including an epic match at the Boys 12s National Hardcourt Championships in North Little Rock, Ark., on Aug. 18 that lasted nearly four hours.

Wiersholm took the first set 7-5, but only after the 10th set point. In the second set, Wiersholm started off aggressively and quickly wrapped up four games in a row, and went up 4-0, 30-love.

Tournament officials thought the championship was all but over, and began to set up for the medal ceremony.

“I was up and I started to lose my focus a little bit,” Wiersholm said. “Spencer never gives up. I lost my focus and he fought back.”

Furman fought back to take a 6-5 lead in the match’s final deciding set before Wiersholm tied it at 6-6 all, then went up 6-3 in the tiebreak.

Furman sent an inside-out forehand deep that ended the marathon match and gave the championship to Wiersholm.

“Luckily, I kept my emotions in check and I was able to win the match,” Wiersholm said. “It was fun, yet incredibly tiring.”

But Wiersholm wasn’t done for the day; an hour later he and partner Cameron Klinger of San Jose, Calif., defeated Tommy Paul and Kenneth Tao 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to win the doubles crown.

“He was really exhausted,” said Henrik’s mother Maybelle Wiersholm.

“I slept well on the plane home,” Henrik added.

The wins came just 20 days after Henrik took home doubles gold at the 2009 National Claycourt Championships.

But Henrik and Furman’s intertwined summer wasn’t done yet – the two met again in the Pacific Northwest Sectional semi-finals. Once again, Henrik defeated Furman, and went on to win the tournament and an invitation from Nike to play in the Nike Junior Tour in Palo Alto Sept. 18-20. Fellow Central Park member Toshiki Matsuya will also compete in the event, in the 14s.

The winner of the California tournament will represent the U.S. for the Nike International Junior Tour in the Dominican Republic.

“I’ve heard about this tournament and its supposed to be incredibly fun and competitive,” Henrik said. “It’s going to be really cool.”

It’s been quite the busy summer for the 12-year-old Kamiakin Elementary student; the family recently took off for a weekend in Whistler, British Columbia Canada for a little R&R.

“I’m just really happy that I’ve been able to get ranked as high as I am,” said Henrik, the No. 2 12-year-old in the nation. “It’s been a great summer and hopefully it continues.”