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Lee moves up in Juniors rankings
With her victories in New Caledonia and Fiji, Carol Lee became the third highest ranked CNMI player in the ITF Juniors Circuit.
Lee , as of last Monday, is at No. 1498, surpassing Negahr Rastguiy, who slid to No. 2, 278. The 13-year-old Lee broke into the Top 1,500 after collecting 20 more points from two off-island tournaments last month.
In the Open Junior BNP PARIBAS de Nouvelle-Caledonie in Noumea, Lee earned 5 points apiece in the singles and doubles events. She made it to the Round of 16 in the singles after downing Australia’s Lisa Mays, 6-1, 7-5, in the first round. In the doubles, Lee qualified in the quarterfinals, as she and teammate Ayana Rengiil of Palau eased past Japan’s Wakaba Sato, and New Zealand’s Emilia Price, 6-0, 6-4.
Lee’s 10 more points came from the South Pacific Open Junior Championships 2015 held in Lautoka, Fiji. Again, she partnered with Rengiil and they also earned a quarterfinals ticket after winning over Japan’s Sophie Maho Hamada and Hong Kong’s Venia Yeung, 0-6, 6-4, 10-3.
With her additional 20 ranking points and 5 from an earlier tournament in Guam, Lee’s combined points are 13.75, just less than 3 points behind Mikayla Lopez, who is the second highest ranked in the CNMI with her combined 16.25. Tammy Ackerman remains the No. 1 ranked Commonwealth player at No. 1,036 with her 31.25 combined points.
