PORTLAND – The Maine Singles Championships were tales of two tournaments going into Thursday afternoon’s semifinals and finals.

For defending girls champion Erin Moakler of Greater Houlton Christian Academy and 2001 boys champ Ian Robinson of Brewer, it didn’t really matter how the stories were told because they concluded with happy endings for both players.

Both players’ high school tennis careers ended in grand fashion with straight-set victories as Moakler won her second straight state individual title, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 over Kelly Graham of Kennebunk, and Robinson his second in three years, 7-5, 6-1 over Garrett Currier of Cape Elizabeth.

On the boys side, upsets abounded and two of the final four were unseeded. On the girls side, the three top seeds and four of the top five were included among the state’s tennis elite at the Waynflete High School courts Thursday afternoon.

Things followed suit in the semis.

The second-seeded Robinson made short work of No. 6 Justin Chaffee from Fryeburg Academy (6-0, 6-1), but then Currier, an unseeded sophomore, pulled off the biggest shocker in a tourney which had already seen the Nos. 3, 4, and 5 seeds upset. He beat top-seeded Pat Conway of Deering 6-3 in the first set and then withstood a late rally by Conway to pull out a 7-6 win in the second by virtue of a 7-1 tiebreaker.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the fence, Moakler dispatched No. 5 seed Tracy Nale of Waterville 6-2, 6-1 and No. 2 Graham took out No. 3 Laura Stein of Camden Hills 6-0, 6-0.

After that, both tournaments started mimicking each other as the seedings asserted themselves in the final and both champions had to stage impressive comebacks to walk off the courts as winners.

Robinson served and volleyed his way to a commanding 4-0 lead in the first set against Currier only to watch in disbelief as Currier won five straight games to go up 5-4.

“I kind of backed off there, and if you do that, especially against a good athlete like Garret, they’re going to take it to you because he was playing more aggressively being down like that,” said Robinson, whose serve was broken twice during Currier’s comeback.

Robinson rediscovered his serve just in time as he blanked Currier in the next game to tie it 5-5 and switch the momentum. Robinson broke Currier back, then served out another impressive game to take the set. Currier held his serve for a 1-0 lead in the second set, but Robinson broke him three times en route to six straight wins and the title.

“I got my serve going a little bit again in the second set and that really helped me,” Robinson said. “I’ve got to give him credit; as a sophomore, he’s a very good player.”

As good as he is, it will be impossible for Currier to improve on Robinson’s career. The New York University-bound ballet standout finishes high school with a 77-2 match record.

In the girls final, Graham appeared well on her way to duplicating Robinson’s feat of winning two crowns in three years as she won five straight games and took a 40-love lead in the seventh game after Moakler won the opener.

“She had three set points, so I just told myself that the worst that could happen was I would lose the first set,” said Moakler, who not only regrouped, she won four straight games to tie it up.

Graham then stemmed the tide by taking game 11, but Moakler held serve to knot it up again and send the set into a tiebreaker.

“I think after I won the game to make it 6-all, I reminded myself I was lucky just to tie it,” the Davidson College-bound senior said. “I just kind of loosened up in the tiebreaker, and when I play loose, it usually works out great.”

Thursday was no exception as Moakler made it look easy and won the tiebreaker 7-0.

“I just tried to move her around and wait for the short shot,” said Moakler, who finished Graham off with a 6-2 win in the second set.

Graham, who was wearing a brace on a right ankle that required offseason surgery, battled injuries and cramps in the second set.

“My legs started to cramp at the beginning of the second set, my calves in particular. I just tried to hang in there, even though I didn’t think I’d be able to finish,” she explained.

Graham, who is attending Vassar College this fall, has also battled shin splints and a muscle tear this season.