Your correct. Doubles are deeper. Everyone thought Brian Hartness is playing, so they know they have to chance of winning state individually so they choose doubles instead, not knowing he was defaulted.
To answer your question Haris, Hereford is right handed. He had one bad match against Chris, who played great that day. If they played 9 more times, Hereford would beat him every single time. Before he was beaten at regionals, Hereford beat him 0-0.